Pygmalion

/pɪɡˈmeɪliən/

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a comic play (1913) by George Bernard Shaw about a professor, Henry Higgins, who teaches a young cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, how to speak in an upper-class way. She becomes a success in society and falls in love with Higgins. The play was made into a successful musical comedy and a film called My Fair Lady. Shaw took his title from an ancient Greek story about Pygmalion, an artist who falls in love with a statue he has created. The philologist Henry Sweet (1845-1912) is thought to be the model for Higgins.皮格马利翁（Pygmalion）：乔治·伯纳德·肖（George Bernard Shaw）的喜剧片（1913年），讲述了亨利·希金斯（Henry Higgins）教授的故事，亨斯·希金斯（Henry Higgins）教年轻的金鸡菊姑娘伊丽莎·杜利特尔（Eliza Doolittle）如何上流社会。她在社会上取得了成功，并爱上了希金斯。该剧被制作成成功的音乐喜剧和一部名为《我的淑女》的电影。肖（Shaw）的名字取自古希腊关于皮格马利翁（Pygmalion）的故事，他是一位爱上了他创造的雕像的艺术家。语言学家亨利·斯威特（1845-1912）被认为是希金斯的榜样。