1、PYGMALION,Do you know the famous actress? Can you name some films which she acted in?,窈窕淑女 (My Fair Lady) 1964年,Questions:,Have you seen the film My Fair Lady ? Who wrote the play?,George Bernard Shaw,Do you know something about Shaw?,George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950) a Irish dramatist, a literary crit
2、ic, a socialist spokesman, a leading figure in the 20th century theater. a freethinker, defender of womens rights, and advocate of equality of income.,Born in Dublin in 1856 to a middle-class Protestant family. He married Charlotte Payne-Townshend in 1898, but it is known that he never touched her o
3、nce. He flirted with beautiful women but never had further committed relations. He was member of Fabian Society, a middle-class socialist group that aimed at the transformation of English government and society.,Literary Career and Achievements,the second greatest English playwright behind only Shak
4、espeare “a day never passes without a performance of some Shaw play being given somewhere in the world.” his works including: 60 plays, 5 novels, 3 volumes of music criticism, 4 volumes of dance and theatrical criticism, and heaps of social commentary, political theory, and correspondence. One of Sh
5、aws greatest contributions as a modern dramatist is in establishing drama as serious literature, no less important than the novel.,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
6、 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.,Do you heard of “the Pygmalion Effect”?,The Pygmalion Effect (皮格马利翁效应) is that people tend to be
7、have 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.,The Pygmalion Myth,It derives its name from the famous story in Ovids Metamorphoses(奥德维变形记）. Pygmalion is disgusted by the loose and shameful lives
8、 of the women in his era, women of Amathus, the first women to become prostitutes, and decides to live alone and unmarried. With wondrous art, he creates a beautiful statue in ivory, Galatea, representing feminine ideal.,When Pygmalion returns home, he kisses his statue and is delighted to find that
9、 she is warm and soft to touch. “The maiden felt the kisses, blushed and lifting her timid eyes up to the light, saw the sky and her lover at the same time.”,Fateful meetings,Main characters,Eliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself. Professor Higgins(H): an expert i
10、n phonetics, convinced that the quality of a persons English decides his/her position in society. Colonel Pickering(P): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins who sets him a task.,Lower class,Language: calls gentleman “sir” and _ (or captain) which is a compliment（赞扬）,Behaviour: _ to p
11、eople of higher class,Comprehending,respectful,“capin”,Language: calls Eliza “_” and Pickering “_”,Behaviour: _ to lower class; _ to same or upper class,Middle class,rude,polite,you silly girl,my dear man,Upper class,Language: prepared to begin a _ with Henry, whom he does not know; generous with pr
12、aise to him.,Behaviour: generally confident and _; but _ Eliza,polite,ignores,conversation,在这一幕中, 萧伯纳除了应用笑剧性的动作之外, 更运用 了调皮话、幽默短句、反说等舞台对话, 来增强戏剧的讽刺效果,Higgins:Nonsense ! I know I have no small talk;but people dont mind . (希金斯:没有的话! 我知道我不会应酬, 可是别人也不在乎。 Mrs.Higgins:Oh , don t they ? Small talk indeed! W
13、hat about your large talk ? (希金斯太太:不在乎? 不是会不会说应酬话的问题, 你的大议论别人真受不了。,Liza :Walk! Not bloody likely .I m going in a taxi . (伊丽莎:散步! 我他妈的才不呢。我要坐汽车回去呢!) Higgins :Good -bye , be sure you try on that small talk at the three at-homes.Don t be nervous about it .Pinch it in strong . (希金斯:再见, 在那三个茶会上你一定要试试这种时髦话。不要胆怯, 尽管说。) Clara :I will .Good -bye .Such nonsense , all this early Victorianprudery ! (克拉拉:我一定说, 再见。这些维多利亚早期的清规戒律都是胡闹!) Higgins : tempting her Such damned nonsense ! (希金斯: 煽动她 真是胡闹!) Clara :Such bloody nonsense ! (克拉拉:真是他妈的胡闹!),
