英语选修8人教版新课标Unit4第7课时教案（文化背景知识）I.PygmalionTwooldgentlemenmeetintherainonenightatCoventGarden.ProfessorHigginsisascientistofphonetics,andColonelPickeringisalinguistofIndiandialects.Thefirstbetstheotherthathecan,withhisknowledgeofphonetics,convincehighLondonsocietythat,inamatterofmonths,hewillbeabletotransformthecockneyspeakingCoventGardenflowergirl,ElizaDoolittle,intoawomanaspoisedandwell-spokenasaduchess.Thenextmorning,thegirlappearsathislaboratoryonWimpoleStreettoaskforspeechlessons,offeringtopayashilling,sothatshemayspeakproperlyenoughtoworkinaflowershop.Higginsmakesmercilessfunofher,butisseducedbytheideaofworkinghismagiconher.PickeringgoadshimonbyagreeingtocoverthecostsoftheexperimentifHigginscanpassElizaoffasaduchessatanambassador’sgardenparty.Thechallengeistaken,andHigginsstartsbyhavinghishousekeeperbatheElizaandgivehernewclothes.ThenEliza’sfatherAlfredDoolittlecomestodemandthereturnofhisdaughter,thoughhisrealintentionistohitHigginsupforsomemoney.Theprofessor,amusedbyDoolittle’sunusualrhetoric,giveshimfivepounds.Onhiswayout,thedustmanfailstorecognizethenowclean,prettyflowergirlashisdaughter.Foranumberofmonths,HigginstrainsElizatospeakproperly.TwotrialsforElizafollow.ThefirstoccursatHiggins’mother’shome,whereElizaisintroducedtotheEynsfordHills,atrioofmother,daughter,andson.ThesonFreddyisveryattractedtoher,andfurthertakenwithwhathethinksisheraffected“smalltalk”whensheslipsintocockney.MrsHigginsworriesthattheexperimentwillleadtoproblemsonceitisended,butHigginsandPickeringaretooabsorbedintheirgametotakeheed.Asecondtrial,whichtakesplacesomemonthslateratanambassador’sparty(andwhichisnotactuallystaged),isaresoundingsuccess.Thewagerisdefinitelywon,butHigginsandPickeringarenowboredwiththeproject,whichcausesElizatobehurt.ShethrowsHiggins’slippersathiminaragebecauseshedoesnotknowwhatistobecomeofher,therebybewilderinghim.Hesuggestsshemarrysomebody.Shereturnshimthehiredjewelry,andheaccusesherofingratitude.Thefollowingmorning,Higginsrushestohismother,inapanicbecauseElizahasrunaway.OnhistailisEliza’sfather,nowunhappilyrichfromthetrustofadeceasedmillionairewhotooktoheartHiggins’recommendationthatDoolittlewasEngland’s“mostoriginalmoralist.”Mrs.Higgins,whohasbeenhidingElizaupstairsallalong,chidesthetwoofthemforplayingwiththegirl’saffections.Whensheenters,ElizathanksPickeringforalwaystreatingherlikealady,butthreatensHigginsthatshewillgoworkwithhisrivalphonetician,Nepommuck.TheoutragedHigginscannothelpbutstarttoadmireher.AsElizaleavesforherfather’swedding,Higginsshoutsoutafewerrandsforhertorun,assumingthatshewillreturntohimatWimpoleStreet.Eliza,whohasalovelornsweetheartinFreddy,andthewherewithaltopassasaduchess,nevermakesitclearwhethershewillornot.Ⅱ.MyFairLadyThemusicalwasbasedonGeorgeBernardShaw’s1913play“Pygmalion”.Thefollowingistheplotoftheplay.WefindElizaDoolittle(AudreyHepburn)sellingflowersandspewingoutthemostdreadfulwordsinaCockneyaccent.Itisreallyalmostunbearable,butdon’tturnthemovieoffasitdoesn’tlasttoolong.AudreyHepburnisperhapsthemostbeautifulactresstoevergracethescreeninmyhumbleopinion.Here,sheshinesandisonlyawallflowerforthefirstpartofthemovie.Latersheblossomsintoanexquisitewomanwhocouldwintheheartofanyman.Itistrulyherbestacting.ProfessorHenryHiggins(RexHarrison)andColonelPickeringdiscoverhersellingflowersandafterProfessorHiggin...
