高中英语《Unit4PygmalionWarmingupandreading》教案新人教版选修8

Unit 4 Pygmalion

教学设计

The First Period Speaking

Teaching goals

1. Target language：

adaptation, plot, professor, Pygmalion

2. Ability goals

Enable the students to talk about the Greek story Pygmalion

3. Learning ability goals

Help the students learn how to talk about the Greek story Pygmalion

Teaching important & difficult points

Help the students learn how to talk about the Greek story Pygmalion and tell the similarities

and differences between the story and the play Pygmalion

Teaching methods

Discussion.

Teaching aids

A computer and a projector.

Teaching procedures & ways

Step I Lead-in

Talk about the Pygmalion Effect.

T: Has anyone heard of “the Pygmalion Effect”? What is it?

S1: The Pygmalion effect is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect

a person to take responsibility, they probably will. If you expect them not to even try,

they probably won’t.

Step II Warming-up

Ask Students to look at a group of three pictures and try to describe them in their own

words.

T: Yes, today we are going to learn about a Greek story Pygmalion. First, look at the pictures

on page 28. Please work in pairs and work out the story.

S1: Let me try. Pygmalion was a very gifted artist. He spent a long time making a stone

statue of a beautiful woman. It was so beautiful that he couldn’t help loving it and

wanted it to be his wife.

S2: But it was only a stone. How could he make his dream become true? He thought and thought

and at last he asked the Greek Goddess to help him to bring it to life.

S3. The Greek Goddess agreed to help and his wish was granted.

Then ask a student to present the complete story.

T: Now, who can present the complete story based on the story?

S4: Let me try. Pygmalion was a gifted artist. One day, he decided to make a stone statue

of a beautiful woman. He worked day and night and at last he finished. Then he clothed

the figure, decorated it with jewellery, and even named it the Sleeping Love. The work

was so beautiful that he couldn’t help thinking that if the statue could be brought

to life, he’d very much like it to be his wife. Therefore, he asked the Greek Goddess

to help make it alive. Finally the Goddess was moved by his sincerity. His wish was granted.

Pygmalion threw himself to his feet, the girl smelt down at him. Afterwards, they fell

in love with each other and married.

T: Wonderful! You did a good job! Now let’s have a discussion. Do you think that Pygmalion

and his statue-wife will be happy together?

S: No, I don’t think so.

T: What problems do you think they will have?

S1: Maybe they can’t understand each other, because they come from different world.

S2: It’s very hard for Pygmalion to understand his wife, because his wife is made form

a stone. She doesn’t know the words, behavior, anything about him.

…

T: How do you think they might solve them?

S3: Pygmalion loves the girl so much that he decides to teach her how to speak and how to

behave herself. Little by little, they understand each other well and live happily.

T: Good imagination! The story is so interesting that it was made into a film My Fair Lady,

which was based on the play by Bernard Shaw. Do you know this famous playwright?

Step III Discussion

Make a brief introduction about Shaw.

T: George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a

leading figure in the 20th century theater. Shaw was a freethinker, defenders of women’s

rights, and advocate of equality of income,. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for

Literature. Shaw accepted the honor, but refused the money. He was a very humorous

playwright. Here is a story about him. One day, Shaw took part in a grand party, in which

he met the then Prime Minister Churchill. Churchill was very fat at that time whereas

Shaw was very thin. Churchill said to Shaw very sharply, “When people see you, they

will know how poor your country is”. And then Shaw answered very quickly, “When people

see you, they will know the reason why our country is so poor.” From it we can see how

witty Shaw is!

T: Have you seen the film My Fair Lady? Do you like the film?

Say something about the film.

Step V Homework

Ask the students to do the following.

1. Find more information about Pygmalion

2. Pre-read the play and get ready for the next period.