皮格马利翁是希腊神话中的塞浦路斯国王。他憎恨女性，决定永不结婚。他用神奇的技艺雕刻了一座美丽的象牙女像，并爱上了她。他像对待自己的妻子那样抚爱她，装扮她，并向神乞求让她成为自己的妻子。爱神阿芙洛狄忒被他打动，赐予雕像生命，并让他们结为夫妻。
Pygmalion saw so much to blame in women that he came at last to abhor(痛恨) the sex，and resolved to live unmarried.
Pygmalion was a very talented sculptor in ancient Greece who loved his work, and would spend hours carving beautiful ivory statues，immersing himself in(专心于……) his art.One day，he chose a large，beautiful piece of ivory，and worked diligently at it，chiseling(凿，雕) and hammering until he finished.It was a statue of a beautiful lady.Pygmalion thought it was so beautiful，he clothed the figure，gave it jewels，and named it Galatea(sleeping love)．Pygmalion went to the temple of Aphrodite(Venus)，the goddess of love and beauty，to pray for a wife just like the statue in his home.
When Aphrodite heard him，she went to the home of his sculptor to see what all the fuss(大惊小怪) was about.She was delighted when she saw Galatea.She thought it looked a lot like herself，so she brought it to life.When the sculptor returned home，he found Galatea alive，and threw himself at her feet.Galatea smiled down at him.They soon got married，and Pygmalion didn't forget to thank Aphrodite for his good fortune.He and Galatea brought gifts to her altar(祭坛) as long as they lived.Aphrodite blessed them with happiness and love in return.
1．What was Galatea made of?
_______________________________________________________2．Who did Galatea look like?
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3．Will people tend to behave as you expect according to the Pygmalion effect?_______________________________________________________【答案】 1.Ivory. 2．Aphrodite./Venus. 3．Yes，they will.
Section Ⅰ Reading [Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary(1)]
Ⅰ.词义搭配1．statue 2．comedy
A．polite，well educated
B．having or showing good manners，or from
a class of society that believe it is better than others
3．refined authority
4．charming stone，metal，etc.
5．polite
funny，usually with a happy ending
6．domineering
considering their opinions or feelings
7．rebel
G．very pleasant or attractive
F．trying to control other people without E．a play or film that is intended to be D．a figure of a person or an animal in C．to fight against or refuse to obey an
【答案】 1.D 2.E 3.A 4.G 5.B 6.F 7.CⅡ.用下列短语的适当形式填空
come to life；make...out of；be connected with...；treat...as...；be ready to...；pass...off as...；care for；pay for；instead of
1．You'll have to____________your selfishness some day.2．Our bank____________major foreign banks of the world over.3．His son____________him when he was ill.
4．Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly___________.5．He________always________help others.
6．He________himself________a doctor.
【答案】 1.pay for 2.is connected with 3.cared for 4.came to life 5.is；ready to 6.passed；off as
Ⅰ.阅读P2－3课文内容，从三个选项中选择最佳答案1．What was the girl's spoken English like?A．She spoke standard English.
B．She didn't speak standard English well.C．She spoke official English.
2．Once educated to speak correctly，Eliza can do the following things except________.
A．going to polite societyB．working as a shop assistantC．selling more flowers in the street
3．Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering________about teaching Eliza Doolittle.A．quarrelled B．fought C．made a bet
4．The flower girl became a strong and independent young woman and________.A．lived in polite societyB．married to HigginsC．started a flower shop
5．What relations are between Higgins and Eliza?A．Friends.
B．Father and daughter.C．Host and servant.
【答案】 1.B 2.C 3.C 4.C 5.AⅡ.阅读P2－3课文内容，完成下面表格
The play— 1.________
CharactersEliza
Introduction
a poor 2.________girl who is ambitious to improve
Doolittle(E)herself；respectful to people of 3.________class
an expert in 4.________，wanting to prove what the social class
Professor Higgins(H)
care about is 5.________；teaching the girl to speak well and 6.________in a refined way；introducing Eliza to 7.________society，which accepts that Eliza is a “lady”.A friend of Higgins' who 8.________him，who can't believe that
Colonel Pickering(CP)
he can do it；willing to 9.________the lessons；kind，polite，generous，enthusiastic
The play was adapted into a film with the name10.________.
【答案】 1.Pygmalion 2.flower 3.upper/high 4.pronunciation 5.appearance 6.to behave 7．polite 8.bets 9.pay for 10.My Fair Lady
