2. 故事出自于希腊神话。皮格马力翁（ Pygmalion ）是 塞普勒斯国王，也是雕塑家。她用象牙雕了一座女人像 后不能自己地爱上了这座雕像。美神阿佛洛狄忒（就是 罗马神话的 Venus ）有感于他的痴情，施法力让雕像变 成活人，使有情人终成眷属。这个由雕像变成的女人叫 迦勒提阿（ Galatea ）。受到这个神话的启发， 1912 年 英国剧作家肖伯纳创作了同名剧 Pygmalion 。剧中的语 言学教授 Higgins 在伦敦街头找到了一个卖花女 Eliza ， 加以训练，使其成为谈吐涂高雅的贵妇，和皮格马力翁 凿出一个完美的雕像并赋予新生命如出一辙。 1956 年 百老汇将该剧改编为《窈窕淑女》（ My Fair Lady ）， 成为百老汇有史以来最轰动的剧作之一。 1964 年又被 改编为电影上演，由著名女影星奥黛莉 · 赫本主演，非 常卖座。 Pygmalion 皮格马力翁，醉心于自己创作的 人 此张幻灯片仅供各位老师了解文章的背景

4. Pygmalion,the play by George Bernard Shaw, is an adaptation of a Greek story. According to the myth, Pygmalion,a prince of Cyprus, created an ivory statue of the ideal woman, Galatea. Because Galatea was so beautiful that Pygmalion fell desperately in love with his own creation. He prayed to the goddess Venus to bring Galatea to life. Venus granted his prayer and the couple lived happily ever after.

5. Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman

6. He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life.

7. His wish is granted.

8. This is what we call Pygmalion Effect or Rosenthal ( 罗森塔尔 )effect. It refers to the phenomenon that the greater expectation we place upon people, children or students, the better they will perform. From this effect, we can see that we can get we are dreaming of or what we are expecting. And then, from this, we can go to our education. That is we can expect something of our students. And our students can adjust themselves to what we expect them to be. Such is the essence of the self-fulfilling prophecy: what we expect tends to come true.

9. How much do you know about George Bernard Shaw?

10. The author-----George Bernard Shaw,who is an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. His main works: Immaturity Widowers' Houses Pygmalion Man and Superman (1902), John Bull's Other Island (1904), Major Barbara (1905)

11. George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. Shaw was a freethinker, defender of women’s rights, and advocate of equality of income. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Shaw accepted the honor but refused the money. He was a very humorous playwright.

12. The play has been made into the film My fair lady.

13. Do you know the famous actress? She is regarded as the one of the most elegant ladies in the world. What’s her name? Can you name some films which she acted in?

14. 罗马假期 (Roman Holiday) 1953 年

15. 龙凤配 (Sabrina) 1954 年

16. 战争与和平 (War and Peace)1956 年

17. 修女传 (The Nun‘s Story) 1959 年

18. 第凡内早餐 (Breakfast at Tiffany‘s) 1961 年

19. 窈窕淑女 (My Fair Lady) 1964 年

20. 1. This text is mainly about the first experience of Eliza meeting with ______. A. Professor Higgins B. Colonel Pickering C. Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering D. a gentleman Act One 主旨大意

21. 2. Eliza greeted to the gentleman in order to _______. A. ask him to buy some flowers from her B. talk with him C. ask him to teach her D. beg some money from him

22. 3. Why Eliza began to cry? Because _______. A. she thought Professor Higgins would arrest him B. the gentleman didn’t give her some money C. Pickering beat and scolded her D. there was no reason

23. 4. Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _______. A. his appearance B. his action C. his conversation D. his manners

24. 5. From the text, we can infer that Professor Higgins is a man described below EXCEPT _________. A. he doesn’t care about money B. he is an expert in phonetics C. he is proud D. he is greedy 推理判断

25. CharacterPosition in society Evidence in the play Eliza Lower class Language: calls gentleman “sir” and ___________ (or captain) which is a compliment Behaviour: _______ to people of higher class Comprehending respectful “cap’in”

26. CharacterPosition in society Evidence in the play Henry Higgins Language: calls Eliza “___________” and Pickering “________________” Behaviour: _____ to lower class; _____ to same or upper class Middle class rude polite you silly girl my dear man

27. CharacterPosition in society Evidence in the play Colonel Pickering Upper class Language: prepared to begin a __________ with Henry, whom he does not know; generous with praise to him Behaviour: generally confident and ______; but _______ Eliza polite ignores conversation

28. Choose adjectives to describe each character in the play. Henry Impatient, rude, confident, superior, self-important Colonel Kind, polite,generous, enthusiastic, eager, confident Eliza Anxious, eager, emotional ambitious, unsure