2019-2020年高中英语Unit4Pygmalion(II)

2019-2020年高中英语Unit4Pygmalion(II)It is Mrs. Higgins's at-home day. Nobody has yet arrived. Her drawin

2019-2020年高中英语Unit4Pygmalion(II) ItisMrs.Higgins'sat-homeday.Nobodyhasyetarrived.Herdrawing-room,inaflaton Chelseaembankment,hasthreewindowslookingontheriver;andtheceilingisnotso loftyasitwouldbeinanolderhouseofthesamepretension.Thewindowsareopen, givingaccesstoabalconywithflowersinpots.Ifyoustandwithyourfacetothe windows,youhavethefireplaceonyourleftandthedoorintheright-handwallcloseto thecornernearestthewindows. Mrs.HigginswasbroughtuponMorrisandBurneJones;andherroom,whichisvery unlikeherson'sroominWimpoleStreet,isnotcrowdedwithfurnitureandlittletablesand nicknacks.Inthemiddleoftheroomthereisabigottoman;andthis,withthecarpet,the Morriswall-papers,andtheMorrischintzwindowcurtainsandbrocadecoversofthe ottomananditscushions,supplyalltheornament,andaremuchtoohandsometobe hiddenbyoddsandendsofuselessthings.Afewgoodoil-paintingsfromtheexhibitions intheGrosvenorGallerythirtyyearsago(theBurneJones,nottheWhistlersideofthem) areonthewalls.TheonlylandscapeisaCecilLawsononthescaleofaRubens.There isaportraitofMrs.Higginsasshewaswhenshedefiedfashioninheryouthinoneof thebeautifulRossettiancostumeswhich,whencaricaturedbypeoplewhodidnot understand,ledtotheabsurditiesofpopularestheticismintheeighteen-seventies. InthecornerdiagonallyoppositethedoorMrs.Higgins,nowoversixtyandlongpast takingthetroubletodressoutofthefashion,sitswritingatanelegantlysimple writing-tablewithabellbuttonwithinreachofherhand.ThereisaChippendalechair furtherbackintheroombetweenherandthewindownearestherside.Attheotherside oftheroom,furtherforward,isanElizabethanchairroughlycarvedinthetasteofInigo Jones.Onthesamesideapianoinadecoratedcase.Thecornerbetweenthefireplaceand thewindowisoccupiedbyadivancushionedinMorrischintz. Itisbetweenfourandfiveintheafternoon. Thedoorisopenedviolently;andHigginsenterswithhishaton. MRS.HIGGINS[dismayed]Henry[scoldinghim]!Whatareyoudoinghereto-day?Itis myat-homeday:youpromisednottoe.[Ashebendstokissher,shetakeshishatoff, andpresentsittohim]. HIGGINS.Ohbother![Hethrowsthehatdownonthetable]. MRS.HIGGINS.Gohomeatonce. HIGGINS[kissingher]Iknow,mother.Icameonpurpose. MRS.HIGGINS.Butyoumustnt.I'mserious,Henry.Youoffendallmyfriends:theystop ingwhenevertheymeetyou.