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1、PYGMALIONDoyouknowthefamousactress?Canyounamesomefilmswhichsheactedin?窈窕淑女(MyFairLady)1964年Questions:HaveyouseenthefilmMyFairLady?Whowrotetheplay?GeorgeBernardShawDoyouknowsomethingaboutShaw?GeorgeBernardShaw(1856-1950)aIrishdramatist,aliterarycritic,asocialistspokesman,
2、aleadingfigureinthe20thcenturytheater.afreethinker,defenderofwomen’srights,andadvocateofequalityofincome.BorninDublinin1856toamiddle-classProtestantfamily.HemarriedCharlottePayne-Townshendin1898,butitisknownthathenevertouchedheronce.Heflirtedwithbeautifulwomenbutneverhad
3、furthercommittedrelations.HewasmemberofFabianSociety,amiddle-classsocialistgroupthataimedatthetransformationofEnglishgovernmentandsociety.LiteraryCareerandAchievementsthesecondgreatestEnglishplaywrightbehindonlyShakespeare“adayneverpasseswithoutaperformanceofsomeShawplay
4、beinggivensomewhereintheworld.”hisworksincluding:60plays,5novels,3volumesofmusiccriticism,4volumesofdanceandtheatricalcriticism,andheapsofsocialcommentary,politicaltheory,andcorrespondence.OneofShaw’sgreatestcontributionsasamoderndramatistisinestablishingdramaasseriousli
5、terature,nolessimportantthanthenovel.In1925hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliterature.Shawacceptedthehonorbutrefusedthemoney.Hewasaveryhumorousplaywright.TheFairLadybyGeorgeBernardShawisanadaptationofaGreekstory.Doyouknowthestory?Pygmalion,agiftedartist,makesastonestatueofab
6、eautifulwoman.HeaskstheGreekGoddesstobringhertolife.Hiswishisgranted.Doyouheardof“thePygmalionEffect”?ThePygmalionEffect(皮格马利翁效应)isthatpeopletendtobehaveasyouexpecttheywill.Ifyouexpectapersontotakeresponsibility,theyprobablywill.Ifyouexpectthemnottoeventry,theyprobablywo
7、n’t.ThePygmalionMythItderivesitsnamefromthefamousstoryinOvid’sMetamorphoses(奥德维变形记).Pygmalionisdisgustedbythelooseandshamefullivesofthewomeninhisera,womenofAmathus,thefirstwomentobecomeprostitutes,anddecidestolivealoneandunmarried.Withwondrousart,hecreatesabeautifulstatu
8、einivory,Galatea,representingfeminineideal.WhenPygmalionreturnshome,hekisseshisstatueandisdelightedtofi