PygmalionReadingNSEFCStudent’sBook8Designer:ZengXiaoyanDate:May25th,2018Abouttheauthor(1856-1950)WorksIntroductionQuotesAnecdoteTheauthor-----GeorgeBernardShawAnIrishdramatist,literarycritic,asocialistspokesman,andaleadingfigureinthe20thcenturytheater.

Hismainworks:ImmaturityWidowers'HousesPygmalionManandSuperman(1902),MajorBarbara(1905)MyFairLady

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FatefulmeetingsActOneSkimming2Whatdotheydorespec

-tively?1Whatarethemaincharactersofthisact?3Whataretheydoingatthebeginningoftheplay?Tip:Someinformationisincludedinthestagedirections,

likethecharacter,time,place,weather,lighting,etc.ElizaDoolittle(E):

apoorflowergirlwhoisambitioustoimproveherself.ColonelPickering(P):

anofficerinthearmyandlaterafriendofHiggins’whosetshimatask.Let’scheckProfessorHiggins(H):

anexpertinphonetics,convincedthatthequality

ofaperson’sEnglishdecides

his/herpositioninsociety.Skimming

MaincharactersTheyareshelteringfromtherainousideatheatre.Scanning1.Elizagreetedtothegentlemaninorderto_______.2.WhydidElizabegintocry?Because_______.3.ProfessorHigginsbelievedthathecouldjudge

apersonby_______.4.Fromthetext,wecaninferthatProfessorHigginsis

amandescribedbelowEXCEPT_________.Scanning1.Elizagreetedtothegentlemaninorderto_______.talkwithhimB.askhimtobuysome

flowersfromherC.askhimtoteachherD.begsomemoneyfromhimScanning2.WhydidElizabegintocry?Because_______.A.shethoughtProfessorHiggins

wouldarrestherB.thegentlemandidn’tgiveher

somemoneyC.PickeringbeatandscoldedherD.therewasnoreasonScanning3.ProfessorHigginsbelievedthathecouldjudge

apersonby_______.his

appearanceB.hisactionC.hisconversationD.hismannersWhatotherthingsshowone’sstatusinSociety?ClothesExpensivepossessions(likecarsorjewellery)AttitudesandbehaviorEducationlevelHowmanyforeignlanguagespokenandcountriesvisitedScanning4.Fromthetext,wecaninferthatProfessorHigginsis

amandescribedbelowEXCEPT_________.A.hedoesn’tcareaboutmoneyB.heisanexpertinphoneticsC.heisproudD.heisgreedyCharacterPositioninsocietyEvidenceintheplayElizaLowerclassLanguage:callsgentleman“sir”and___________(orcaptain)whichisacomplimentBehaviour:_______topeopleofhigherclassComprehendingrespectful“cap’in”CharacterPositioninsocietyEvidenceintheplayHenryHigginsLanguage:callsEliza“___________”andPickering“________________”Behaviour:_____tolowerclass;_____tosameorupperclassMiddleclassrudepoliteyousillygirlmydearmanCharacterPositioninsocietyEvidenceintheplayColonelPickeringUpperclass

Language:preparedtobegina__________withHenry,whomhedoesnotknow;generouswithpraisetohimBehaviour:generallyconfidentand______;but_______

ElizapoliteignoresconversationDiscussionGroupsreasonsChooseadjectivestodescribeeachcharacterintheplay.impatientkindpoliteconfidentanxiouseagerrudeenthusiasticunsuregereousambitioussuperioremotionalself-importantagreefrommiddleclassElizaDiscussionHenry

HigginsfromupperclassTextrudeimpatientconfidentsuperiorself-importantColonelPickeringkindpoliteeagerconfidentgenerousenthusiasticlowerclassanxiousunsureemotionaleagerambitiousActoneFatefulmeetingsActingRead