教材試題Unit4Reading

1、Unit 4 PygmalionPre-reading1 This play was also made into a film called My Fair Lady . Have you seen the film? If you have, did you like it? Give reasons.2 The play by Shaw has the same theme as the Greek story. In pairs discuss what this theme might be.3 Read the information on the main characters

2、below. Think a minute of a possible plot.Then begin to read the play and see whether you have got the right idea.ReadingPYGMALIONMAIN CHARACTERS：Eliza Doolittle(E)： a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself.Professor Higgins(H)：an expert in phonetics,convinced that the quality of a pers

3、on sEnglish decides his / her position in society.Colonel Pickering(CP)： an officer in the army and later a friend of Higginswho sets hima task.FATEFUL MEETINGSAct One11:15 pm in London, England in 1914 outside a theatre. It is pouring with rain and a man ishidingfrom the rainbut watching people'

4、;s languageand reactions. Whilewatching, hemakes notes. Nearby a flower girl is also sheltering from the rain. A gentleman (G) passes and hesitates for a moment.E：Come over ere, cap in, and buy me flowers off a poorgirl.G： I m sorry but I haven t any change.E： I can give ou change, cap in.G： (surpri

5、sed)For a pound? I m afraid I ve got nothingless.E： (hopefully) Oah! Oh, do buy a flower. Take this for three pence. (holds up some deadflowers)G： (uncomfortably)Now don t be troublesome, there s a good girl. (looks in pocket andsounds more friendly) But wait,here s some small change . Will that b e

6、 any use to you? It sraining heavily now,isn t it? (leaves)E： (disappointed at the outcome but thinks it is better than nothing) Thank, sir (seesa ouman taking notes and gets worried)Hey! I ain t done nothing wrong by speaking to thatgentleman.I vea right to sell flowers, I have.I m an onest girl I

7、am! (begins to cry)H： (kindly)There!There! Who s hurtingyou , you silly girl? Whatdo you take me for?(gives her a handkerchief)E： I thought maybe you was a policeman in disguise.H： Do I look like a policeman?E： (still worried) Then why didoutake down my words for? How do I know whether outook me dow

8、n right? ou just show me what ou wrote?H： Here you are. (hands over the paper covered with writing)E：What s that? That ain t proper writing.Ica n t read that. (pushes it back at him)H: I can. (reads imitating Eliza)“ Come over ere, cap in, and buy me flowers off a poor girl.”(in his ownvoice) There

9、you are andyou come from the west endof London, born inLisson Grove if I m not mistaken.E： (looking confused)What if I was? What s it to you?CP ： (Pickeringwhohad beenwatchingthegirl, now speaks to Higgins) That squitebrilliant! How did you do that, may I ask?H ： Simplyphoneticsstudiedandclassifiedf

10、rom people sownspeech . That smyprofession and also my hobby. I can place any spoken conversation within six miles, andeven within two streets in London sometimes.CP ： Let me congratulate you! But is there an income to be made in that?H： Yes, indeed. Quite a good one. This is the age of the newly ri

11、ch. People begin theirworking life in a poor neighbourhood of London with 80 pounds a year and end in a richone with 100 thousand. But they betray themselves every time they open their mouths.Now once taught by me. . .CP ： Is that so? Extraordinary!H：(dismissively) Look at this girl with her terribl

12、e English.The English thatwillcondemnhertotheguttertotheend of her days. But, sir, (proudly)onceeducatedtospeak properly,thegirl couldpassherselfoff inthreemonths as a duchessat an ambassador s garden party.Perhaps I could even find her employment as a lady s maid or a shop assistant, whichrequires

13、better English.E：What s that you say? A shop assistant? Now that s sommat, Ithatwantis!H： (ignores her) Can you believe that?CP ： Of course! I study many Indian languages myself andH： Do you indeed? Do you know Colonel Pickering?CP ： Indeed I do, for that is me. Who are you?H： I m Henry Higgins and

14、I was going to India to meet you.CP ： And I came to England to make your acquaintance!E：What about me? How ll you help me?H： Oh, take that (carelessly throws a handful of money into her basket). We must have a celebration, my dear man. (leave together)E：(looking at the collected money in amazement) Well, I never! A whole pound! A