Pygmalion effect: (比馬龍效應)
The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, is the phenomenon whereby higher expectations lead to an increase in performance. The effect is named after the Greek myth of Pygmalion, a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved.
Pygmalion
In Ovid's narrative, Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory. According to Ovid, after seeing the Propoetides he was "not interested in women", and he fell in love with it.
In time, Aphrodite's festival day came, and Pygmalion made offerings at the altar of Aphrodite. There, too scared to admit his desire, he quietly wished for a bride who would be "the living likeness of my ivory girl". Then Aphrodite had granted Pygmalion's wish.
Pygmalion married the ivory sculpture changed to a woman under Aphrodite's blessing. In Ovid's narrative, they had a daughter, Paphos, from whom the city's name is derived.
Galatea (Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who
is milk-white"
)[1] is a name popularly applied to the statue carved of ivory by
Pygmalion
of Cyprus, which then came to life, in Greek mythology; in
modern English the name usually alludes to that story.
→An android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.
Galatea (2010)
→The story of a writer with relationship issues who finds it difficult to discern between reality and the fiction he creates.
生字
*h不發音:
Exhibit: 〔IgˋzIbIt〕
vehicle〔ˋviIkL,ˋviәkL〕
state fair: (n.) (美)州展覽會 (農、畜產品等的)
fair(adj.) 1.free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice
2. Beautiful eg. my fair lady
*have an affair (with someone): to have a love affair with someone.
eg. When I was 20, I had an affair with a rock star, and really made a fool of myself.
Duty vs. Responsibility
duty: obligation
responsibility: voluntary
*duty-free (adjective/ adverb):
1.free of customs duty or tax on imported or exported goods:
duty-free cargo; merchandise shipped duty-free.
2.pertaining to or selling goods for import or export free of the usual customs duty:
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*pro-:
(1.) a prefix indicating favor for some party, system, idea, etc., without identity with the group, having anti- as its opposite.
→Propaganda
(2.) a prefix of priority in space or time having especially a meaning of advancing or projecting forward or outward, and also used to indicate substitution, attached widely to stems not used as words:
→provision
→prologue
→proceed
Patronage: (n.) the support given to an organization by someone 贊助，資助
patron: (n.)主保神 e.g. Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travelers.
St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child
CarlySimon - You're So Vain(music)
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