Unit 4　Pygmalion

Period 4　Listening and Speaking

整体设计

教学内容分析

The emphasis of this period will be placed on listening and speaking.There are altogether three texts for the students to listen to in this period：one is in the Student's Book and the other two are in the Workbook.The first one（on Page 35,Listening and speaking）is Act Two,Scene 2 of the play Pygmalion.Professor Higgins is teaching the flower girl,Eliza how to pronounce the words.

The second one（on Page 70,Listening）is Act Three of Pygmalion,when Eliza has her first test in polite society,she manages to have a conversation in a way that is both amusing and unsuitable.

And the third one（on Page 73,Listening Task）is Act Four,in which Eliza,together with Henry and Colonel,takes part in the ambassador's garden party.She really passes herself off as a lady.

三维目标设计

Knowledge and skills

1．To understand the meanings of the following key words and expressions while hearing them on the tape：indication,flu,become of,devil,interpreter,Hungarian.

2．To enable the students to understand the dialogues on the tape.

3．To help the students learn how to express conjecture,emotions,or judgment and evaluation using the given sentence patterns.

Process and methods

1．Smoothing away language problems if any before listening.

Before asking the students to listen to the tape,help them smooth away any language problems such as new words and expressions that they may not understand while listening.

2．Listening for needed information.

Before asking the students to listen to the tape for the first time give them one or two questions about the general idea of the text so as to lead the students to concentrate their mind only on the needed information.Then ask them to listen to the tape for a second or even a third time for some specific information by giving them some detailed questions to answer.

3．Speaking freely and making conversations.

The students may be asked to give their own points of view and attitudes towards certain subject mentioned in the text.

Emotion,attitude and value

1．To stimulate students' sense of communication and cooperation.

2．To help students understand the play and know that one can change his/her fate through hard work.

教学重点、难点

1．The understanding of the listening texts.

2．The expressions of conjecture,emotions,or judgment and evaluation.

教学过程

Step 1　Revision

1．Get students to tell the characters in the play.

2．Check the answers to the exercises in Learning about Language and explain the difficult ones.

Step 2　Listening

1．Listen to Text 1（Page 35）and do the following exercises.

（1）Listen for the first time and get the general idea of the passage.

Eliza is taught by Higgins in ______ some sentences.She found them rather ______at first.But soon she ______ ______ with encouragement.

（2）Listen again and complete the following sentences.

①Do____________ and let him teach you ____________.

②Put your tongue ______until it pushes ____________of your______ teeth.

③The lessons won't ______.

④Keep your tongue well forward instead of trying to ____________it.

⑤Couldn't you have been kinder to that poor girl after____________？

（3）Listen to the tape for a third time and finish the following sentence.

From this scene we know that ______.

A．Eliza is rather stupid

B．Higgins almost lost his patience

C．Colonel just ignores the girl

Suggested answers：

（1）saying；difficult；made progress

（2）①what he tells you；in his own way　②forward；against the top；lower　③hurt　④swallow　⑤all the effort she made

（3）B

2．Listen to Text 2（Page 70）and do the following exercises.

（1）Listen for the first time and choose the main idea of the act.

A．Eliza wins others' recognition.

B．Eliza has her first test at a tea party.

C．Eliza succeeds in becoming a lady.

（2）Listen for a second time and decide whether the following statements are true（T） or false（F）．

①Mrs.Higgins is not interested in the experiment.

②Eliza thinks somebody killed her aunt.

③Henry is disappointed with how the experiment is going.

④Mrs.Higgins thinks Eliza can go to the ambassador's garden party.

（3）Listen for a third time and choose the best answers.

①Why does Henry describe Eliza's conversation as the “the new small talk”？

A．Eliza's conversation is indeed “the new small talk”．

B．He wants to disguise the fact that Eliza's conversation is unsuitable.

C．It is amusing to say that.

②What needs to be improved for Eliza to turn into a lady?

A．Her dress.　　　　　B．Her manners. 　　　　　C．Her language.

Suggested answers：（1）B　（2）①F　②T　③F　④F　（3）①B　②C

3．Listening practice on Page 73.

（1）Before listening,let students discuss the following questions with their partners.

①What is the role of an ambassador?

②Why is it important for Eliza to go to an ambassador's garden party?

③Do you think that Eliza will behave like a lady or not？Why?

（2）Listen to the tape for the first time and give the main idea of the dialogue.

（3）Listen to part one for a second time and decide whether the following statements are true（T） or false（F）．

①Mr.Pommuck is an old pupil of Henry and an interpreter for one of the guests.

②The ambassador's wife is impressed by Eliza's beauty.

③Mr.Pommuck thinks Eliza speaks the language so perfectly that she must be French.

④Eliza enjoys people's praise and likes to be the centre of attraction.

（4）Listen for a third time and answer the following questions.

①Why do Mr.Pommuck,the ambassador and his wife think Eliza is a princess?

②Does Henry succeed in transforming Eliza into a girl of upper class？Why?

Suggested answers：

（1）①The role of an ambassador is to represent his or her government in a foreign country.

②It is important because the ambassador's garden party is an important social occasion and an opportunity for Eliza to prove she can pass off as an upper class lady.

③The answers may vary.

（2）Eliza goes to an ambassador's garden party.

（3）①F　②T　③F　④F

（4）①They think Eliza is a princess because she looks beautiful and her English is so good.

②Yes,he succeeds.We can see this by people's reaction towards Eliza's performance.

Step 3　Speaking

Since the students have learned much knowledge about the play by both reading and listening,it's necessary for them to talk about it now.Teach them how to express conjecture,emotions,or judgment and evaluation by showing them the following sentences on the screen.

Ask the students to look at the talking topics shown on the screen and discuss with their partners and then make up their own dialogues.（Show the following on the screen.）

Give the students three minutes to prepare and practice,and then ask two groups to demonstrate their dialogues in front of the whole class.

Step 4　Homework

Write a scene in which Professor Henry Higgins gives his second lesson using the above expressions.

Step 5　Reflection after teaching

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教学参考

《窈窕淑女》经典台词欣赏（中英文对照）

以下是《窈窕淑女》的经典台词中英文对照,供大家欣赏：

Professor Henry Higgins：Now,try it again.

希金斯教授：现在再试一遍.

Eliza Doolittle：The rine in spine sties minely in the pline.

杜利特尔：西伯牙的月主要下在砰原上.

Professor Henry Higgins：The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.

希金斯教授：西班牙的雨主要下在平原上.

Eliza Doolittle：Didn't I say that?

杜利特尔：我刚才不是税了吗？

Professor Henry Higgins：No,Eliza,you didn't “sy” that,you didn't even “say” that,now every night before you get into bed,when you used to say your prayers,I want you to say “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain” fifty times.You'll learn to get much further with the Lord if you learn not to offend His ears.

希金斯教授：不对,伊莱扎,你没有“税”（学杜利特尔的口音）,你根本没有“说”.从现在起每天晚上睡觉前,用你平常做祷告的时间,我要你说50遍“西班牙的雨主要下在平原上”.如果你能学会不让上帝听得讨厌,你就会离他更近.

Eliza Doolittle：I sold flowers；I didn't sell myself.Now you've made a lady of me,I'm not fit to sell anything else.

杜利特尔：我卖花,但我不卖自己.现在你把我变成了淑女,我就不适合再卖任何其他东西了.

Mrs.Higgins：However did you learn good manners with my son around?

希金斯的母亲：你到底是如何跟我儿子学得如此举止大方、言谈得体的？

Eliza Doolittle：It was very difficult.I should never have known how ladies and gentlemen really behaved,if it hadn't been for Colonel Pickering.He always showed what he thought and felt about me as if I were something better than a common flower girl.You see,Mrs.Higgins,apart from the things one can pick up,the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves,but how she is treated.I shall always be a common flower girl to Professor Higgins,because he always treats me like a common flower girl,and always will.But I know that I shall always be a lady to Colonel Pickering,because he always treats me like a lady,and always will.

杜丽特尔：非常不容易.要不是皮克林上校,我永远不会知道淑女和绅士到底是如何待人接物的.他总是告诉我他对我的看法和感受,似乎我是一个有身份的女人,而不是一个普通的卖花女.你看,希金斯太太,除了那些人们能够学得到的特征外,淑女和卖花女之间的区别不在于她的行为举止,而在于她如何被对待.对于希金斯教授来说,我永远是一个普通的卖花女,因为他总是像对待一个普通卖花女那样对待我,而且他是永远不会变的.但我知道对皮克林上校来说我永远是一位淑女,因为他总像对待淑女一样地对待我,而且他也是永远不会变的.