选修8 Unit4 Pygmalion reading.ppt

Reading Pygmalion 1. Come over’ere, cap’in, and buy me flowers off a poor girl. Read Act One of the play and then answer these questions. Come over here, captain, and buy some flowers from a poor girl. 2. I ain’t done nothing wrong by speaking to that gentleman. I haven’t done anything wrong by speaking to that gentleman. I thought maybe you were a policeman in disguise. 4. How do I know whether’ ou took down right? How do I know whether you wrote down what I said accurately? 5. A shop assistant? Now that’s sommat I want, that is! A shop assistant? Now that’s something I would like to be! 3. I thought maybe you was a policeman in disguise. Comprehending 1. What is the name of the man hiding from the rain? Henry Higgins 2. Why is Eliza frightened of him at first? 3. Where has Colonel Pickering been living and what has he studied? She thinks he is a policeman in disguise. He has been living in India and has studied many Indian dialects. 4. Who is Henry Higgins anxious to meet and why? He is anxious to meet Colonel Pickering because he is researching in the same academic field as Pickering. 5. What is Eliza’s ambition and what does she decide to do about it? Her ambition is to be a shop assistant. She decides to take lessons from Professor Higgins to achieve her aim. 1. Eliza was selling some flowers when Higgins first met her. 2. She succeeded in selling some dead flowers to Huggins for some small change. 3. Huggins wrote down her name and address. 4. Huggins was good at judging people from their own speech. T F F T True or False? 5. Huggins could earn a lot for his job. 6. Huggins promised to find her a good job. 7. Either man had planned to meet the other although they didn’t know each other. T F T Can you recognize each character’s social position by their behaviour and language? Is he or she from the upper class, middle class or