Pygmalion (by G.B. Shaw). Act III. Part I. ( up to Mrs. Eynsford Hill’s words ).

I. Read the words correctly.

Higgins / ‘higinz/; Eliza / ‘laiz /; Colonel Pickering / ‘k nl ‘pik rin /; Eynsford Hill /’ainsf d ‘hil /; Doolittle /’du:litl /; Clara /’kl r /; habitual (привычный) /h ‘bitju l /; anxiety (беспокойство) / n’zai ti /; straitened (стесненный) /’streitnd /; bravado (напускная храбрость).br ‘va:d u /; genteel (благородный, светсkий) / d en’ti:l /;

exquisitely исключительно) /’ekskwizitli /; devour (пожирать) /di’vau /; infatuated (ослепленный, влюбленный до безумия) / in’f tjuaitid /.

II. Practise your reading of the active vocabulary. Match the word combinations with the Russian equivalents.

1) at-home day 2) to be brought up on smth. 3) to be crowded with knickknacks 4) to be dismayed by smth. 5) to pick smb. up 6) to pass smb. off as smb. 7) Don’t you fuss! 8) To keep to 2 subjects 9) To let oneself go (on smth.) 10) To have a quick ear 11) To get on like a house on fire 12) To usher smb. in 13) To be the life and soul of a party 14) To be rather trying 15) To be infatuated with smb. or smth. 16) To be startled by smb. or smth.

А) иметь хороший слух В) Не волнуйся! С) позволить себе долго говорить о чем-то Д) день приема гостей Е) быть душой общества F) быть встревоженным чем-либо G) придерживаться двух тем (в разговоре) H) ввести кого-либо в комнату I) быть воспитанным на чем-то J) иметь тяжелый, несносный характер К) быть пораженным чем-либо, кем-либо L) случайно познакомиться с кем-либо М) быть ослепленным кем-либо N) делать огромные успехи О) быть заваленным безделушками Р) выдавать кого-либо за кого-либо

III. Find these word combinations in the text of the Act III. Read and translate the sentences.

IV. Paraphrase the sentences using the active vocabulary 9 EX. II.)

1) Mrs. Higgins was anxious about her son’s visit.

2) It was the day, when Mrs. Higgins received visitors.

3) Mrs. Higgins was educated along the works of painters developing a simple style in furniture.

4) Eliza was going to speak on two subjects.

5) Don’t worry!

6) Higgins made a chance acquaintance with a girl.

7) There were plenty of useless things in the room.

8) Higgins wanted to present Eliza as a duchess.

9) The guests were surprised by Eliza’s story.

10) Everything seemed to center around Higgins at the party.

11) Freddy was filled with a strong feeling of love, when he saw Eliza.

12) Eliza was not going to speak at great length about anything.

13) Eliza was making much progress with her English.

14) Higgins was a difficult person to deal with.

15) Eliza was good at recognizing sounds, especially in music and languages.

16) The parlormaid showed the way to the guests.

V. Complete the sentences using the active vocabulary (ex.II).

1) When Higgins came, he didn’t get a cordial reception from his mother, who ……. by his visit.

2) Higgins told his mother not to………., as Eliza was to …….:…. the weather and everybody’s health, and was not to ….. things in general.

3) It was Mrs. Higgins’s ………. And the situation took place in her drawing room.

4) Also, Higgins told his mother, that Eliza was a very good pupil, as she……….and ……...

5) As Mrs. Higgins ………… the painters developing a simple style in furniture, the room was not……..

6) Higgins told his mother, that he……….. a flower girl and was going to …………. a duchess.

7) Everyone was …………… by Eliza’s story about her family and her way of speaking.

8) Higgins was …………… of the Royal Society’s parties (those given by the British Academy of Sciences), but was …………….. on more commonplace receptions. So, he spoke gloomily and drearily.

9) They were interrupted by the parlormaid, who ……… Mrs. Eynsford Hill, her daughter Clara, her son Freddy, Colonel Pickering.

10) At last, Eliza arrived. All the guests ………….. with her.

VI. Put the sentences above logically according to the course of events.

VII. Give an oral reproduction of the situation in the text in which each word combination is used. (see ex. II).

VIII. Discussing points.

1 How does Mrs. Higgins’s drawing-room reflect her personality? -- is not crowded with furniture and knickknacks; -- a few good old paintings; --an elegantly simple writing-table; --a piano in a decorated case.	2 What kind of reception does Henry Higgins get from his mother? Why? --to be dismayed --to scold smb. --to offend smb. --to speak gloomly, drearily --to know nothing of manners.
3 What sort of experiment does Higgins want to carry out at his mother’s at—home? What comes out of it? -- to try smb. out; -- to introduce Eliza to society; -- to keep to two subjects; -- to let oneself go (on smth.);	4 What kind of people were the Eynsford Hills? -- to be well bred, quite; -- to have habitual anxiety of straitened means; -- to be very much at home in society; -- the bravado of genteel povetry; --to be bewildered.
5 What impression did Eliza produce on the Eynsford Hills? Why? -- to exquisitely dressed; --to produce an impression of remarkable distinction and beauty -- to devour smb. with one’s eyes; --to be infatuated; --to be startled; -- to be horrified.

Pygmalion (by G. B. Show). Act III. Part II. Up to the author’s remarks)

I. Read the words: thoroughly / ‘ r li /, presentable / pri’zent bl /, volunteer /,vol n’ti /, live /laiv/, edgeways /’ed weiz/.

II. Match the word combinations with the Russian equivalents. Practice reading them.

1) to be presentable, 2) to give oneself away, 3) to be in smb’s hands, 4) to review the volunteers, 5) to get smth. taken off one’s hands, 6) to have a bee in one’s bonnet, 7) a live doll, 8) Make no mistake about that! 9) To tackle a job, 10) To get a word in edgeways, 11) To be more to the point, 12) To go one’s own way, 13) To disqualify smb. from doing smth. (from smth.) 14) There’s no good bothering now. 15) To give it up.

a) проводить смотр добровольцев b) быть в чьих-то руках c) идти своей дорогой d) быть приличным, презентабельным e) сбыть что-то с ук f) быть более кстати g) выдавать себя h) носиться с какой—либо идеей быть с причудой i) браться за работу j) Не имеет смысла сейчас об этом беспокоиться k) живая кукла l) вставить словечко m) дисквалифицировать кого-либо n) отказаться от своего намерения o) Можете в этом не сомневаться.

III. Find out the sentences from the text in which the word combinations are used. Lear these word combinations and give an oral reproduction of the situation in the text in which each word combination is used.

IV. Translate the sentences into English using you active vocabulary (ex. II).

1) Это неприлично.

2) Она легко выдавала себя.

3) Элиза была в руках Хиггинса.

4) Генерал проводил смотр добровольцев.

5) Она была рада сбыть это с рук.

6) Она была помешана на Элизе.

7) Элиза была живой куклой для Хиггинса.

8) Я сделаю это! Можете в этом не сомневаться!

9) Подумайте хорошенько, прежде чем браться за работу.

10) Они перебивали друг друга так, что никто не мог вставить и слова.

11) Было бы более кстати, если бы её мать пришла.

12) Её манеры и привычки не позволяют ей самой зарабатывать на жизнь.

13) У каждого есть право идти своей дорогой.

14) Обсудим это позже. Нет смысла сейчас об этом волноваться.

15) Она бросила курить.

V. Complete the sentences using you active vocabulary.

1) Eliza was not ….., as she…. in every sentences.

2) Mrs. Pearce was glad to …., but she ……. About Eliza.

3) Eliza was in …...

4) Henry’s language was compared to the language used to ……

5) Mrs. Higgins returned to her work, but soon……, as she was very angry with her son.

6) You certainly are pretty pair of babies, playing with your…...

7) When Pickering starts shouting nobody can ……..

8) She has the manners and habits that …. …. From earning her own living.

9) She can ……., with all the advantages I have given her.

10) It would have been ……….., if her mother had come.

11) The things are done,……...

12) This is the hardest job I’ve ever ……….

13) I will do it, ………..!

VI. Answer the questions using your active vocabulary.

1) Was Eliza presentable? Why/

2) Could Eliza’s language become proper? Why? How can you characterize Higgins’s language?

3) What did Mrs. Pearce think of the girl?

4) How did Mrs. Higgins call Eliza?

5) What was the conversation between Mrs. Higgins, Henry and Pickering like?

6) What did Mrs. Higgins attract the man’s attention to?

7) What was Higgins reaction?

8) What kind of habits and manners did Eliza acquire?

9) What did Mrs. Higgins do after the men’s departure”

VII. Discussion points.

1 ) Why did Higgins make fun of Clara?   --to be horrible and unladylike; --to be all a matter of habit; --to be old -fashioned; --to be thoroughly up to date; Pitch it in strong!	2) What was Mrs. Higgins’s opinion of Eliza? Do you think she was right? Why?   --a triumph of your art and her dressmaker’s --to give oneself away; --not presentable; --a live doll; --a poor woman; --the manners and habits that disqualify her from…
3) Is Mrs. Higgins justified in calling Colonel Pickering and her son “a pretty pair of babies, playing with a live doll”?   --a live doll; --a pair of babies; --stupid male creatures.	4) Why did Colonel Pickering and Higgins find the transformation of Eliza the most absorbing experiment they had ever tackled? --to be frightfully interesting; --to take a human being and change her into a quite different human being --to create a new speech; to invent new Eliza.
5) What was the attitude of the two men towards the problem of what was to be done with Eliza after the experiment? Can you justify it?   --to go one’s own way; --to find some light employment; --There’s no good bothering now!

The game. “Brain ring”.

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