英语课件：Unit4 Reading(新人教版选修8).ppt

* * * Company Logo Questions: Who wrote the play? George Bernard Shaw Company Logo About the author (1856-1950) Works Introduction Quotes Anecdote George Bernard Shaw Company Logo A brief introduction 1.Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman 2.defender of women’s rights, and advocate of equality of income. 3.In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw accepted the honour but refused the money. 4.He was a very humorous playwright. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Company Logo Anecdote You’re so skinny Meat ball ^O^ “When people see you, they will know how poor your country is”. “When people see you, they will know the reason why our country is so poor.” Company Logo Quotes 1. If its true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for? 有人说我们来到这个世上就是要帮助别人的， 倘若此话非虚，那么请问别人来到这个世界 又是干什么的. 2. Money is not everything. Theres Mastercard Visa. 金钱并非一切，还有信用卡呢。 3. One should love animals. They are so tasty. 人们应该喜爱动物，它们好吃来着呢。 new words 1whistle 2. garment 3. woollen 4. hesitate 5. uncomfortably 6. troublesome 7. wallet 8. outcome 9. thief 10. handkerchief 11. mistaken 12. brilliant 13. classified 14. remarks 15. betray 1. 笛声 2. 衣服 3. 羊毛的 4. 犹豫 5. 不舒服地 6. 麻烦的 7. 钱包 8. 结果 9. 小偷 10. 手帕 11. 错误的 12. 聪明的 13. 分类 14. 言论评论 15. 出卖 new words 16upper 17 extraordinary 18 condemn 19 properly 20 ambassador 21 authentic 1.上层的 2. 非凡的 3. 谴责 4. 合适地 5. 大使 6. 真实的 important phrases 1. 结识,与…相见 2. 惊愕地 3. 一般来说 4. 就…来说,从…角度 5. 带…进来 6. 几天前 7. 带走,取走 8. 需要 9. 避雨 10. 一把,一大捧 11. 透露身份,显露(本来面目) 2. make one’s acquaintance 3. in amazement 4. generally speaking 5. in term/terms of 6. show … in 7. the other day 8. take away 9. in need of 12. shelter/hide from rain 13. a handful of 14. betray oneself 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）。该剧取材自希腊与罗马神话中的一个角色皮格马利翁，这名神话中的主角深信他所刻的雕像非常美丽，终于使雕像变成有生命的人。 This play, Pygmalion, was also made into a film called My Fair