Unit 4 Pygmalion Section Ⅰ Warming Up &;Reading-Pre-readingPygmalion is a play based on the Greek myth of the same name
It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who makes a bet with his friend, Colonel Pickering, that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined 文雅的 society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette礼节
In the process, Higgins and Doolittle grow close
However, because of the pride of Huggins, Doolittle cannot feel Huggins's care to her
Ultimately 最后, when she declares that she will leave Huggins and marry the other young gentleman; Higgins at last realized how much he needs Doolittle and how important Doolittle is
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