ответить на вопросы по книге Пигмалион (текст прикрепил) 1 Why did Mrs Higgins say that Eliza was not a lady?
2 Why didn't Mrs Higgins think her son was a good teacher for Eliza?
3 What did Mrs Higgins want to know?
4 Why did Higgins think Eliza was useful?
5 What did Mrs Higgins say the Professor and the Colonel acted like?
6 What problem did Mrs Higgins mention?
7 What solution did Professor Higgins suggest?
8 How would Higgins and Pickering spend the next few weeks?
Текст:
When the Eynsford-Hills had driven away, Higgins returned to the drawing room and sat down
next to his mother.
"Well, mother, what do you think?" he asked. " Is Eliza a lady?"
" You silly boy," said Mrs Higgins. "Of course she's not a lady! She's beautiful, and her pronunciation
is perfect, but every word that comes out of her mouth shows that she is still a common girl!"
Pickering looked thoughtful.
"Do you think we can do something about her language?" he asked.
" Not while Henry is her teacher," said Mrs Higgins, looking at her son with displeasure. "His
language is hardly a good example."
"Well, perhaps you're right," admitted Higgins, seeing Pickering sharing Mrs Higgins' opinion too.
Mrs Higgins looked at the Professor closely and she was silent for a while. When she finally
spoke, her voice was gentle but firm.
"Now, you two. I want you to tell me exactly how things are at Wimpole Street."
"Well, I have moved there," said Pickering. "Henry and I are working together on Indian dialects."
"Yes, I know all that," said Mrs Higgins, a little impatiently. "But where does the girl live?"
" Well, she lives with us, of course!" replied Higgins.
" I see," said his mother sceptically. "But is she a servant? Is she the lady of the house? What is
she? Who exactly is Eliza?"
"I think I know what you mean .. . , " said Pickering slowly.
"Well, I don't!" said Higgins. "The girl is useful. She knows where everything is, she makes a
note of all my appointments and so on. Besides she is the most absorbing project I've ever taken on."
"Oh, dear," sighed Mrs Higgins. "You both act like babies playing with your doll. Don't you
realise that when Eliza walked into Wimpole Street, something walked in with her?"
"Well, yes," said Pickering. "Her father walked in with her but Henry sent him away."
"That's not what I mean," said Mrs Higgins irritably. " I mean that when Eliza came to live with
you, she brought a problem with her."
"Yes, I know," explained Higgins. "The problem of how to turn her into a lady. But we've almost
solved that problem."
"There is another problem," Mrs Higgins went on raising her voice a little, as she became
impatient with her son. "The problem of what to do with Eliza once you finish with her."
"Well, that's no problem at all," said Higgins. "She can go her own way, with all the advantages
I have given her."
"Advantages?" exclaimed Mrs Higgins. "She will have all the manners and habits that make her a
fine lady, but she will not have a fine lady's money! What is she to do?"
"We'll find her some employment," answered Higgins, rising.
After Colonel Pickering reassured Mrs Higgins too, the two men returned to Wimpole Street to
prepare Eliza for the Ambassador's party. They only had a few weeks to turn their pupil into a
proper lady and they were determined to make the most of the time they had left.
A) Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Present Continuous
1. Where does your uncle work? – He works at school.
2. Look at the sky: the clouds are moving slowly, the sun is appearing from behind the clouds, it is getting warmer.
3. My sister is not plaing the piano now. She plays the piano in the evening.
4. What do you want to eat for dinner tonight?
5. Dad cooks dinner tonight.
6. I feel hungry.
B) Complete the sentences using can(can’t) /could (couldn’t)/ be able to or should in the correctform.
1. He couldn’t open the window as it was stuck.
2. My mother can cook many delicious dishes.
3. I could sleep for hours when I was a little girl.
4. Michael used to speak Norwegian rather fluently.
5. The secretary is able to type 150 words a minute.
6. Children can’t enter this territory. It’s highly dangerous!
Відповідь:1. I went to the cinema yesterday.
2. I went to the cinema at four o' clock yesterday.
3. I was going to the cinema when you met me.
4. I was doing my homework the whole evening yesterday.
5. I was doing my homework when mother came home.
6. I did my homework yesterday.
7. I was doing my homework from five till eight yesterday.
8. I was doing my homework at six o' clock yesterday.
9. I didn't play the piano yesterday.
10. I wasn't playing the piano at four o' clock yesterday. I was reading a book.
11.He was not sleeping when father came home. He was doing his homework.
12. When I was going to school the day before yesterday, I met Mike and Pete. They were talking and laughing . They told me a funny story. Soon I was laughing, too. I was still laughing when we came to school. After school I told this story at home. My father and mother liked it very much.
13. When we were in the country last summer, I went to the wood one day. In the wood I found a little fox cub. I brought it home. I decided to tame the cub. Every day I fed it and took care of it. I was taming it the whole summer. Now the fox cub is quite tame. It lives in my house