Do you know the famous actress? She is regarded as the one of the most elegant ladies in the world. What’s her name? Can you name some films which she acted in?

罗马假期 (R

oman Holid

ay)

1953 年

龙凤配 (Sa

brina)

1954 年

战争与和平(War and Peace)

1956 年

修女传 (The Nun‘s St

ory)

1959 年

第凡内早餐 (Breakfast at

Tiffany‘s)

1961 年

窈窕淑女(My Fair Lady)

1964 年

Questions:

1. Have you seen the film My Fair

Lady ?

2. Who wrote the play?

George Bernard Shaw

Do you know something about Shaw?George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. Shaw was a freethinker, defender of women’s rights, and advocate of equality of income. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Shaw accepted the honor but refused the money . He was a very humorous playwright.

The Fair Lady by George

Bernard Shaw is an

adaptation of a Greek

story. Do you know the

story?

Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman

He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life.

His wish is granted.

Task 1

Please retell the Greek Story.

Pygmalion was a very gifted artist. H

e spent a long time making a stone st

atue of a beautiful woman. It was so

beautiful that he couldn’t help loving

it and wanted it to be his wife.

But it was only a stone. How could

he make his dream become true? He

thought and thought and at last he

asked the Greek Goddess to help

him to bring it to life.

The Greek Goddess agreed to help

and his wish was granted.

Task 2 Discussion

1. Do you think that Pygmalion and

his statue –wife will be happy

together?

2. What problem do you think they

will have?

3. How do you think they might

solve them?

Suggested answers:

No, I don’t think so.May be they can’t understand each other ,because they come from different world.It’s very hard for Pygmalion to understand his wife ,because his wife is made from a stone . She doesn’t know the words, behavior, anything about him.…

Pygmalion loves the girl so much

that he decides to teach her how to

speak and how to behave herself .

Little by little , they understand each

other well and live happily.

Do you heard of “the Pygmalion Effect”?

The Pygmalion Effect is that people

tend to behave as you expect they

will. If you expect a person to take

responsibility, they probably will. If

you expect them not to even try,

they probably won’t.

The play by Shaw has the same

theme as the Greek story. What this

theme might be? Write a short

passage less than 100 words.