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2014-2015學(xué)年高中英語(yǔ) Unit 4 Pygmalion Reading quiz II練習(xí) 新人教版選修8
II. Task-based reading.
George Bernard Shaw
Born in a middle-class family in Dublin, George Bernard Shaw was forced to leave school at 15 to take a job as a clerk. His father became an alcoholic1 and in 1876 Shaw went to London with hi
2、s mother.
In London, Shaw regularly went to the British Museum in order to educate himself, a fact which may partly account for the originality2 and independence of his thinking. In the mid-1880s, he began to be active in the socialist movement, becoming a well-known orator3. He also became famous
3、 for his music, drama and art criticism.
Shaw’s comic story Pygmalion was adapted as the musical comedy and film My Fair Lady. But the play also addresses important issues of class and social power in the relationship between the flower girl and her teacher.
In 1923, Shaw produced what was regar
4、ded as his masterpiece, Saint Joan, for which he received the 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Although his later work is not considered to be of the same standard, Shaw continued to write into his 90s and was always in the public eye. After those of William Shakespeare, Shaw’s plays are among th
5、e most widely produced in English-language theatre. His letters are considered to be among the best in the English language.
Notes
1. alcoholic n. 酗酒者
2. originality n. 獨(dú)創(chuàng)性
3. orator n. 演講家
Task
Read the passage and fill in the blanks.
1. George Bernard Shaw was a playwright as well as an __________.
2. His self-education in British Museum played a key role in originality and __________ of his thinking.
3. In 1925, Shaw won the Nobel Prize for Literature for __________.
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