综合英语4 Unit2 Space Invaders.ppt

Unit2 TextISpaceInvaders Pre readingQuestions 1 Whatdoes personalspace meaninyourmind 2 HaveyoueverhadexperiencewhenyoufeltyourPSwasbeinginvaded What syourfeeling 3 WhohaveastrongersenseofPS ChineseorWesterners personalspace Itreferstotheamountofareaavailableforpersonaluseanditisoftenregardedasapersonaldomainorterritory Whenthisterritoryisinvaded itsownerwillfeeluncomfortableoreventhreatened Backgroundinformation 1 Aboutthetext ThistextwasoriginallypublishedinNewYorkeronJuly24 1993 laterin2001itappearedagaininThePrincetonAnthologyofWriting FavoritePiecesbytheFerriesWritersatPrincetonUniversity Abouttheauthor RichardStengelisaseniorwriterworkingforTimemagazine 3 Malthusianlogic thetheoriesoftheBritisheconomistThomasRobertMalthus 1766 1843 whichstatethatpopulationincreasesfasterthanthemeansofsubsistenceunlesswar famine ordiseaseintervenesoreffortsaremadetolimitpopulation 4 LongIsland anislandinsoutheasternNewYork TheNewYorkcityboroughsofBrooklynandQueensareatitswestend LanguageWork snake moveinatwistingwayThetrainwassnakingitswaythroughthemountains Sometiredvelvetropes someslackenedvelvetropesinch moveveryslowlyandcarefullyHowardinchedthevanforward Shuffle walkbydraggingone sfeetalongorwithoutliftingthemfullyfromthegroundHeslippedonhisshoesandshuffledoutoftheroom shufflesth off avoidtalkingorthinkingaboutsth becauseitisnotconsideredimportantHeshuffledthequestionoffandchangedthetopic ring aquality oranimpressionofhavingthequalitythatismentionedHerstoryhasaringoftruthaboutit Thebookshementionedhadafamiliarringaboutthem penetrate succeedinforcingthroughsth Theypenetratedintotheterritorywherenomanhadeverbeenbefore Wedge forceintoanarrowspaceSheopenedthedoorwideandwedgeditwithapadofnewspaper don ttreadonme couldhavebeencoinedonlybysomeonewithaspread P5 don tstepintomyspace Thiscouldhavebeensaidonlybyapersonwhohasalargepersonalspace Personalspaceispsychological notphysical ithaslesstodowiththespaceoutsideusthanourinnerspace personalspaceismoreapsychologicalmatterthanaphysicalone Beproportionalto increaseordecreaseatthesamerateastheotherthingTheoutputshouldbeproportionaltotheinput StructuralAnalysis Thewriterpointsoutthefactthatnowadayspeoplearemoreandmoreconcernedaboutthemselvesandwanttohavealargerpersonalspacethandecadesago andthenheanalysesthecausesofspaceinvasion Itcanbedividedintothreeparts StructuralAnalysis Part1 1 2 thewritercallsthereaders attentiontotheinvasionofPSbyrelatinganexperienceofhowhisPSwasinvaded Part2 3 7 heanalyzessomelikelycausesoftheshrinkageofPS andattributestheinvasiontothegeneraldeclineofgoodmanners Part3 8 9 hepresentshisviewabouttheessenceofPS itispsychologicalratherthanphysical andurgespeopleto expandthecontractingboundariesofPS PartIparagraph1 2 Thefollowingquestionmaybeasked Howdidtheauthordescribetheviolationofpersonalspacethathappenedinabank aseriesofverbphrasesandadverbialstovividlydescribetheprocess andpeople sreaction Untill hugger mugger Slinky Untillwewereallpushingagainsteachother leavingthelineindisorder lazyline personification slothful sluggish idle Thephrase hasaquaint seventiesringtoit hasanoldtouchthatwascharacteristicofthe1970s soundsold fashionedandremindsoneofthe1970s PartIIparagraph3 7 Thefollowingquestionscouldbeasked Is personalspace aphraseoftheseventies Isitoutofdatenowadays Whyorwhynot DoyouagreewiththeauthoraboutthereasonsofspaceinvasiongiveninParagraph4 Whatotherfactorshavecausedit Whatdoestheauthormeanbysaying personalspaceismostlyapublicmatter Dospaceinvadersrespectotherpeople spersonalspace T shirtweathercanmakeproximitymorealluring P4Inhotsummerdays peoplecanbedrawntoeachother esp totheoppositesexorfeeldisgustedwiththeclosenessofothers moveawayfromthoseunpleasantsmellofperspiration T shirtweather metonymy借代 换喻Heisatrueblue faithfulperson Orperhapstheincreasing isinfusing into janglinglocals cannolongerkeeptothemselves P4 attractmoreandmorepeople whoarestimulatedandexcitedbythecaffeinetheytakein sothattheybecomeeagertomeetothersandnolongerwanttoremaininprivate weallowallkindsofinvasions Humanitywouldn texistwithoutthem P5 privatelyweallowpeoplewithwhomwehavecloserelationshipstoenterourPSinavarietyofways Indeed intheabsenceofsexualintimacynoneofuswouldbehere Thelogisticsofitvaryaccordingtogeography P5Peopleindifferentregionsaregivendifferentsizesofpersonalspace I venoticedanincreaseintheranksofwhatIthinkof mini territorialexpansionistswhoseizepublicspacewithasenseofmanifestdestiny P7I venoticedthattheproblemofspaceinvasionhasbecomemoreandmoreserious andspaceinvaders actinginthewayterritorialexpansionistsusuallydo takeitforgrantedthattheyhavetherighttoseizepublicspace stakeaclaimto makeaclaimto individualsroutinelycommandeer P7Itisquitecommonthatonepersonoccupiesaboothandasetoffacingseatsdesignedforfourpeople PartIIIparagraph8 9 Questionstobeasked Doyouagreewiththewriter sviewthatthecontractionoftheouterpersonalspaceisproportionaltotheexpansionoftheinnerspaceofmodernman Whydoestheauthordecidetoexpandhiscontractingboundariesofpersonalspace thebreezefromabutterfly swingsJapan produceatidalwaveinCalifornia P9TheauthorhopesthathisownstandagainsttheshrinkageofPS assmallinitself willeventuallyhaveadramaticeffectinthesamewayasthebreezefromabutterfly swingsinJapan ifitinitiatesachainofwaves mayeventuallyproduceatidalwavein Conclusion TheauthorlooksatthecausesofspaceinvasioninParagraph4 Heattributesthisphenomenontopopulationexplosionfirst thentothehotweatherandthestimulationofcaffeine geography Heexaminesthenatureofspaceinvasionandthinksthatspaceinvasionisapublicmatter Itismorepsychologicalthanphysical RhetoricalFeatures Listedbelowaretheverbsusedbytheauthortogiveavividandaccuratedescriptionofthebehaviorofthespaceinvaders1 Verbsusedtodescribedthebehaviorofspaceinvaders inch wedge zigzag jostle refuse press bump etc 2 Verbsusedtodescribethereactionofthosewhosespaceisbeinginvaded advanced sidle shuffle Vocabulary 1 drooping loosened slackened2 tone sound3 alreadyover stimulated relentlesslocalpeople residents4 unfriendliness cold shouldering5 membershipofagroupoforganization 1 sidledup2 carveout雕刻 创业 开拓3 attribute to 4 stakeaclaimto 5 treadontheirtoes6 plowedinto7 isproportionalto progress8 breathingdowntheirnecks 1 annoying2 intuition3 relentedletitout4 proliferatesintoasuccessionof 5 lamentably6 inanexpansivemood7 asamatterofroutine8 belesssusceptibletoshrinkageDABDCBAB 1 significantly considerably incautiously2 shrinking receding lessening3 private personal individual4 give present confer5 tightened tense rigid6 recently currently7 old fashioned odd antiquated8 uncomfortable nervous upset 1 promotion2 endure3 willingly4 canceled5 themostimportantthing6 moderatelywarm 1 Thepigeonwaswedgedintheforkofabranchanditfellafterawhile 2 Thepaymentthatthemotoristwillhavetomakeisproportionaltothedamagehehasdonetotheotherperson scar 3 Youcanonlyenterthecavebyinchingthroughanarrowtunnelonyourstomach 4 Shestammeredsomeapologyforenteringmyofficewithoutknockingasshesidledtowardsthedoor 5 HetookpainstoexplaintomethatIwasbeingdismissednotbecauseIdidn tdomywork