1. Check the homework.

　　2. Review Act One : fateful meetings.

　　Step 2  Listening to the tape and get the main idea of this act.

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　　Step 3  Fast Reading

　　Read the play of Act Two carefully and then answer the following questions.

　　1). Eliza came to visit Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering in order to let them _________

　　A. give her some money      B. give her a job as a flower shop's assistant

　　C. teach her speak well       D. have a bath

　　2). Eliza only offered them  ________ if they could teach her.

　　A. 1 shilling                  B. 2 shillings

　　C. nothing                    D. 3 shillings

　　3). Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering finally decided to _______ Eliza.

　　A. throw back                      B. teach

　　C. only teach her how to speak         D. beat

　　4). Eliza refused to have a bath, so what she said showed that she lived a _______life.

　　A. miserable      B. happy       C. good          D. dirty

　　5). From act Two, what can you infer?

　　A. In order to prove himself, Higgins decided to teach Eliza free of charge.

　　B. Eliza had to change her grammar as well as pronunciation if she wanted to speak well.

　　C. When the bet was over, Eliza might get a job in a flower shop.

　　D. Eliza would return to the gutter selling flowers in the street.

　　Step 4 Careful reading

　　The following is a shifted simple version without MP. Rewrite these underlined sentences using correct English. After this, work in groups to practice acting the scene.

　　CP: What do you want, young lady?

　　E:(upset) I wanna be a lady in a flower shop'stead o' selling flowers in the street.(               1              ). But they won't take me' less I speak better. So here I am, ready to pay him. I'm not asking for any favours-and he treats me like dirt.

　　H: How much?

　　E:(happier) Now yer talking. (       2          ). A lady friend of mine gets French lessons for two shillings an hour from a real Frenchman. You wouldn't have the face to ask me for the same for teaching me as yer would for French. So I won't give yer more than a shilling.(              3               )

　　H: But if I teach you, I'll be worse than a father.

　　E: (gratefully)Oh, yer real good, yer are.（          4            ）. Thank you, Colonel.

　　H: (gratefully) Oh, you are so deliciously low. OK, I'll teach you. But you need to be cleaned first. Wash you and buy new clothes.

　　E:(sobbing) I can't .I dursn't. It ain't natural and it'd kill me. (              5               ). I've never had a bath in my life; not over my whole body, neither below my waist nor taking my vest off. I'd never have come if I'd known about this disgusting thing you want me to do-----.

　　H: You see the problem, Pickering. It'll be how to teach her grammar, not just pronunciation. She's in need of both.

　　CP: But you cannot overlook that! She'll be changed and she has feelings too. We must be practical, mustn't we?

　　H: Well, we'll deal with that later. First, we must plan the best way to teach her.

　　CP: How about beginning with the alphabet. That's usually considered very effective---(fades out as they go off stage together)