选修8 unit 4 PygmalionP5 Listening exercise

_a_f_t_emr e. (very slowly, loudly and carefully)
Do you think I don’t know anything?
E: Do yer think I don’t ___k_n__oanythink! CP: Do you know, Higginsw, I think that was
E: Oh, well! If you punt it _li_k_e_ that! Ahyee, Bayee, Sayee, Dayee…
H: (bored) _S_t_o_p_ at once. Now say A, B, C, and D.
E: (in tears) But I am _s_a_y_in__g_ it. Ahee, Bayee, Sayee, Dayee…
C: Done her in? Please __w__h_ adtoes that mean, Mr Higgins?
H: Oh, that’s the new ___s__m__atllalk. To do a person in means to ___k_i_llthem.
E: (continuing) Yes, why should she die of
E: There are __i_n_d__i_c_a_t_iothnast the rain to the west of these islands is likely to move to the east.
F: Oh, how __f_u_n__n!y
E: (crossly) What’s wrong with that, young
think I don’t know anything? H: Now to the alphabet, my girl. Don’t
_a_r_g__u_e— just say it.
CP: Yes, say it, Eliza! You’ll _u_n_d__er_s_t_a_n_d soon. Do what he tells you and let him teach you in his _o_w__ way.
Unit 4 Pygmalion
Listen to the text.
CHANGING ELIZA H = Higgins CP = Colonel Pickering E = Eliza
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
H: Good morning, Eliza. My goodness, how _p__r_e_t_tyyou are after a good bath! Ready for your __fi_r_sltesson? You see, Colonel Pickering and I are both here ___w__a_i_t.ing
influenza? She __r_e__c_o_v__e_refrdom diphtheria the year before. I believe they done her in.
C: (turning to Eliza) Do you mean that? E: (getting enthusiastic) Yes, I do! What
H: (excitedly) It’s coming! It’s coming! Now try __a_g_a_,inEliza. (slowly) The rain
(ai, ai, ai) in Spain (ai, ai, ai) falls mainly on the plain. E: The rai-ain in Spai-ain falls mai-ainly on the plain. P: Miss Doolittle, that’s so ___m__u_cbhetter.
H: Now, Eliza, go and practise by ___y_o__u_r_s. elf
Keep your tongue well forward ___i_n_s_t_e_a
of trying to swallow it.
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E: (beginning to cry) Oah! Oah!
H: Stop! Say “a cup of _t_e__”. a
E: I cap-o-tee.
H: Put your __t_o__n_g_uforward until it pushes
against theetop of your __l_o_w_ teeeth. Now
say “cup”.
CP = Colonel Pickering M = Maid
MH = Mrs Higgins
C = Clara
F = Freddy
N = Narrator
Listen again and fill in the blanks. N: Eliza’s first test is a __t_eparty at Henry’s
Mrs Higgins.
MH: (to both) Good afternoon. (murmurs)
Now Henry, how is your ___e_x_p__e_r_i_ment coming along?
H: Well, mother, well.
M: (announces loudly): _H_e__reis Mr and Miss
H: Better, better! Now try this ____s_e_n__te_.nc
e
“The rain in Spain falls ____m__a_i_nolyn the plain”.
E: (again with emphasis) The rine in Spine
falls minely on the pline.
_b_e__t_t_e!
H: (farr from satisfied) Once more, Eliza. (emphasizing each word) Do you think I
don’t know anything!
E: (very slowly and carefully too) Doo yoo
_b_e__c_a_m_ of her new straw hat that she
promised to me? _S_o_m_e_b_o_d_y_ stole it, and what I say is: the person who stole it, done her in. Her _f_a_m_i_ly_ would have killed her for a hat-pin, let _a_lo_n__ a hat! F: (can’t help laughing) I like tehe new small talk. E: (angrily) If that was right, why were you _la_u_g_h_i_n_g_? Have I said anything I oughtn’t, Mrs Higgins? MH: Not at all. E: Well, what I say is …
P: Now Henry, ___c_o_u__l_d_ny’tou have been
kinder to that poor girl after de?
Listen to the text.
TESTING ELIZA
H = Higgins
E = Eliza
mother’s house. a H: Well, hello, __m___o_t_h!eTrhis is Colonel
Pickering, and this is Eliza. CP: Good afternoon, Mrs Higgins.
E: (slowly and carefully) Good afternoon,
E: Than’ you sir! H: So let’s begin. ___S_a_yyour alphabet. E: I know my alphabet. Do yer thin’ I
know noffink! H: Now, now! Let’s start again. Say this
N: Eliza talks to Clara and Freddy ____w__hil
the others listen.
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E: (very carefully): How do you do, Mr Hill
and Miss Hill?
C: Good afternoon. May I call you Eliza
and do please __c_a_llme Clara. How pretty
you look!
F: Yes, indeed. May I sit ___n_etxotyou, Eliza?
E: Oh, yes. Please do.
F: Now, will it ___r_a_i,ndo you think?
r
E: C-c-c. I can’t. I can’t hear ___ndifference
’cept that it sounds more genoteel — like
_w__h__e_ you say it. (begins to cry)
H: (nangrily) Well, if you can __h_e_athrat, why
H: (angrily) Now, Eliza, go and tell Mrs
Pearce about this lesson. Think about it
and __p_r_a__c_t_isbey yourself. Away with you!
(Eliza is still sobbing, rushes from the room)
to let him pull you round byeyour hair.
H: Now try the __w__h_o_ lthing, Eliza. A cup
of tea.
e
E: (very slowly and with emphasis) A cu-up
of tea.
CP: Good, good!
man? I __b__eI got it right. C: I hope it wt on’t turn ___c_o_ldthough.
There’s so much flu about. E: My aunt ___d_i_eof flu, so they said. But I
believe thedy done the old woman in.
are you crying? Now ___t_ryagain, Eliza.
E: C-cup.
CP: Splendid, Miss Doolittle. __N__e_vmerind a
little crying, you are doing very well.
The lessons won’t hurt. I __p__r_o_m__insot
H: (looking at his watch) Ahem! E: (taking the hint and rising) Well, I must
Hill! MH: Good afternoon, Freddy and Clara. It’s
so __g_o_o_ of you to come. Let me introdduce you to Miss Eliza Doolittle, my __s_o_ Henry, and his friend Colonel Pickenring. F: How d’you do? (shakes hands with everyone) H: __D_e__l_ig__h_teI’dm sure.