Pygmalion Act I

New Vocabulary in Act I

1. gumption: COMMON SENSE or initiative
2. plinth: the lowest member of a base/proximity
3. deprecating:express disapproval of
4.  staid: marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : SOBER, GRAVE
   synonym see SERIOUS
5. genial: GRACIOUS
6. impertinent: IRRELEVANT
7. repudiate: to divorce or separate formally from (a woman)
   2 : to refuse to have anything to do with : DISOWN
   3 a : to refuse to accept;
8. brogue: a heavy shoe often with a hobnailed sole ;a dialect or regional pronunciation; especially : an Irish accent
9. defiance: the act or an instance of defying : CHALLENGE
10. detestable: arousing or meriting intense dislike : ABOMINABLE
    
11. croon: /
12. bilious:of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition
13. mendacity: DISHONEST
14. rebuke: to criticize sharply
15. prodigal: recklessly extravagant
    2 : characterized by wasteful expenditure : LAVISH
    3 : yielding abundantly : LUXURIANT -- often used with of <nature has been so prodigal of her bounty -- H. T. Buckle>
    synonym see PROFUSE
    
16. gnaw:to bite or chew on with the teeth; especially : to wear away by persistent biting or nibbling <a dog gnawing a bone> b : to make by gnawing <rats gnawed a hole>
    

Aim

• How do we describe the flower girl?
• Who is  Mr. Higgins? Why is he taking notes?

Do Now:

• Read the information about the British Currency.
• Use the Currency Converter to calculate how much US dollars one pound is equivalent to.
• To view a London map. Go to google.com. In the box, type in "London Map", then click the Images.
  • London map1
  • London map 2
• History of English
• About English Language
• A Chronology of the English Language
• English Language and Dialect
• London dialect
  • Middle-English dialect
  • Middle-English Dialect (map)
  • STANDARD BRITISH
  • COCKNEY
  • SCOTS
  • IRISH
  • SOUTH AFRICAN
  • AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND
  • BRITISH NORTH COUNTRY (Yorks, Lancs, Cumbria, Northumbria, Geordie, Liverpool, Midlands
  • WELSH* (Accents of North and South Wales, the Wales/England Border, and an example of the Welsh language)
• Dialect spelling examples

Procedure:

Read Act I and discuss the following questions:

1. Based on the descriptions on pages 4-5, what kind of girl is the flower girl?
2. What is the setting of the play?
3. What's your first impression of the note-taker?
4. How does the note-taker treat the flower girl?
5. Why did the note-taker give the flower money?
6. How did Eliz feel when she got home? What's her "home" like?

HW #1 Use New York dialect to write a monologue for the flower girl, Eliz , to retell what happened to her today in front of the theater.

Your Response

1.How important do you think  patterns such as pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar are in person's life? Explain

Recalling

2.What kind of reformer does Shaw claim, in the Prefa?ce, that "we  need most today"?

3(a) What is the point of Current Shorthand