Unit4AreyouinterestedinPsychology?Ifyes,haveyoueverheardofthe“PygmalionEffect”?ThePygmalionEffectisthatpeopletendtobehaveasyouexpecttheywill.Ifyouexpectapersontotakeresponsibility,theyprobablywill.Ifyouexpectthemnottoeventry,theyprobablywon’t.InancientGreekmythology,PygmalionwasagiftedsculptorfromCyprus(塞普路斯).Heshowednointerestinthelocalwomen.Instead,heconcentratedonhisartuntilonedayheranacrossalarge,flawlesspieceofIvory(象牙)anddecidedtocarveabeautifulwomanfromit.Whenhefinishedthestatue,Pygmalionfoundtheimageofhisidealwomansolovelythathefellinlovewithit.ThenhewenttothetempleofAphrodite(thegoddessoflove,beautyandfertility)toaskhertobringthestatuetolife.Whenhereturned,hefoundthestatuewhichhenamedGalateaaliveandhumbledhimselfatherfeet.Atlasttheygotmarried.Pygmalion,agiftedartist,makesastonestatueofabeautifulwoman.HeaskstheGreekGoddesstobringhertolife.Hiswishisgranted.Pygmalion,theplaybyGeorgeBernardShaw,isanadaptationofaGreekstory.AbriefintroductionLiteraryworksThisplay,Pygmalion,wasalsomadeintoafilmcalledMyFairLady.Pre-reading---(2m)ThemeoftheGreekstory:Pygmalion,anartistcreateastatuefromstoneandmakeithaveanewlife.ThemeofMyfairlady:Higgins,aphoneticscreateanewgirlElizafromlowerclasstoupperclassbyteachingherEnglish.MaincharactersFATEFULMEETINGS1.ThistextismainlyaboutthefirstexperienceofElizameetingwith______.A.ProfessorHigginsB.ColonelPickeringC.ProfessorHigginsandColonelPickeringD.agentleman2.Elizagreetedtothegentlemaninorderto_______.A.askhimtobuysomeflowersfromherB.talkwithhimC.askhimtoteachherD.begsomemoneyfromhim3.WhyElizabegantocry?Because_______.A.shethoughtProfessorHigginswouldarrestherB.thegentlemandidn’tgivehersomemoneyC.PickeringbeatandscoldedherD.therewasnoreason4.ProfessorHigginsbelievedthathecouldjudgeapersonby_______.A.hisappearanceB.hisactionC.hisconversationD.hismanners5.Fromthetext,wecaninferthatProfessorHigginsisamandescribedbelowEXCEPT_________.A.hedoesn’tcareaboutmoneyB.heisanexpertinphoneticsC.h