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Indian dialects. 4. He is anxious to meet Colonel Pickering, because
they are studying in the same academic field. 5. A shop assistant. She decides to take lessons from
Act One Fateful meetings
Skimming
Pay attention to the title and para.1, skim the passage, and answer the following questions:
1. When and where does the story take place?
Pygmalion, the play by George Bernard Shaw, is an adaptation of the Greek story.
About the author, George Bernard Shaw
1.Shaw’s life 2.Shaw’s works 3.Shaw’s identity
He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life. (使…复活)
His wish is granted.
Galatea
Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love
Pygmalion, king of Cyprus
group1: Shaw’s life
❖ Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1856 and died in 1950.
❖ hated schooling and dropped out of school at 15. ❖ In1876, Shaw moved to London to live with his mother,
where he began his literary career by writing music and theatre criticism, and novels. ❖ In 1884, he joined the Fabian Society(费边社), and took an active part in the socialist movement. ❖ began writing plays in 1892. ❖ won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
Scanning
Read Act One of the play and the answer the first five questions in Ex.1 on P.30.
Answers: 1. Henry Higgins. 2. She thinks he is a policeman in disguise. 3. He has been living in India and has studied many
Pre-reading
Pygmalion was made into a film called My Fair Lady in 1964. Read the three main characters and predict who is Pygmalion in the play.
Pygmalion
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Warming up
Questions: What do you think of when you hear
of “Pygmalion”? A Greek story.
Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman.
group2: Shaw’s works He wrote 51 plays, much concerned about the social
problems he lived. His famous plays include:
❖ Widowers’ House《鳏夫的房产》 ❖ Mrs. Warrens’ Profession 《华伦夫人的职业》 ❖ Major Barbara 《巴巴拉少校》 ❖ Heartbreak House 《伤心之家》 ❖ Saint Joan 《圣女贞德》
Colonel Pickering
Can you recognize each character’s social position by their behavior and language? Is he or she from the upper class, middle class or lower class?”
2.What is the weather like in Act One? 3.How many characters are included in Act One?
Who are they? Answers: 1. 11:15pm in London in 1914 outside a theatre. 2. It’s pouring with rain. 3. Four. They are Eliza (E), a gentleman (G), Professor Higgins (H) and Colonel Pickering (CP).
❖ Pygmalion 《卖花女》
❖ The Apple Cart 《苹果车》
gwk.baidu.comoup3: Shaw’s identity
identity
playwright, literary critic, socialist spokesman, free thinker.
He is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.
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