人教版高中英语选修8 Unit 4《Pygmalion》教案.docVIP

Unit 4　Pygmalion 【美文阅读】　 Pygmalion Effect A team can do as well as you and the team think they can. This idea is known as “the self-fulfilling prophecy(预言)”．When you believe the team can perform well，in some strange and magical way they can.And similarly，when you believe they cant perform well，they cant. The self-fulfilling prophecy is also known as the Pygmalion Effect.This comes from a story by Ovid about Pygmalion，who created an ivory statue of his ideal woman.And he immediately fell in love with it.He begged the goddess to breathe life into the statue and make her his own.She granted Pygmalion his wish，the statue came to life and the couple married and lived happily ever after. The story was also the basis of George Bernard Shaws play “Pygmalion”．In Shaws play，Professor Henry Higgins claims he can turn a Cockney flower girl，Eliza Doolittle，into a duchess.But，as Eliza herself points out to Higgins friend Pickering，it isnt what she learns or does that determines whether she will become a duchess，but how shes treated. “You see，really and truly，apart form the things anyone can pick up，the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves but how shes treated.I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins，because he always treats me as a flower girl，and always will，but I know I can be a lady to you because you always treat me as a lady，and always will.” The implication(运用) of the Pygmalion Effect for leaders and managers is massive(巨大的)．It means that the performance of your team depends less on them than it does on you.The performance you get from people is no more or less than what you expect，which means you must always expect the best.As Goethe said，“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is.Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” 【诱思导学】　 1. What is Pygmalion Effect? ______________________________________________ 2. Why is it called “Pygmalion Effect”？ ________