Unit4PygmalionReading课件-高中英语人教新课标选修八.pptxVIP

Unit 4 Pygmalion Period1 ReadingThe author —— George Bernard ShawAn Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. ImmaturityWidowers’ Houses PygmalionMan and Superman (1902),Major Barbara (1905)His main works:Warming up This play by George Bernard Shaw is an adaptation of a Greek story. Do you know this story? Pygmalion, a gifted artist, dislikes local women. He spends much time creating a stone statue of a beautiful woman.He falls in love with the statue and goes to the Greek Goddess Aphrodite to ask her to bring the statue to life.