高二英语人教版选修8教案：Unit4PygmalionPeriod1.doc

Unit 4Pygmalion单元要览本单元主题是“文学作品与戏剧”。

通过英国著名剧作家萧伯纳的戏剧《窈窕淑女》，揭示了著名的“皮格马利翁效应”——“说你行，你就行；说你不行，你就不行”。

本单元语言知识的选择和听说读写等语言技能的训练主要是围绕剧本情节来设计的。

Period 1Warming Up，Pre-reading，Reading and Comprehending整体设计教学内容分析This is the first teaching period of this unit.The central part of this period is a shortened version of the play Pygmalion written by George Bernard Shaw.Warming Up introduces the Greek story of Pygmalion to students by showing them three pictures.Pre-reading provides some questions to help students learn about Pygmalion，encourage them to predict some of the issues in the play and get them prepared for Reading.Reading is the first act of the play Pygmalion，which tells a story about an undefined，dirty flower girl who came across Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering.Through their representative language，it intends to show that people can change their status by working hard.Teachers should trust students and encourage them to have the determination to change their present situation.Comprehending consists of five kinds of exercises to help the students get a better understanding of the text，that is to say，to help the teacher to check how much the students have understood the text.Exercises 1,2 and 3 intend to check the students' understanding of the topic.Exercise 4 aims to have students think and summarize people's characters.Exercise 5 puts emphasis on training the students' ability of using the English language properly.三维目标设计Knowledge and skills1．To know the meanings of the following new words and phrases in this period：adaptation（改编本），classic（经典的），caption（说明文字），plot（情节），professor （教授），whistle（口哨声，汽笛声），garment（衣服），woolen（毛纺的），hesitate（犹豫），uncomfortable（不舒服的），troublesome（带来麻烦的，使人心烦的），wallet（钱包），outcome （结果），thief（小偷），handkerchief（手绢），mistaken（错误的），brilliant（杰出的），classify （分类），remark（评论），betray（显露出），upper（级别较高的），extraordinary（不同寻常的），condemn（使……注定），properly（恰当地），pass...off as...（使……改变成），ambassador （大使），acquaintance（相识），make one's acquaintance（与……相见），handful（一把），fortune （大笔的钱），authentic（真正的），generally speaking（一般来说）2．To learn something about the play Pygmalion by Shaw.3．To develop the students' reading ability by skimming and scanning the passage.4．To develop the students' speaking ability by talking about the play.Process and methods1．While doing Warming Up，the teacher can lead in the topic of this unit by showing students some pictures of the story of Pygmalion.Students can practice their oral English by working out the story and telling it to their partners.2．During Pre-reading the teacher can go around the classroom and discuss the questions with several students.This discussion should be student-centered and help them understand the content of the play.The teacher should lead the students to learn about the main characters in the passage.3．While doing Reading and Comprehending，the teacher may first ask the students to read the play quickly to get the general idea.After detailed reading of the play，students are encouraged to answer some questions and study the language of the play.4．To consolidate the contents of the play，the students should be required to discuss some questions about it at the end of the class.Emotion，attitude and value1．To get the students to know about the play and help them understand the fact that one's social status can influence the way they behave to each other.2．To develop students' sense of cooperative learning.教学重点、难点1．To enable the students to learn about the play and develop their reading ability.2．To help the students learn how to talk about the play and use the play to work out the characteristics of each social group.教学过程Step 1Warming up1．Warming up by looking and talkingAsk the students whether they know the Greek story of Pygmalion.If they know，tell the story.Picture 1 _________________________________________________________________ Picture 2 _________________________________________________________________ Picture 3 _________________________________________________________________ Further question：Will Pygmalion and his statue-wife be happy？Give your opinion.________________________________________________________________________ 2．Warming up by discussing the question.First show the students the following picture.Then let them discuss the question：Have you seen the film My Fair Lady（《窈窕淑女》）？How much do you know about the play?Suggested answers：1．Picture 1：Pygmalion，an artist，dislikes women.One day he makes a statue of a beautiful woman in ivory.Picture 2：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.Picture 3：As a result of his prayers，Aphrodite agrees to help him and makes the statue into a woman.The two marry and live happily ever after.2．Poor cockney flower girl Eliza has to walk all streets to sell her flowers and lives on this.She draws attention of Professor Henry Higgins，who then takes a bet from Colonel Pickering that he can transform the dirty cockney flower girl into a fair，good-behavior lady，and he will also let everyone trust she really is one，too！He does，and thus young aristocrat Freddy falls madly in love with her.But when Higgins takes all the credit to himself and forgets to acknowledge her efforts，Eliza angrily leaves him for Freddy，and suddenly Higgins realizes he can't really live without her and he has already fallen into love with her completely！Finally，Eliza comes back to Higgins.Step 2Pre-readingRead the information on the main characters in Reading.How many characters are there in the play？And who are they？Try to think of a possible plot.Suggested answers：Three.They are Eliza，Colonel Pickering and Professor Higgins.Step 3Reading and comprehending1．Fast reading：What is the main idea of the play?A．The poor flower girl，Eliza，found Higgins to buy some flowers for her.B．A person's language and behavior decide his/her position in society.C．Colonel Pickering found Higgins outside a theatre of London.D．Higgins made his acquaintance with Pickering.2．Detailed reading：Read the play and answer these questions.（1）Ask students to read the text carefully to get some specific information and do the true or false questions.①When the play begins，it is pouring with rain.②Eliza is a well-educated woman.③Professor Higgins makes notes of what Eliza said because he was a policeman.④The newly rich are all well-educated men.（2）Ask students to scan for detailed information and do the following multiple choices.①The flower girl was worried because______.A．she thought she did something wrongB．she didn't have the right to sell flowersC．she didn't want Higgins to write down what she saidD．she thought Higgins was a policeman in disguise②From her ______，Higgins got to know the girl came from the west end of London.A．clothes B．language C．look D．job of selling flowers③According to Higgins，if the flower girl was educated well to speak properly，she can do the following EXCEPT______.A．pass herself off in three months as a duchess at an ambassador's garden partyB．serve as a lady's maidC．become a shop assistantD．sell more flowers（3）Read the passage again and answer the following questions.①What is Eliza's ambition and what does she decide to do about it?②Can you recognize Higgins' social position by his behaviour and language？Is he from the upper class，middle class or lower class？Give your reasons.Suggested answers：1．B2．（1）①T②F③F④F（2）①D②B③D（3）①Her ambition is to be a shop assistant.She decides to take lessons from Professor Higgins.②Higgins is from the middle class.He is rude to the lower class and polite to the same or upper class.Step 4Language studyDeal with language problems if any（words or sentences students might not understand）to help the students have a better understanding of the play.Step 5Listening，reading aloud and underliningAsk students to read the play aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence，and also the different intonations of different persons.At the same time ask students to pay more attention to the flower girl's oral English—it isn't standard at all，both in vocabulary and grammar.Tell them to pick out all the useful expressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them down in their notebooks after class as homework.Collocations：be convinced that；shelter from；be of use；take...for；take down；betray oneself；condemn...to...；pass...off as；make one's acquaintance；a handful ofStep 6Studying the language of the playKeys for reference：A good play can show what kind of people its characters are by what they say and how they behave.For example，from some sentences，we can learn about Eliza.Eliza says “Thank you，sir.Hey！I ain't done nothing wrong by speaking to that gentleman.I've a right to sell flowers，I have.” The sentences show that she is respectful to people of a higher social class than her and she is aggressive when defending herself.Step 7Discussion1．In what way is Henry Higgins like Pygmalion?2．In what way is Eliza like the statue woman?3．How do you recognize different social classes in China？Is it through clothes，attitudes，education，jobs，or possessions?Suggested answers：1．Both of them want to change a woman's life.2．Their fate is changed with the help of others.3．Different social classes in China can be recognized through education or jobs.Step 8Homework1．Learn the useful new words and expressions in this period by heart.2．Write a short passage about what you can learn from Eliza's experience.Step 9Reflection after teaching________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________教学参考Short SummaryIn Covent Garden，the Eynsford Hills wait for a cab in the rain.When Freddy goes to hail one，he knocks Eliza's flowers out of her basket.She accepts money from Freddy's mother，then Colonel Pickering.A bystander warns her that a man is writing down what she is saying，and she confronts him，saying that she has done nothing wrong.Higgins amazes the crowd by imitating her accent and guessing where they all come from.Pickering and Higgins meet and agree to have dinner，and Higgins fills Eliza's basket with money before he leaves.Eliza leaves in a cab.The next day，Eliza intrudes upon Pickering and Higgins in Higgins' home.She wants English lessons，and Pickering bets that Higgins can not pass her off as a lady at the ambassador's ball in a month's time.Mrs.Pearce takes Eliza away to bathe her and dress her more appropriately，and Eliza's father arrives and demands some payment.Higgins likes him and gives him five pounds.A few months later，Mrs.Higgins is writing letters at home when she is interrupted by her son，who shocks her by telling her that he is bringing a flower-girl to his house.The Eynsford Hills arrive for a visit，as does Eliza—with her newly elegant accent and manner.Freddy is infatuated right away.Eliza makes the mistake of swearing and describing her aunt's alcoholism，and she is hustled away by Higgins.Clara thinks that swearing is the new fashion and shocks her mother by saying “bloody” on the way out.Mrs.Higgins scolds Pickering and her son for not considering what is to be done with Eliza after the experiment.At midnight at Higgins's house，Eliza enters looking exhausted.Higgins ignores her，looking for his slippers and crowing over her success at fooling everyone as his own.Eliza begins to look furious.When Higgins asks where his slippers are，Eliza throws them at his face.She explains that she does not know what to do with herself now that Higgins has transformed her.He suggests that she marry，to which she responds that she used to be something better than a prostitute when she sold flowers.She throws the ring that he gave her into the fireplace，and he loses his temper at her and leaves the room.She looks for the ring in the ashes.Mrs.Higgins is in her drawing room when her son comes and tells her that Eliza has run away.Doolittle arrives and announces that after he spoke with Higgins，Higgins recommended him as a speaker to an American millionaire who died and left him everything.Doolittle is now middle-class and hating every minute of it；his mistress is forcing him to marry her that afternoon.Eliza comes downstairs（she ran away to Mrs.Higgins' house），and Higgins looks flabbergasted.Doolittle invites Pickering and Mrs.Higgins to the wedding，and they leave Eliza and Higgins alone to talk.Eliza says that she does not want to be treated like a pair of slippers—and Freddy writes her love letters every day.When she threatens to become a phonetics teacher herself and use Higgins' methods，he says that he likes the new，stronger version of Eliza.He wants to live with her and Pickering as “three bachelors”．Mrs.Higgins returns dressed for the wedding，and she takes Eliza with her.Higgins asks her to run his errands for him，including that of buying some cheese and ham.She says a final goodbye to him，and he seems confident that she will follow his command.The onstage drama ends，and Shaw narrates，in an epilogue，that Eliza recognizes Higgins aspredestined to be a bachelor；she marries Freddy instead.With a gift from Colonel Pickering，Eliza opens a flower shop.The only person truly bothered by this state of affairs is Clara，who decides that the marriage will not help her own marriage prospects.But then she begins to read H．G.Wells and travel in the circles of his fans，and she is convinced to begin working in a furniture shop herself in the hopes that she might meet Wells（because the woman who owns the shop is also a fan of his）．Freddy is not very practical，and he and Eliza must take classes in bookkeeping to make their business a success.They do reach success，and they live a fairly comfortable life.精美句子1、善思则能“从无字句处读书”。