Unit 4 Pygmalion Reading -高中英语人教新课标选修八.pptxVIP

Period1 Reading ;The author —— George Bernard Shaw; 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.;As a result of his prayers, his wish is granted and the statue is made into a real woman. The two got marry and lived happily ever after. ;is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect