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Section_ⅠWarming Up & Reading — Pre-reading
1.Have you ever heard of the Pygmalion effect?
2.Do you want to know more about it?
Please read the following passage to get the information.
The Pygmalion effect refers to the concept that a person will achieve or perform as he i
2、s expected to perform, and it can have both positive, and negative effects on an individual or a group.A person expected to perform well will achieve or exceed (超越)this expectation, according to the Pygmalion effect, but a person expected to underachieve or perform poorly will also fulfill this expe
3、ctation.
The term “Pygmalion effect”comes from a Greek myth.According to the myth, Pygmalion was a prince of Cyprus and a sculptor who created and fell in love with an ivory statue of his ideal woman.He pleaded with the goddess Venus to give life to his creation, and she agreed.Pygmalion married hi
4、s creation and they had a perfect life together.He had expected the statue to be the perfect woman, and she fulfilled his expectations when she was brought to life.
Many studies have been conducted on the Pygmalion effect in the classroom.Teachers were given information that certain students in the
5、 class were more likely to excel and achieve than other members of the class.No verbal cues (暗示)were used by the teacher to inform students of the information or expectations, but students who were believed by tutors to have greater potential still showed significantly greater intellectual growth.
6、Body language is just as important as verbal communication when conveying both positive and negative expectations, as is the tone of voice.The use of body language is most commonly a subconscious (潛意識的) form of communication, but it can prove to be very powerful.
A student may detect that his teach
7、er believes he will never be a high achiever and is less intelligent and capable of succeeding than other members of the class.If the child detects these negative expectations and comes to believe them, these negative expectations can remain with him for the rest of his life, trapping him in a conti
8、nuous circle of the negative self-fulfilling prophecy (預言).
Warming Up
1.Look at the pictures and answer the following questions.
①Who and what is the man in Picture A?
It’s_George_Bernard_Shaw,_an_Irish_dramatist,_literary_critic,_a_socialist_spokesman_and_a_leading_figure_in_the_20th_centu
9、ry.
②The Pygmalion effect is used in class now.Can you say something about it?
The_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.A brief introduct
10、ion to George Bernard Shaw.
Born
In 1856
Nationality
Irish
Achievements
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925, Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman
Works
A.Mrs.Warren’s Profession
B.Major Barbara
C.Man and Superman
D.Saint Joan
E.Pygmalion(My Fair Lady)
F.Widowers’ Hous
11、es
Death
In 1950
Match the works or plays shown in the chart:
①《華倫夫人的職業(yè)》 ________
②《圣女貞德》 ________
③《皮格馬利翁》 ________
④《人與超人》 ________
⑤《巴巴拉少?!? ________
⑥《鰥夫的房屋》 ________
答案:①~⑥ ADECBF
Fast Reading
1.Read the text and write down the main idea of the text.
The play is mainly abo
12、ut a_poor_flower_girl who is lucky to come across a professor who might help her to improve her life.
2.Look at the pictures and tell who they are.Choose adjectives to describe each character in the play.
答案:(1)Eliza Doolittle→C
(2)Henry Higgins→A
(3)Colonel Pickering→B
Careful Reading
13、
Read the text and then choose the best answer according to the passage.
(1)What was the girl’s spoken English like?
A.She spoke standard English.
B.She didn’t speak standard English.
C.She spoke official English.
D.She spoke American English.
(2)Why did the girl begin to cry?
A.She thought
14、that man might be a policeman.
B.She felt hungry but she had nothing to eat.
C.She was wet in the rain.
D.She was unable to take a bus to get home.
(3)What did Higgins take down on his notebook?
A.He wrote down what the girl said.
B.He wanted to tell the police what he had seen.
C.He took dow
15、n the weather.
D.He was writing a diary.
(4)Where was the girl from?
A.She was from the west end of Wales.
B.She was from the west end of Scotland.
C.She was from the west end of London.
D.She was from the east end of London.
(5)Once educated to speak properly, the girl can do the following t
16、hings EXCEPT ________.
A.acting as a duchess
B.going on selling flowers
C.working as a shop assistant
D.serving as a lady’s maid
答案:(1)~(5) BAACB
Summary
Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.
My Fair Lady was the title of a successful musical and later a film 1.based (base) on
17、Bernard Shaw’s classical Pygmalion.In the musical, Professor Higgins takes 2.a bet from Colonel Pickering 3.that he can transfer an unrefined 4.dirty (dirt) flower girl Eliza Doolittle 5.into a lady, and fool everyone into 6.thinking (think) she really is.He does, and thus young aristocrat Freddy Ey
18、nsford-Hill falls 7.madly (mad) in love with her.When Higgins takes all the credit and forgets to acknowledge her efforts.Eliza angrily leaves him for Freddy.Only then 8.does Higgins realize he 9.has_been_accustomed (accustom) to her face and can’t live 10.without her.
Discussion
1.Do you think
19、that Pygmalion and his statue-wife will be happy together?
No,_I_don’t_think_so.
2.What problem do you think they will have?
Maybe_they_can’t_understand_each_other,_because_they_come_from_different_worlds._It’s_very_hard_for_Pygmalion_to_understand_his_wife,_because_his_wife_is_made_from_a_stone.She_doesn’t_know_his_language,_his_behavior_and_everything_about_him_to_begin_with.
3.How do you think they might solve them?
Pygmalion_loves_the_girl_so_much_that_he_decides_to_teach_her_how_to_speak_and_how_to_behave_herself.Little_by_little,_they_understand_each_other_well_and_live_happily.