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1、Unit4PygmalionReadingThisplaybyGeorgeBernardShaw(萧伯纳)isanadaptationofaaclassicGreekstory.Doyouknowthisstory?Pygmalion,agiftedartist,makesastonestatueofabeautifulwoman.Whenhefinishesthestatue,hefallsinlovewithitandgoestotheGreekgoddess,Aphrodite,toaskhertomakethestatueintoarealwoma
2、n.Hiswishisgranted.Theauthor——GeorgeBernardShawAnIrishdramatist,literarycritic,asocialistspokesman,andaleadingfigureinthe20thcenturytheater.Hismainworks:ImmaturityWidowers’HousesPygmalionManandSuperman(1902),MajorBarbara(1905)InShaw’splay,ProfessorHigginsisamanwhodoesnotlikewomene
3、itherandisveryrudetothem.Forabetheagreestoteachapooryoungwomansothatshecanbepassedoffasarichladyinhighclasssociety.So,likePygmalion,Higginscreatesaperfectyoungwoman.BoththestatueandElizadependontheircreatorfortheirnewlife.MyFairLadyHaveyouseenthefilm?Pre-readingElizaDoolittle(E):a
4、poorflowergirlwhoisambitioustoimproveherself.ProfessorHiggins(H):anexpertinphonetics,convincedthatthequalityofaperson’sEnglishdecideshis/herpositioninsociety.MaincharactersFatefulmeetingsColonelPickering(P):anofficerinthearmyandlaterafriendofHiggins’whosetshimatask.Readthetextquic
5、klyandcompleteitsmainidea.Theplayismainlyaboutapoor1._______girlwhoisluckytocomeacrossaprofessorwhomighthelpherto2.________herlife.flowerimproveSkimmingReadthetextcarefullyandfillintheblanks.CarefulreadingElizaDoolittle★Sheisverypoorandmakesalivingby1._____________andis2._________
6、toimproveherself.sellingflowersambitiousReading.mp3ElizaDoolittle★WhensheseesProfessorHiggins3.____________,shefeelsworriedbecauseshetakeshimfora(n)4.___________indisguisewhowantstocatchherasa(n)5.______.★Her6.________Englishwillmakeherliveinthe7._______allherlife,accordingtoProfe
7、ssorHiggins.takingnotespolicemanthiefterriblegutterProfessorHiggins★Heisanexpertin8._________,whothinksthatthequalityofaperson’sEnglishdecideshis/her9.________insociety.★Hecanknowwhereapersonisfrombywhathe/she10._____.★Hethinksiftaughtbyhimtospeakproperly,ElizaDoolittlephoneticspo
8、sitionsaysProfessorHigginsmaybeco
