2019学年度人教版选修八Unit 4PygmalionPeriod 2Language points阅读学案

Ⅱ. 阅读理解

　　In George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, the storyline centers around three main characters: Eliza Doolittle, Professor Henry Higgins, and Colonel Pickering.

Eliza Doolittle is a flower girl who is under the instruction of Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering to learn proper grammar and phonetics. Eliza can be characterized as a very sensitive and emotional person. She seeks to be treated like a duchess by men. Her personality conflicts with the personality of Professor Higgins in an extreme way.

Professor Higgins is an arrogant(傲慢的), work-obsessed expert in phonetics who views Eliza simply as an experiment. He is a bachelor who has never found a place for women in his life due to his obsession(痴迷)with language.

Colonel Pickering is a gentleman from India who is also an expert in language. He is gentler than Higgins and treats Eliza with respect while maintaining a professional interest in her. These three make up the main action of the play as Eliza learns speech of the upper class from them.

She manages to pass herself off as a Hungarian princess at a formal party. This achievement makes Eliza give credence to the efforts of Higgins and Pickering. After experiencing life in the upper class, Eliza settles for a lower-class life with a man who loves her for who she is and wants to marry her. After some small and unimportant disputes, Eliza and Higgins remain friends later. Other memorable characters include Mrs Higgins who maintains an authoritative figure over her grown son and Mr Doolittle who rises from a dustman to a respected speaker in the community.

I think that this is a good book because it shows that happiness can be achieved without wealth and fame. I highly recommend it due to its emphasis on grammatical and phonetic correctness.

【语篇概述】作者在这篇文章中介绍了Pygmalion这本书并向读者进行推荐。

1. Eliza learns speech of the upper class because_______.

A. she wants to do an experiment

B. she wants to marry a gentleman

C. she has to play a princess at a party

D. she wants to be treated respectfully

【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二段第三句话"She seeks to be treated like a duchess by men. "可知, Eliza Doolittle想让人们像对待公爵夫人那样对待她, 也就是说她想让别人毕恭毕敬地对待她, 故答案选D。

2. The author highly recommends Pygmalion because it can teach people_______.

A. to use and speak English in the right ways

B. the right attitude towards life

C. the ways to deal with different people

D. the determination to succeed

【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据文章最后一句"I highly recommend it due to its emphasis on grammatical and phonetic correctness. "可知, 作者向人们推荐这