人教新课标选修八unit4_Warming_up_and_reading

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1、Unit4PygmalionDoyouknowthemythofPygmalion?ItisaGreekmyth.Pygmalionwasaverygiftedartist(sculpter),whodoesn’tlikewomen.However,hespentalongtimecreatingaperfectstonestatueofabeautifulwoman.Itwassobeautifulthathecouldn’thelplovingitandwantedittobehiswife.Butitwasonlyast

2、one.Howcouldhemakehisdreambecometrue?HethoughtandthoughtandatlastheaskedtheGreekGoddesstohelphimtobringittolife.TheGreekGoddessagreedtohelpandmakehisdreamcometruebyturningthestonestatueintoarealwoman.Thetwoaremarriedandlivehappilytogether.TheGreekmythwasapopularsubj

3、ectforVictorianeraEnglishplaywrights.Basedontheclassicalmyth,BernardShawwroteafamousplayPygmalion.MyFairLadyisamusicalbaseduponGeorgeBernardShaw'sPygmalion.Themusical’s1956Broadwayproductionwasasmashhit,settinganewrecordforthelongestrunofanymajormusicaltheatreproduc

4、tioninhistory.Ithasbeencalled“theperfectmusical”.MyFairLadyGeorgeBernardShawanIrishdramatist,literarycritic,andaleadingfigureinthe20thcenturytheaterHismainworksinclude:ImmaturityWidowers'HousesPygmalionManandSuperman(1902),JohnBull'sOtherIsland(1904),MajorBarbara(19

5、05)GeorgeBernardShawwasafreethinker,defenderofwomen’srights,andadvocateofequalityofincome.In1925hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliterature.Shawacceptedthehonorbutrefusedthemoney.Hewasaveryhumorousplaywright.PygmalionReadingProfessorHigginsisamanwhodoesnotlikewomanandisv

6、eryrudetothem.Forabetheagreestoteachapooryoungwoman(Eliza)sothatshecanbepassedoffasarichladyinhighclasssociety.Elizabecomesacceptedasamemberoftheupperclass.Briefintroductionoftheplay1.ElizawassellingsomeflowerswhenHigginsfirstmether.2.Shesucceededinsellingsomedeadfl

7、owerstoHugginsforsomesmallchange.3.Hugginswrotedownhernameandaddress.4.Hugginswasgoodatjudgingpeoplefromtheirownspeech.5.Hugginscouldearnalotforhisjob.6.Hugginspromisedtofindheragoodjob.7.Eithermanhadplannedtomeettheotheralthoughtheydidn’tknoweachother.TFFTTFTTelltr

8、ueorfalse1.ReadActOneoftheplayandthenanswerthesequestions.Whatisthenameofthemanhidingfromtherain?WhyisElizafrightenedofhimatfirst?Wherehas