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She wants to be a shop assistant and she decides to learn better English from Higgins.
3. Can you recognize each character’s social position by their behaviour and language? Is he or she from the upper class, middle class or lower class? Give your reasons.
4. How do I know whether’ ou took me down right?
How do I know whether you took me down accurately?
5. A shop assistant? Now that’s sommat I want, that is! A shop assistant? Now that’s something I want!
Fill in the chart.
Character Position Evidence in the play
in society
Eliza
Lower class
Language: calls gentleman “sir” and _“_c_a_p_’_in_”__ (or captain) which is a compliment
Βιβλιοθήκη BaiduUnit 4
Pygmalion
Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman.
He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life.
His wish is granted.
Behaviour: _r_e_sp_e_c_t_fu__l to people of higher class
Character Position Evidence in the play in society
Henry Higgins
Middle class
Language: calls Eliza “_y_o_u__si_ll_y_g_ir_l_” and Pickering “__m_y_d_e_a_r_m_a_n__”
Act one
Fateful meetings
Eliza Doolittle
Henry Higgins
Colonel Pickering
Eliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself. Professor Higgins(H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society. Colonel Pickering(P): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins’ who sets him a task.
3) be convinced + of sth/ that 从句 “坚信…” 我确信他是清白的。 I am convinced of his innocence. =I am convinced that he was innocent.
2. While watching, he makes notes. 他一边观察, 一边做笔记。
I haven’t done anything wrong by speaking to that gentleman.
3. I thought maybe you was a policeman in disguise.
I thought maybe you were a policeman in disguise.
impatient kind polite rude confident anxious eager enthusiastic motional self-important ambitious generous unsure superior dynamic
impatient, rude, confident, superior, self-important
A. Cleaning
B. To clean
C. While cleaning D. While I was cleaning
Language: generous to__p_ra_i_se_ by saying “that’s quite brilliant/ Extraordinary”.
Behaviour: generally confident and _p_o_li_te__
4 Choose those adjectives in the list which best describe each character in the play. In pairs discuss them and then place them in the boxes below. Some can be used more than once.
Eliza Doolittle
Henry Higgins
Colonel Pickering
Comprehending
answer these questions.
1. Why is Eliza frightened of Higgins at first? 2. Where has Colonel Pickering been living
2) While___B___ the river, he saw a big crocodile. A. to cross B. crossing C. cross D. crossed
3) --What’s the matter with you?
--__D___ the window, my finger was cut.
2) convince sb + of sth/that 从句 “使…确信…”
我不认为她的强颜欢笑能使她父亲相信她过得很开心。
I don’t think her forced smile _w_i_ll_c_o_n_v_i_n_c_e_h__er__fa_t_h_e_r_t_h_a_t_s_h_e__li_v_e_s_h_a_p_p_i_ly_._
2.In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw accepted the honor but refused the money.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Company Logo
Pygmalion
kind, polite, generous, enthusiastic, eager, confident
anxious, eager, emotional, ambitious, unsure, dynamic
5 Suppose you have a chance to help Eliza improve her use of the English language. Correct all these sentences in terms of grammar, spelling, etc, so that she can use them properly.
1. Professor Higgins (H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society.
1) convince sb to do sth说服…去 我们说服了他坐火车去, 不要搭飞机去。 We convinced him to go by train rather plane.
George Bernard Shaw, is an adaptation of the Greek story.
Questions:
1. Who wrote the play?
George Bernard Shaw
Company Logo
A brief introduction
1.He is a very humorous Irish(爱尔兰) playwright.
Behaviour: _r_u_d_e_ to lower class; _p_o_l_it_e to same or upper class
Character Position Evidence in the play in society
Colonel Pickering
Upper class
2. Where has Colonel Pickering been living and what has he studied?
He has been living in India and has studied many Indian dialects.
3. Who is Henry Higgins anxious to meet and why?
Discussion
1. Do you think that Pygmalion and his statue–wife will be happy together?
2. What problem do you think they will have?
Pygmalion, the play by
when
Fast reading
11:15,PM in 1914
where London, England
who what
Eliza, Professor Higgins, Colonel Pickering
fateful meetings
Pygmalion
Act one
Fateful meetings
He is anxious to meet Colonel Pickering because he is working in the same academic field as Pickering.
4. What job does Eliza want to do? What does she decide to do about it?
and what has he studied? 3. Who is Henry Higgins anxious to meet
and why? 4. What job does Eliza want to do? What does she decide to do about it?
1. Why is Eliza frightened of him at first? She thinks he is a policeman in disguise.
▲ while watching 为while he is watching 省略句。
1) When__D___ help, one often says “Thank you.”
or “It’s kind of you.”
A. offering
B. to offer
C. to be offered D. offered
1. Come over’ere, cap’in, and buy me flowers off a poor girl.
Come over here, captain, and buy some flowers from a poor girl.
2. I ain’t done nothing wrong by speaking to that gentleman.
3. Can you recognize each character’s social position by their behaviour and language? Is he or she from the upper class, middle class or lower class? Give your reasons.
4. How do I know whether’ ou took me down right?
How do I know whether you took me down accurately?
5. A shop assistant? Now that’s sommat I want, that is! A shop assistant? Now that’s something I want!
Fill in the chart.
Character Position Evidence in the play
in society
Eliza
Lower class
Language: calls gentleman “sir” and _“_c_a_p_’_in_”__ (or captain) which is a compliment
Βιβλιοθήκη BaiduUnit 4
Pygmalion
Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman.
He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life.
His wish is granted.
Behaviour: _r_e_sp_e_c_t_fu__l to people of higher class
Character Position Evidence in the play in society
Henry Higgins
Middle class
Language: calls Eliza “_y_o_u__si_ll_y_g_ir_l_” and Pickering “__m_y_d_e_a_r_m_a_n__”
Act one
Fateful meetings
Eliza Doolittle
Henry Higgins
Colonel Pickering
Eliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself. Professor Higgins(H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society. Colonel Pickering(P): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins’ who sets him a task.
3) be convinced + of sth/ that 从句 “坚信…” 我确信他是清白的。 I am convinced of his innocence. =I am convinced that he was innocent.
2. While watching, he makes notes. 他一边观察, 一边做笔记。
I haven’t done anything wrong by speaking to that gentleman.
3. I thought maybe you was a policeman in disguise.
I thought maybe you were a policeman in disguise.
impatient kind polite rude confident anxious eager enthusiastic motional self-important ambitious generous unsure superior dynamic
impatient, rude, confident, superior, self-important
A. Cleaning
B. To clean
C. While cleaning D. While I was cleaning
Language: generous to__p_ra_i_se_ by saying “that’s quite brilliant/ Extraordinary”.
Behaviour: generally confident and _p_o_li_te__
4 Choose those adjectives in the list which best describe each character in the play. In pairs discuss them and then place them in the boxes below. Some can be used more than once.
Eliza Doolittle
Henry Higgins
Colonel Pickering
Comprehending
answer these questions.
1. Why is Eliza frightened of Higgins at first? 2. Where has Colonel Pickering been living
2) While___B___ the river, he saw a big crocodile. A. to cross B. crossing C. cross D. crossed
3) --What’s the matter with you?
--__D___ the window, my finger was cut.
2) convince sb + of sth/that 从句 “使…确信…”
我不认为她的强颜欢笑能使她父亲相信她过得很开心。
I don’t think her forced smile _w_i_ll_c_o_n_v_i_n_c_e_h__er__fa_t_h_e_r_t_h_a_t_s_h_e__li_v_e_s_h_a_p_p_i_ly_._
2.In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw accepted the honor but refused the money.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Company Logo
Pygmalion
kind, polite, generous, enthusiastic, eager, confident
anxious, eager, emotional, ambitious, unsure, dynamic
5 Suppose you have a chance to help Eliza improve her use of the English language. Correct all these sentences in terms of grammar, spelling, etc, so that she can use them properly.
1. Professor Higgins (H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society.
1) convince sb to do sth说服…去 我们说服了他坐火车去, 不要搭飞机去。 We convinced him to go by train rather plane.
George Bernard Shaw, is an adaptation of the Greek story.
Questions:
1. Who wrote the play?
George Bernard Shaw
Company Logo
A brief introduction
1.He is a very humorous Irish(爱尔兰) playwright.
Behaviour: _r_u_d_e_ to lower class; _p_o_l_it_e to same or upper class
Character Position Evidence in the play in society
Colonel Pickering
Upper class
2. Where has Colonel Pickering been living and what has he studied?
He has been living in India and has studied many Indian dialects.
3. Who is Henry Higgins anxious to meet and why?
Discussion
1. Do you think that Pygmalion and his statue–wife will be happy together?
2. What problem do you think they will have?
Pygmalion, the play by
when
Fast reading
11:15,PM in 1914
where London, England
who what
Eliza, Professor Higgins, Colonel Pickering
fateful meetings
Pygmalion
Act one
Fateful meetings
He is anxious to meet Colonel Pickering because he is working in the same academic field as Pickering.
4. What job does Eliza want to do? What does she decide to do about it?
and what has he studied? 3. Who is Henry Higgins anxious to meet
and why? 4. What job does Eliza want to do? What does she decide to do about it?
1. Why is Eliza frightened of him at first? She thinks he is a policeman in disguise.
▲ while watching 为while he is watching 省略句。
1) When__D___ help, one often says “Thank you.”
or “It’s kind of you.”
A. offering
B. to offer
C. to be offered D. offered
1. Come over’ere, cap’in, and buy me flowers off a poor girl.
Come over here, captain, and buy some flowers from a poor girl.
2. I ain’t done nothing wrong by speaking to that gentleman.