Pygmalion Effect

黑龍江克東一中 胡永啟

Pygmalion，King of Cyprus， was a famous sculptor.He made an ivory image of a woman so lovely that he fell in love with it.Every day he tried to make Galatea up in gold and purple，for that was the name he had given to this mistress of his heart.He embraced and kissed it，but it remained a statue.In despair he went to Aphrodite's shrine （圣地）for help.Offering rich sacrifice and sending up a passionate prayer，he begged the goddess to give him a wife as graceful as Galatea.Back home，he went straight up to the statue.Even as he gazed at it，a change came over it.A faint colour appeared on its cheeks，a gleam shone from its eyes and its lips opened into a sweet smile.Pygmalion stood speechless when Galatea began to move towards him.She was simple and sweet and alive!Soon the room was ringing with her silver voice.The work of his own hands became his wife.

塞浦路斯的國王皮格馬利翁是一位有名的雕塑家。他塑造了一位異?？蓯鄣南笱郎倥裣褚灾劣趷凵狭怂?。每天他都給蓋拉蒂穿上金、紫色相間的長袍。蓋拉蒂是他給心上人所起的名字。他擁抱它、親吻它，但是它始終是一尊雕像。絕望中，他來到阿弗洛狄忒的神殿尋求幫助。他獻上豐盛的祭祀品，并且深情地禱告，祈求這位女神賜給他一位如同蓋拉蒂一樣舉止優雅的妻子?；丶液螅麖街眮淼降裣衽?。就在他凝視它的時候，雕像開始有了變化。它的臉頰開始呈現出微弱的血色，它的眼睛釋放出光芒，它的唇輕輕張開展現出甜美的微笑。蓋拉蒂走向他的時候，皮格馬利翁站在那兒，說不出話來。她單純、溫柔、充滿活力！不久屋子里響起她銀鈴般悅耳的聲音。他親手做的雕塑成了他的妻子。

1.sculptor n.雕刻家

Thesculptorchiselled the lump of marble into a fine statue.雕刻家把大理石塊鑿成優美的雕像。

2.ivory n.象牙

He saw he should no longer shut himself up in hisivorytower.他認識到不應再把自己關在象牙塔里。

3.fall in love with...愛上……

I fell in love with her at first sight.我第一眼見到她時就愛上了她。

4.mistress n.主婦；女主人；情人

She wants to bemistressof her own affairs.她的事情她要自己做主。5.embrace v.擁抱

Theyembracedeach other warmly.他們相互熱情擁抱。

6.statue n.塑像；雕像

Thestatuewas carved out of a single piece of stone.這座雕像是用整塊石頭雕成的。

7.despair n.絕望

She was overcome bydespair.她已完全絕望。

9.sacrifice v.獻祭；供奉

Two white bulls weresacrificedand a feast was held.獻祭了兩頭白公牛，并舉行了盛宴。

10.passionate adj.熱誠的；充滿激情的

I admire hispassionatebelief in what he is doing.我佩服他對自己的工作所抱的堅定信心。

11.prayer n.禱告；祈禱

He arrived，as if in answer to herprayers.他來了，好像在回應她的禱告。

12.graceful adj.優美的；優雅的

The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演員的姿態是如此優美。

13.straight adv.直接地

Lookstraightahead.一直往前看。

14.gaze v.凝視；注視

She gazed at me in disbelief when I told her the news.當我告訴她這個消息時，她以懷疑的目光注視著我。

15.faint adj.微弱的

His breathing becamefaint.他的呼吸變得微弱了。

16.cheek n.面頰；臉蛋兒

He kissed her lightly on thecheek.他輕輕吻了一下她的臉頰。

17.gleam n.閃亮；閃爍

A few faint gleams of sunshine lit up the gloomy afternoon.有幾束隱約的陽光使陰暗的下午變得有些明亮。

18.speechless adj.一時語塞的；默然的；無言以對的

The bad news rendered us allspeechlessfrom shock.這個壞消息使大家驚愕得說不出話來。

Pygmalion Effect

皮格馬利翁效應

人們從皮格馬利翁的故事中總結出了 “皮格馬利翁效應”：期望和贊美能產生奇跡。皮格馬利翁效應指人們基于對某種情境的知覺而形成的期望或預言，會使該情境產生適應這一期望或預言的效應。由美國著名心理學家羅森塔爾和雅格布森在小學教學上予以驗證提出。暗示在本質上，人的情感和觀念會不同程度地受到別人下意識的影響。人們會不自覺地接受自己喜歡、欽佩、信任和崇拜的人的影響和暗示。因此“皮格馬利翁效應”又稱“羅森塔爾效應”或“期待效應”。 皮格馬利翁效應告訴我們，對一個人傳遞積極的期望，就會使他進步得更快，發展得更好。反之，向一個人傳遞消極的期望則會使人自暴自棄，放棄努力。在現代企業里，皮格馬利翁效應不僅傳達了管理者對員工的信任度和期望值，還更加適用于團隊精神的培養。即使是在強者生存的競爭性工作團隊里，許多員工雖然已習慣于單兵突進，但是我們仍能夠發現皮格馬利翁效應是其中最有效的靈丹妙藥。