«pygmalion» Act 1 Read the act thoroughly looking up unknown words and paying special

• 
  the Flower girl (Eliza Doolittle: her appearance, clothes, way of living, speech, some features of character, manners)
  
• 
  the Gentleman (Colonel Pickering: his appearance, clothes, manners,
  attitude to people, profession)
  
• 
  the Note taker (Henry Higgins: his looks, speech, some features of character, attitude to people, profession)
  

1. 
   Translate the following active words and word combinations:
   

To run for shelter

To get chilled to the bone/ to get wet to the skin

2. 
   Make up microsituations with the active vocabulary above (based
   on the text).
   

3. 
   Find the following word combinations in the text:
   

4. 
   Find the lines proving the following and read them out:
   

1. 
   Eliza is an uneducated poor girl.
   
2. 
   Eliza is afraid of taking away her character.
   
3. 
   Mr. Higgins specializes in British dialects.
   
4. 
   Mr. Higgins has a great confidence in his teaching ability.
   
5. 
   A student of Indian dialects meets a student of British dialect.
   
6. 
   Eliza wants to be important.
   

5. 
   Make up a list of words and word combinations to characterize:
   

• 
  Eliza Doolittle
  

• 
  Colonel Pickering
  

• 
  Henry Higgins
  

6. 
   Make up a plan of the act using the active vocabulary.
   

1. 
   Explain the meaning of the following sentences:
   

2. 
   I’m getting chilled to the bone. _____________________________________
   

3. 
   There’s not one to be had for love or money. __________________________
   

4. 
   She wears a shoddy black coat._____________________________________
   

5. 
   Are we to stay here all night in this draught, with next to nothing on?____ __________________________________________________________________
   
6. 
   He is in the same plight as Freddy. __________________________________
   

7. 
   There’s a bloke here behind…______________________________________
   

8. 
   He is a blooming busy-body._______________________________________
   

9. 
   And how are all you people down at Selsey.___________________________
   

10. 
    Reaction in the note taker’s favour.__________________________________
    

11. 
    Catch you taking liberties with a gentleman.___________________________
    

12. 
    Will you please keep your impertinent remarks to yourself._______________
    

13. 
    What on earth is Freddy doing? ____________________________________
    

14. 
    Then throws a hand full of money into the basket. ______________________
    

15. 
    And left me with a cab on my hands._________________________________
    

• 
  Eliza Doolittle
  
• 
  Colonel Pickering
  
• 
  Henry Higgins
  

1. 
   Give the full description of the time, place and setting of the play.
   
2. 
   Who takes part in the first act?
   
3. 
   What is known about the Mother, the Daughter and the Son?
   
4. 
   Who is the Flower girl? What is known about her? Describe the girl using the words and phrases from the act.
   
5. 
   What first impression does the Flower girl make?
   
6. 
   What is people’s attitude to the Flower girl?
   
7. 
   Describe her room. How can it characterize her?
   
8. 
   How is the Note taker presented to the reader? (his character, speech,
   appearance, behaviour).
   
9. 
   In what way does the Note taker win the interest of the bystanders?
   
10. 
    What is people’s attitude to the Note taker?
    
11. 
    Who is the Gentleman? What is known about him?
    
12. 
    What do the Note taker and the Gentleman have in common? In what way do they differ?
    
13. 
    What declaration does the Note taker make concerning the Flower girl?
    
14. 
    What feeling prompts Mr. Higgins to throw a handful of change into
    the flower basket?
    
15. 
    Why does Eliza want to seem important?
    

• 
  Bernard Shaw and his works.
  
• 
  Shaw’s London. Geographical places, mentioned in the play.
  
• 
  John Milton and William Shakespeare. Present one of their poems or
  sonnets.
  

1. 
   Match the words combinations and phrases from the act:
   

2. 
   Make up your own sentences with them (both in English and
   in Russian).
   

1. 
   Fill in the prepositions:
   

1. 
   Pedestrians running … shelter into the portico of St. Paul’s church.
   
2. 
   Freddy comes … collision with a flower girl.
   
3. 
   Do nothing … the sort, mother.
   
4. 
   Catch you taking liberties … a gentleman.
   
5. 
   They want to drop Kentish Town; but they give themselves … every time they open their mouths.
   
6. 
   Well, sir, in three months I could pass that girl … as a duchess
   at an ambassador’s garden party.
   
7. 
   And left me with a cab … my hands.
   

2. 
   Explain the meaning of the sentences given above.
   

1. 
   Make up the words. There is an odd letter in each word:
   

1. 
   s a h l e t r e
   
2. 
   n l i c o l n i s o f
   
3. 
   n k i t c e l
   
4. 
   i l r b y e t k
   
5. 
   r a g b c e h
   
6. 
   m e l o y n
   
7. 
   v e l e p a
   

2. 
   Make up a situation using all the active words given above.
   

1. 
   Translate the situations using the active vocabulary from the act:
   

1. 
   Дождь начался так неожиданно, что людям пришлось искать убежище, чтобы не промокнуть до нитки и не замерзнуть.
   

2. 
   Когда молодой человек столкнулся с девушкой, он обратил внимание, что ее обувь была поношенной, а одежда ни на что не годной.
   

3. 
   Девушка испугалась, что против нее выдвинут обвинение за своевольное поведение с джентльменом.
   

4. 
   Не делай ничего подобного! Не пытайся выдать себя за другого человека!
   

5. 
   Это человек, который всегда сует свой нос не в свои дела, его забавляют подобные представления, и он всегда сможет узнать по вашему акценту такие факты о вас, которые никто не сможет выяснить ни за какие деньги.
   

2. 
   Make up your own situations using the active vocabulary from the act.