广东省揭阳市第三中学人教版高中英语选修8课件：Unit 4 Pygmalion Reading（八） .pptVIP

Character Position in society Evidence in the play Henry Higgins Language: calls Eliza “you silly girl” and Pickering “my dear man” (an equal and friend) Behaviour: rude (and patronizing) to lower class; polite to same or upper class Middle class Character Position in society Evidence in the play Colonel Pickering Upper class Language: prepared to begin a conversation with Henry, whom he does not know; generous with praise to him Behaviour: generally confident and polite; but ignores Eliza Relationships between characters Evidence from the play Henry Higgins: 2 Attitude to Eliza (L) Is the statement true? 1 Attitude to Colonel Pickering (H) 2 watches her; notes her reactions; talks about her in front of her; calls her silly girl 1 respects his professional work as a phonetician; calls him sir and my dear man 2 Yes 1 Yes Relationships between characters Evidence from the play Colonel Pickering: 1 appreciates his expertise; praises him; asks his opinion; happy to be friends 2 ignores her; does not stop Henry when he talks about Eliza in front of her (which is very rude) 1 Attitude to Henry Higgins (L) 2 Attitude to Eliza (L) Is the statement true? 2 Yes 1 Yes 人教课标 高二 选修 8 Unit 4 皮格马利翁与伽拉忒亚 心理学家莫顿（Robert Merton）将此现象名之为“自我实现的预言”。这也就是在萧伯纳名剧《窈窕淑女》(My Fair Lady)中为人所熟知的“皮格马利翁效应”（Pygmalion effect）。 Have you ever heard of the “Pygmalion Effect ”? 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. This play by George Bernard Shaw (萧伯纳) is an adaptation of a Greek story. Do you know this story? Pygmalion, a gifted artist, 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. His wish is granted. The author —— George Berna