PYGMALION

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unit 4
PYGMALION
period 1 warming up speaking
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Do you know the famous actress? She is regarded
as the one of the most elegant ladies in the
world. Whats her name? Can you name some films
which she acted in?
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???? (Roman Holiday) 1953?
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??? (Sabrina) 1954?
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????? (War and Peace)1956?
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??? (The Nuns Story) 1959?
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????? (Breakfast at Tiffanys) 1961?
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???? (My Fair Lady) 1964?
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Questions

1. Have you seen the film My Fair Lady ?
2. Who wrote the play?

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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 womens 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.
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The Fair Lady by George Bernard Shaw is an
adaptation of a Greek story. Do you know the
story?
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Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue
of a beautiful woman
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He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life.
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His wish is granted.
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Task 1
Please retell the Greek Story.
Pygmalion was a very gifted artist. He spent a
long time making a stone statue of a beautiful
woman. It was so beautiful that he couldnt help
loving it and wanted it to be his wife.
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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.
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Task 2 Discussion

• 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?

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Suggested answers
No, I dont think so. May be they cant
understand each other ,because they come from
different world. Its very hard for Pygmalion to
understand his wife ,because his wife is made
from a stone . She doesnt know the words,
behavior, anything about him.
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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.
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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 wont.
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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.
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