unit4_pygmalion_-Warming_up_and_reading精品.pptVIP

英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 Pygmalion a Greek story Do you know this story? Pygmalion, a gifted artist, dislike women. One day he makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman. When he finishes the statue, he falls in love with it and goes to the Greek goddess, Aphrodite, to ask her to make the statue into a real woman. He makes his wish come true. “Pygmalion Effect ”? What is it? 心理学的;心理学家的, 心理的,精神的 /saik?l?d?ik?l / Psychological term the Pygmalion Effect The Pygmalion Effect is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect a person to be successful, he probably will. If you expect something to happen, it will happen. On the contrary, if you expect something not to happen, it will not happen. What we expect tends to come true. “说你行，你就行，不行也行；说你不行，你就不行，行也不行。” My Fair Lady a play written by George Bernard Shaw Have you seen the film? If you have, did you like it? Have a discussion and give reasons. In Shaw’s play, Professor Higgins is a man who does not like women either and is very rude to them. For a bet he agrees to teach a poor young woman so that she can be passed off as a rich lady in high class society. So, like Pygmalion, Higgins creates a perfect young woman. Both the statue and Eliza depend on their creator for their new life. The play My Fair Lady has the same theme as the Greek Story. artist Phonetics professor statue Flower girl Goddess Colonel Pickering Reading Pygmalion Fateful meetings Act One Fateful meetings Eliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself. Professor Higgins(H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society. Colonel Pickering(P): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins’ who sets him a task. when where who what how 11:15 pm, in1914 London, England Eliza, Colonel Pickering, Higgins fateful meetings Eliza wanted to sell flower to Colonel Pickering, Higgins noticed her pronunciat