文档介绍：Unit 4 Fateful meetings
(Act One)
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn was born
in Belgium in nineteen
twenty-nine. Her father was
British and her mother was
Dutch. She was one of the
Best actresses who starred
in the films “Roman Holiday
“ My fair lady” and so on
George Bernard Shaw
An Irish dramatist,
literary critic, a socialist
spokesman, and a leading
figure in the 20th century
theater.
George Bernard Shaw
Widowers' Houses
Man and Superman (1902),
Major Barbara (1905)
Pygmalion
His main works:
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.
Have you ever heard of the “Pygmalion Effect ”?
This play by George Bernard Shaw (萧伯纳) is an adaptation of a Greek story. Do you know this story?
Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman.
He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life.
His wish is granted.
My Fair Lady
Have you seen the film?
If you have, did you like
it? Have a discussion
and give reasons.