b8 u4 reading 成品.ppt

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1、PYGMALIONunit4CompanyLogoQuestions:Whowrotetheplay?GeorgeBernardShawCompanyLogoAbouttheauthor(1856-1950)WorksIntroductionAnecdoteGeorgeBernardShawCompanyLogoAbriefintroduction1.HeisaveryhumorousIrish(爱尔兰)playwright.2.In1925hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.Shawacceptedthehonorbutrefusedthe

2、money.GeorgeBernardShaw(1856-1950)Astoryabouthim:Oneday,Shawtookpartinaparty,inwhichhemetabusinessman.ThebusinessmanwasveryfatbutShawwasverythin.ThebusinessmansaidtoShawverysharply,“Whenpeopleseeyou,theywillknowhowpoorthecountryis”.AndthenShawansweredveryquickly,“Whenpeopleseeyou,theywillknowth

3、ereasonwhyourcountryissopoor.”CompanyLogoLiteraryworksCandia康蒂妲AndroclesandtheLion安德罗克利斯与狮子TheDevil’sDisciple魔鬼的门徒SaintJoan圣女贞德HeartbreakHouse伤心之家ArmsandtheMan武器与人ThefilmSomeweremadeintofilmsThisplaybyGeorgeBernardShaw(萧伯纳)isanadaptationofaGreekstory.Doyouknowthisstory?Pygmalion,agiftedartist,m

4、akesastonestatueofabeautifulwoman.HeaskstheGreekGoddesstobringhertolife.Hiswishisgranted.心理学家莫顿（RobertMerton）将此现象名之为“自我实现的预言”。这也就是在萧伯纳名剧《窈窕淑女》(MyFairLady)中为人所熟知的“皮格马利翁效应”PygmalionEffect”（Pygmalioneffect）。该剧取材自希腊与罗马神话中的一个角色皮格马利翁，这名神话中的主角深信他所刻的雕像非常美丽，终于使雕像变成有生命的人。ThePygmalionEffectisthatpeopleten

5、dtobehaveasyouexpecttheywill.Ifyouexpectapersontotakeresponsibility,theyprobablywill.Ifyouexpectthemnottoeventry,theyprobablywon’t.MyFairLady(ActOne)FatefulMeetingsThistextismainlyaboutthefirstexperienceofElizameetingwith_______________________________.ThemainideaProfessorHigginsandColonelPicke

6、ringQuestions:1.Howmanycharactersarethereintheplay?2.What’stheweatherlikewhentheplaybegins?3.DoyouthinkElizaawell-educatedwoman?Why?Three.ElizaDoolittle(E):apoorflowergirlwhoisambitioustoimproveherself.ProfessorHiggins(H):anexpertinphonetics,convincedthatthequalityofaperson’sEnglishdecideshis/h

7、erpositioninsociety.ColonelPickering(P):anofficerinthearmyandlaterafriendofHiggins’whosetshimatask.No,sheisapoor-educatedwoman.Wecanknowitclearlyfromherlanguage,clothesandherbehavior.Whentheplaybegins,itispouringwithrain.ElizaProf