Unit4 Fateful meetings reading(人教版选修8 ).ppt

Unit 4 Fateful meetings (Act one) 主讲：卢合春 Revision 1.Pygmalion Effect is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect a person to take responsibility, they probably will. If you expect them not to even try, they probably won’t. 2.Pygmalion Effect: 心理学家莫顿（Robert Merton）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》(My Fair Lady)中为人所熟知的“皮格马利翁效应”（Pygmalion effect). The author-George Bernard Shaw An Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. Main works： Widowers Houses Pygmalion Man and Superman (1902), Major Barbara (1905) Thinking: 1.How many characters are there in the play? 2.When and where does the play happen? 3.What are they doing? Task 1: Scan the play andchoose the best answers! 主旨大意题： 1. This text is mainly about the first experience of Eliza meeting with ______. A. Professor Higgins B. Colonel Pickering C. Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering D. a gentleman 2. Eliza greeted to the gentleman in order to _______. A. ask him to buy some flowers from her B. talk with him C. ask him to teach her D. beg some money from him Task 2: work out the characteristics of each social group in the play. Task 3: Look again at how the three characters treat each other in the play. Look first at Henry. Discuss in groups: 1.Who does he say nice things to? 2.Who does he do kind actions to? 3.Who is he rude to? 4.Who does he do unkind things to? Group work  Task 4: Describe the characters in the  play with those adjectives in the list.  impatient, rude, confident, superior(优等的), self-important kind, polite, generous(慷慨的，大方的), enthusiastic, eager, anxious, emotional(易激动的，易动感情的), ambitious(有雄心的，野心勃勃的), unsure(缺乏自信的，无把握) Example: “But, sir, (proudly) once educated to speak properly, the girl could pass herself off in three months as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party. Pe