[中学联盟]广东省台山市华侨中学高二英语人教版选修七（Book8）课件：Unit4 Pygmalion Reading (共13张PPT)

Unit4 Pygmalion Lead-in Do you know the myth of Pygmalion? It is a Greek myth. Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman. He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life. (使…复活) His wish is granted. (被准许了) Have you ever heard about “Pygmalion Effect ”? What is it? /saikə'lɔdʒikəl / Psychological term “皮格马利翁效应”或 “罗森塔尔效应” the Pygmalion Effect The Pygmalion Effect is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect a person to be successful, he probably will. If you expect something to happen, it will happen. On the contrary, if you expect something not to happen, it will not happen. What we expect tends to come true. “说你行,你就行,不行也行; 说你不行,你就不行,行也不行。” Pygmalion, a play by George Bernard Shaw, is an adaptation of this Greek story. 简介 说话不饶人的语言学家希金斯 (Henry Higgins)与友人打赌,要在六个月之内,将满口乡音、在伦敦街头卖花的少女伊丽莎(Eliza Doolittle)改造成大家闺秀,出席上流社会的舞会而不被揭发。伊丽莎得知受改造之后有望斩断穷根,便欣然接受希金斯一连串的发音及仪态训练。六个月后,伊丽莎成为舞会上的全场焦点,富家子弟纷纷拜倒石榴裙下,可是她发现自己只是希金斯眼中的赌具而已,遂毅然离开…… Reading Pygmalion F