T: Next I will ask three students to read the play again. One will be Eliza, one Professor Higgins, and one Colonel Pickering. OK? Now begin!

After several minutes.

T: Great. Now I have some more questions. First: According to Higgins, if a person is very poor, he or she can still be better off at last. Do you agree with him? If so, how to realize the aim?

S1: Yes. I agree with him. However, in order to realize the aim, he or she must get educated.

T: Who can complete the last sentence: in the first line on page 29: Now once taught by me...?

S2: Let me try. Once taught by me, she will soon become a lady in the upper class.

T: Well done. What other things show one's statue in society apart from how one speaks?

S3: One's clothing and behavior can also show his statue.

T: Do you think Pickering is of the upper class?

S4: Yes. I think he is well educated. We can learn it from the way he speaks. For example, "May I ask?"

T: Great! Now please listen to the tape carefully and try to catch the main idea of this act.

Step Ⅲ Comprehending

This time the students should listen to the tape as carefully as possible. They should not only pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation but get the main idea of the play as well.

T: Pygmalion is a play about recognizing a person's position in society by the way they behave and speak.

Step Ⅳ Discussion

Ask the students to do Part 5 on page 31.

T: Suppose you have a chance to help Eliza improve her use of the English language. Look at the sentences on page 31 in Part 5 and help her correct all these sentences in terms of grammar, spelling, etc, so that she can use them properly.

Sample answers:

1. Come here, and come in. Buy flowers from me-a poor girl.

2. I did nothing wrong when I spoke to that gentleman.

3. I thought you maybe was a policeman in disguise.

4. How do I know whether you wrote down my words or not?

5. You say I can work as a shop assistant? That's definitely what I want.

Then ask the students to read the play again and do Part 2 on page 31.

T: We have learned that the social position of the characters influences the way they behave to each other. Generally speaking, people are more polite to those whom they think are of a higher social class (H) and less polite to those they consider are members of a lower class (L). Is this true of the characters in Shaw's play? Now please finish Part 2 on page 31.

Sample answers to Part 2:

Relationships between characters Evidence from the play