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Unit 4　Pygmalion 单词注释 难句剖析 导读诱思 《皮格马利翁》是萧伯纳最著名的喜剧作品之一,曾被拍成电影,也曾被翻译成多种语言。 Pygmalion,George Bernard Shaw’s classic comedy,was written in 1913 and the first English production took place in London in 1914.It was regarded as one of the best British comedies of that time. 单词注释 难句剖析 导读诱思 The plot of Pygmalion revolves around a bet between two upper-class Englishmen concerning the transformation1 of a cockney speaking flower girl into an upper-class English lady.Professor Higgins,a phonetic expert boasts to his colleague Colonel Pickering that in three months he could change a “creature” into a lady at an ambassador’s garden party.The “creature” is Eliza Doolittle,a flower girl who was brought up in the cockney speaking East London.Following this public boast,Professor Higgins accepts a challenge to teach the flower girl Eliza Doolittle to speak standard English and launch2 her into polite society. Through Higgins’ successful transformation of Eliza into a “lady”,and Eliza’s subsequent3 rebellion against Higgins’ attitudes and assumptions4,Shaw’s comedy explores questions of speech and class in England. 单词注释 难句剖析 导读诱思 Pygmalion was transformed into a musical by Lerner and Loewe in the 1950’s and became a great Broadway hit in 1956.The musical,which was renamed My Fair Lady,includes several memorable songs.The production won the famous Tony Award for Best Musical in 1956.My Fair Lady has been translated into many languages including Czech5,Danish,French,German,Polish,Spanish,etc. In 1964,Hollywood produced a film version of My Fair Lady starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn.The film won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture,Best Director,Best Actor and Best Musical Score. 单词注释 难句剖析 导读诱思 1.transformation /trænsfə̍meIʃn/ n.转变;改造 2.launch /lɔːntʃ/ vt.开始从事 3.subsequent /̍sʌbsIkwənt/ adj.随后的;后来的 4.assumption /ə̍sʌmpʃn/ n.假设 5.Czech /tʃek/ n.捷克语 难句剖析 导读诱思 单词注释 The plot of Pygmalion revolves around a bet between two upper-class Englishmen concerning the transformation of