高中英语 Unit 4 Warming Up and Reading课件 新人教版选修8.pptVIP

Pygmalion Period1 Warming Up Reading About the author Pygmalion Pygmalion Effect Pre-reading Reading Pygmalion Main characters Scanning Scanning Scanning Scanning Scanning According to Higgins Discussion Discussion Acting Assignment Designer for this period:   Shao Changguo Designer for this period:   Shao Changguo A brief introduction Anecdote Quotes Quotes Literary works Comprending Attitude Attitude Attitude * NSEFC Student’s Book 8 (1856-1950) Works Introduction Quotes Anecdote George Bernard Shaw This play by Bernard Shaw is an adaptaion of a Greek story. His wish is granted. He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life. Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman Psychological term The Pygmalion Effect is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect a person to take responsibility, they probably will. If you expect them not to even try, they probably won’t. the myth the play The play by Shaw has the same theme as the Greek story. In pairs discuss what this theme might be. Fateful meetings Act One Skimming 2 What do they do respec-tively? 1 What are the main characters of this act? 3 What are they doing at the beginning of the play? Tip: Some information is included in the stage directions,  like the character, time, place, weather, lighting, etc. Eliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself. Colonel Pickering(P): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins’ who sets him a task. Let’s check Professor Higgins(H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society. Skimming They are sheltering from the rain ouside a theatre. 1. Eliza greeted to the gentleman in order to _______. 2. Why did Eliza begin to cry? Because _______. 3. Professor Higgins believed t