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Unit2 Watchthevideoandanswerthefollowingquestions Howisthe gettingthroughthedoor movementunderstoodbymanypeople Pre readingActivities Audiovisualsupplement1 Audiovisualsupplement Culturalinformation Manyviewthisapparentlylight heartedtussleasasignthatArafatandBarakweregettingonwell ArafatandBarakarestrugglingtogetthroughthedooraftertheotherpartyinordertoshow Iamincontrol 2 Whatisthehiddenmessagebehindthescene Bodylanguageisveryimportant butoftencomplexandeasilymisunderstood 3 Whatdoesthisstorytellus Pre readingActivities Audiovisualsupplement2 Audiovisualsupplement Culturalinformation FromSecretofBodyLanguage Voiceover Butbodylanguageisoftencomplex andeasilymisunderstood Here PresidentClintonleadstheIsraeliandPalestinianleadersEhudBarakandYasserArafatupbeforethepressduringpeacenegotiations It sallsmilesforthecameras butbehindthefa adeofbonhomie there sapowerstrugglegoingon Clintonjokinglyexplainsthatnoneofthemwilltakeanyquestions Clinton Wepromisetoeachotherwewillanswernoquestionandoffernocomments soIhavetosetagoodexample Voiceover Thebodylanguagethenrevealsjustwhythatworks ExpertA Wow It salmostaphysicalfight VideoScript1 Audiovisualsupplement Culturalinformation Voiceover Manyviewthisapparentlylight heartedtussleasasignthatArafatandBarakweregettingonwell Thinkagain ExpertA Thereisagreatmeaningbehindwhogoesthroughthedoorfirst NowofcoursehereintheWest lettingsomeonethroughthedoorfirstdoesn treallymatter Politemaybe ButintheMiddleEast ithassignificantculturalimpact ExpertB Thehost thepowerperson says I mincontrol I llhelpyouthroughthedoor I llshowyoutheway Arafat Thankyou Thankyou Voiceover ThrowinthefearandtensionpresentinmostMiddleEastnegotiations andsuddenly thedesireof VideoScript1 Audiovisualsupplement Culturalinformation bothArafatandBaraknottogothroughthatdoorbeforetheotherstartstomakesense ExpertC Thisisaclassicexampleinitsextremewayofhowthelastmanthroughthedooristhewinner SoBarakreachesforYasserArafat Arafatliterallygraspshisarm moveson andstartswagglinghisfingeratBarak who then Barak usesthisopportunityasawrestlingmatchtomovearound toactuallybebehindArafat andthenliterallygraspsArafat holdshimbythearm andshoveshimthroughthedoor ExpertB Soyou vegotfearandpowerstruggle showinginbigbigbigbigboldbodylanguagewithit VideoScript1 Audiovisualsupplement Culturalinformation SpaceInvadersWhatdoesthetexttellyou Invasionofpersonalspaceinpublic pervasivephenomenon causes naturePersonalspaceinChina Criteria invasionInvasionofprivacy Howdoyoudefineprivacy What sinyourcategoryofprivacy Howmuchdoyoureveal showyourprivacyincyberspace Detailedreading5 Quesion Personalspace firstofall isthespaceyouexpectandareexpectedtokeepbetweenyouandotherpeopleinpublicplacesinordertomaintainanappropriateinterpersonalrelationship EdwardT HallinThe Detailedreading HiddenDimension forexample describesthesocialvaluesappliedbyAmericanstocertaindistancesbetweenpeopleasfallingintofourmaincategories Intimatedistance 0 1 1 2feet Personaldistance 1 1 2 4feet Social Consultativedistance 4 10feet andPublicdistance 10ormorefeet Personalspacecanbeimaginedasakindofbubblesurroundingapersonthatprotectshisorherprivacyandwhichotherpeoplemaynotnormallyenter Allowingsomebodytogetverycloseandenteryourpersonalspacemaybeasignoftrustorlove Ontheotherhand intrudingother spersonalspacecanberatheroffensive Theamountofspacepeopleneedtofeelaroundthemvarieswithvariousfactors suchasculture sex familiaritybetweenpeople crowdednessofthesituation etc Forexample Culturalinformation1 Audiovisualsupplement Culturalinformation peoplefromculturesthatlikealotofpersonalspacefeelawkwardandembarrassedwhensomebodycomestooclosetothem peopleofthesamesexmaysitorstandclosertoeachotherthantosomebodyoftheoppositesex strangersandcasualacquaintancesusuallyneedmorespacethanfriendsandmembersofthesamefamilywhoknoweachotherwell inanoisystreetpeoplemayneedtostandcloserthantheywouldnormally simplyinordertoheareachother Culturalinformation2 Audiovisualsupplement Culturalinformation Structuralanalysis Inthetext thewriterfirstpointsoutthefactthatnowadaysthereisamorepervasivephenomenonofinvasionofpersonalspacethandecadesago andthenheanalyzesthecausesofspaceinvasion Thetextcanbedividedintothreeparts PartI Paragraphs1 2 Thewritercallsthereader sattentiontotheinvasionofpersonalspacebyrelatinganexperienceofhowhispersonalspacewasinvaded Rhetoricalfeatures Structuralanalysis PartII Paragraphs3 7 Thewriteranalyzessomelikelycausesoftheshrinkageofpersonalspace andattributestheinvasionofpersonalspacetothegeneraldeclineofgoodmanners Structuralanalysis Rhetoricalfeatures Structuralanalysis PartIII Paragraphs8 9 Theauthorpresentshisviewabouttheessenceofpersonalspace i e itispsychological ratherthanphysical andurgespeopleto expandthecontractingboundariesofpersonalspace RhetoricalFeatures1 Avividandaccuratedescriptionofthebehaviourofthespaceinvadersandthosewhosepersonalspaceisbeinginvadedisachievedbyadelicateselectionofverbs Someoftheexamplesareasfollows Rhetoricalfeatures Structuralanalysis aman startedinchingtowardme Paragraph1 Inelevators peoplearewedgingthemselvesinjustbeforethedoorsclose Paragraph3 Inmovietheatresthesedays peoplearestakingaclaimtobotharmrests annexingalltheelbowroom Paragraph7 Verbsandverbalphrasesusedtodescribethebehaviourofspaceinvaders RhetoricalFeatures1 Verbsandverbalphrasesusedtodescribethereactionofthosewhosespaceisbeinginvaded Iminutelyadvancedtowardthewoman infrontofme Paragraph1 whoabsent mindedlyshuffledtowardthewhite hairedladyaheadofhim Paragraph1 Rhetoricalfeatures Structuralanalysis Practice Pleasefindmoreexamplestoillustratetheauthor scarefulchoiceofverbs Detailedreading1 Detailedreading SPACEINVADERSRichardStengel1Atmybanktheotherday Iwasstandinginalinesnakingaroundsometiredvelvetropeswhenamaninasweat suitstartedinchingtowardmeinhiseagernesstodeposithisSocialSecuritycheck Ashedidso IminutelyadvancedtowardthewomanreadingtheWallStreetJournalinfrontofme who inmildannoyance begantosidleuptothemanscribblingacheckinfrontofher whoabsent mindedlyshuffledtowardthewhite hairedladyaheadofhim untilwewereallhugger muggeragainsteachother theoriginallazylinehavingcollapsedinonitselflikeaSlinky Detailedreading2 Detailedreading 2Iestimatethatmypersonalspaceextendseighteeninchesinfrontofmyface onefoottoeachside andaboutteninchesinback thoughitisnearlyimpossibletomeasureexactlyhowfarbehindyousomeoneisstanding Thephrase personalspace hasaquaint seventiesringtoit You reinvadingmyspace man butitisoneofthosegratifyingexpressionsthatareintuitivelyunderstoodbyallhumanbeings Likethetwelve milelimitaroundournationalshores personalspaceisourindividualborderbeyondwhichnostrangercanpenetratewithoutmakingusuneasy Detailedreading3 3Lately I vefoundthatmypersonalspaceisbeinginvadedmorethaneverbefore Inelevators peoplearewedgingthemselvesinjustbeforethedoorsclose onthestreet pedestriansarezigzaggingthroughthehumantraffic jostlingothers refusingtogiveway onthesubway ridersarenolongertakingpainstocarveoutlittlezonesofspacebetweenthemselvesandfellow passengers inlinesatairports peoplearepressingforwardlikefidgetytaxisatredlights Detailedreading Detailedreading4 4Atfirst Iattributedthistendencytothe populationexplosion andtherelentlessMalthusianlogicthatiftwiceasmanypeopleinhabittheplanetnowasdidtwentyyearsago eachofushashalfasmuchspace Recently I vewonderedifit stheseason T shirtweathercanmakeproximitymorealluring ormuch muchless OrperhapstheproliferationofcoffeebarsinManhattan thenumberseemstodoubleeverythreemonths isinfusingsomuchcaffeineintothealreadyjanglinglocalsthatpeoplecannolongerkeeptothemselves Detailedreading Detailedreading5 5Personalspaceismostlyapublicmatter weallowallkindsofinvasionsofpersonalspaceinprivate Humanitywouldn texistwithoutthem Thelogisticsofitvaryaccordingtogeography PeoplewholiveinCalcuttahavelesspersonalspacethanfolksinColorado Don ttreadonme couldhavebeencoinedonlybysomeonewithaspread IwouldwagerthatpeopleintheNorthernHemispherehaveroomierconceptionsofpersonalspacethanthoseintheSouthern ToanEnglishman ahandshakecanseemliketrespassing whereastoaBrazilian anythinglessthanahugmaycomeacrossaschilliness Detailedreading Detailedreading6 7 6Likedriverswhoplowintoyourparkedandemptycaranddon tleaveanote peoplenolongermutter Excuseme whentheybumpintoyou Thedeclineofmannershasbeenwidelylamented Manners itseemstome areaboutgivingpeoplespace notsteppingontoes grantingpeopletheirprivatedomain 7I vealsonoticedanincreaseintheranksofwhatIthinkofasspaceinvaders mini territorialexpansionistswhoseizepublicspacewithasenseofmanifestdestiny Inmovietheatresthesedays peoplearestakingaclaimtobotharmrests annexingalltheelbowroom whileatcoffeeshopsandontheLongIslandRailroad individualsroutinelycommandeerboothsandsetsoffacingseatsmeantforfoursomes Detailedreading Detailedreading8 8Ultimately personalspaceispsychological notphysical ithaslesstodowiththespaceoutsideusthanwithourinnerspace Isuspectthattheshrinkingofpersonalspaceisdirectlyproportionaltotheexpansionofself absorption peoplewhoseattentionisinwarddonotbothertolookoutward Eventhefocusofsciencethesedaysismicro notmacro TheHumanGenomeProjectismappingtheuniverseofthegeneticcode whileneuroscientistsareusingsouped upM R I machinestocharttheflightofneuronsinourbrains Detailedreading Detailedreading9 9Inthesamewaythatthebreezefromabutterfly swingsinJapanmayeventuallyproduceatidalwaveinCalifornia Ihavedecidedtoexpandthecontractingboundariesofpersonalspace Inthelineatmybank Inowrefusetomovecloserthanthreefeettothepersoninfrontofme evenifitmeansthatthefellowbehindmestartsbreathingdownmyneck Detailedreading Is personalspace atermoftheseventies Isitoutofdatenowadays Whyorwhynot Paragraph2 Detailedreading2 Quesion Personalspace wasatermpopularlyusedintheseventiesbutseldommentionednowadays However itdoesn tmeanthatitisoutofdate People whateverperiodstheyarein needpersonalspace whichisnottobepenetrated Theonlyproblemisthatnowitisimpossibleforpeopletoprotecttheirpersonalspaceaswellastheyusedtodo Detailedreading Doyouagreewiththewriter sviewthatthecontractionoftheouter personalspaceisproportionaltotheexpansionoftheinner spaceofmodernman Paragraph8 Detailedreading8 Quesion Yes peopleinthepresentsocietytendtobemoreself centered concentratingontheirprivateaffairsandignoringtheouterworldaroundthem Theysaytheyhavenotimeorenergytocareaboutothersinasocietyoffasttempo Asamatteroffact theydonotwanttobotheraboutit Detailedreading Detailedreading8 Activity GroupdiscussionsTopicA Ispersonalspaceimportanttoyou Whyorwhynot TopicB Accordingtoyourobservation doespersonalspacevaryindifferentplaces relations cultures Giveexamples Detailedreading snake v moveinatwistingway Detailedreading1 snake e g Thetrainwassnakingitswaythroughthemountains Detailedreading Synonym meander inch v moveveryslowlyandcarefully Detailedreading1 inch Detailedreading e g Howardinchedforwardinthecrowd Heinchedhiswaythroughthenarrowpassage 我一点一点开车前进 Iinchedthecarforward Detailedreading1 inmildannoyance inmildannoyance withalittleangerorimpatiencemild a notverygreatindegree e g Welookedateachotherinmildastonishment Detailedreading Synonym slight Detailedreading1 sidle sidle v walkinatimidmanner esp sidewaysorobliquely Detailedreading e g AmansidleduptomeandaskedifIwantedaticketforthematch Detailedreading1 scribble scribble 1 v writeordraw sth carelesslyorhurriedly e g Hescribbledanotetohissisterbeforeleaving Shescribbleddownherphonenumberandpusheditintohishand Throughouttheinterview thejournalistsscribbledawayfuriously Detailedreading Synonym scrawl 2 n U sing carelessanduntidywriting e g Howdoyouexpectmetoreadthisscribble Detailedreading1 shuffle shuffle v walkbydraggingone sfeetalongorwithoutliftingthemfullyfromtheground Detailedreading e g Heslippedonhisshoesandshuffledoutoftheroom Afatwomanwasshufflingalongwithapushchair Collocations shufflesth off avoidtalkingorthinkingaboutsth becauseitisnotconsideredimportantshuffleoutofsth trytoavoidsomeunpleasanttaskbyactingdishonestly e g Heshuffledthequestionoffandchangedthetopic e g Imistrustthewayinwhichtheyshuffleoutofsustainedefforts Detailedreading1 Slinky Slinky n ASlinky 机灵鬼 一种用软弹簧做成的会翻跟头的玩具 isacoil shapedspringinventedbymechanicalengineerRichardJamesinPhiladelphia Pennsylvania Slinkyscomeinvarioussizesandshapes Theycan walk downstairsasthecoilsstretchandreformasgravitymovesthemdowneachstep thespring smomentumcausingittospillendoverendfromonesteptothenext Detailedreading Detailedreading2 ring ring n aquality oranimpressionofhavingthequalitythatismentioned e g Herstoryhadaringoftruthaboutit Thebookshementionedhadafamiliarringaboutthem Detailedreading gratifying a givingpleasureorsatisfaction Detailedreading2 gratifying e g ThenewplanmaybegratifyingtothePresident Detailedreading Derivations gratifyv gratificationn Detailedreading2 penetrate Detailedreading penetrate v succeedinforcingawaythrough sth e g Theypenetratedintotheterritorywherenomanhadevergonebefore Thesun sradiationpenetratestheskin Detailedreading3 wedge Thepeoplesittingclosetomewedgedmeintothecorner Openthedoorwideandwedgeitwithapadofnewspaper e g Detailedreading wedge v forceintoanarrowspace fixsth inpositionbyusingawedgeorsth else Practice 他把报纸塞进门下面的缝隙里 好让门保持敞开 Hewedgedthenewspaperintothecrackbeneaththedoortokeepthedooropen Detailedreading3 zigzag Detailedreading zigzag Wezigzaggedupthehill Thenarrowpathzigzagsupthecliff e g 1 v moveforwardbygoingatananglefirsttooneside thentotheother 2 n alineorpatternthatlookslikeaseriesofletterW sasitbendstotheleftandthentotherightagain Thepathdescendedthehillinzigzags e g 3 a onlybeforenoun azigzagline path pattern e g Detailedreading3 carveout Detailedreading carveout establishorcreatesth throughpainstakingeffort Withmonthsofstrenuouswork theartistcarvedoutaflowerofivory Yearsoffailuresandsetbackshavetaughthimandcarvedoutacareerforhim e g Detailedreading3 press Detailedreading press v push move ormake one sway strongly esp inacrowd Hepressedhiswaythroughthecrowd Somanypeoplepressedroundthefamousactressthatshecouldn tgettohercar e g Translation 人群挤在她身边 争着要她的签名 Crowdspressedroundher tryingtogetherautograph Detailedreading4 infuse Detailedreading infuse v fillorcausetobefilledwithsth Hernovelsareinfusedwithsadness e g Collocations infuse into with fill with e g Heinfusedeagernessintothemen Hisspeechinfusedthemenwitheagerness Thepresentscienceeducationneedsaninfusionofnewideasandenergy 目前的科学教育需要注入新的思想和活力 infusion Detailedreading4 keeptooneself Detailedreading keeptooneself remainprivate avoidmeetingotherpeople Shedoesn tgooutmuch shelikestokeeptoherself e g Detailedreading5 Malthusianlogic Detailedreading Malthusianlogic ThomasRobertMalthus 1766 1834 Britisheconomistandclergyman InEssayonPopulation 1798 hearguedthatwithoutthepracticeof moralrestraint thepopulationtendstoincreaseatagreaterratethanitsmeansofsubsistence unlesswar famine ordiseaseintervenesoreffortsaremadetolimitpopulation Detailedreading5 wager Detailedreading wager v amoreformaltermfor bet Shewagered 50onahorse IhadwageredagreatdealofmoneythatIwouldbeathim e g 1 wager sth onsth wagersth sb that betmoneyonsth 2 wager that usedtosaythatyouaresoconfidentthatsth istrueorwillhappenthatyouwouldbewillingtobetmoneyonit I llwagerthatsheknowsmoreaboutitthanshe ssaying e g Detailedreading6 plow Detailedreading plow v forceawayormakeatrack Spelling plow AmericanEnglish plough BritishEnglish e g 货车因为刹车失灵 猛地冲入了人群之中 Thevan sbrakesfailed anditplowedintoacrowdofpeople plowinto esp ofavehicleoritsdriver crashviolentlyintosth esp becauseyouaredrivingtoofastornotpayingenoughattention Atruckplowedintothebackofthebus Sheplowedherwaythroughthewaitingcrowds e g Detailedreading7 lament lament v expressregretordisappointmentoversth consideredunsatisfactory unreasonable orunfair e g Inthepoemhelamentsthedestructionofthecountryside Detailedreading Synonym bemoan e g Sheshowsalamentablelackofunderstanding Derivations lamentable a verydisappointing regrettable lamentation n formal anexpressionofgreatsadnessordisappointment ConsolidationActivities Wordderivation1 5 Vocabulary Translation Integratedskills Oralactivities Writing Grammar 5 lamentv lamentablea lamentablyad e g 全国降半旗 哀悼伟大领袖的逝世 这届政府的工作实在太令人痛心了 他痛失赢得比赛的最后机会 Thenationlowereditsnationalflagtohalf masttolamentthepassingofitsgreatleader Thisgovernment sperformanceisabsolutelylamentable Helamentablylostthelastchancetowinthegame Detailedreading6 7 stakeaclaimto Detailedreading stakeaclaimto makeaclaimto stake v beassertiveindefininganddefendingapositionorpolicy e g Hestakedaclaimtothelandwherehe dfoundthegold Detailedreading6 7 annex Detailedreading annex v takecontrolandpossessionofland asmallcountry etc esp byforce takewithoutpermission Synonym occupy e g GermanyannexedAustriain1938 Thereareexamplesofpeopleoccupyingpublicsquaresandannexingthepavementnexttotheirlands Detailedreading8 beproportionalto Detailedreading beproportionalto increaseordecreaseatthesamerateastheotherthingincreasesordecreases sothatthereisalwaysthesamerelationshipbetweenthetwothings Derivation proportion n therelationshipofonethingtoanotherinsize amount etc e g Theoutputshouldbeproportionaltotheinput Asarulesuicideratesareproportionaltothesizeofthecity e g Theroomisverylonginproportionto relativeto itswidth Detailedreading8 self absorption Detailedreading self absorption thecharacteristicofthinkingaboutthingsconcerningoneselfwithoutnoticingotherpeopleorthethingsaroundhim Derivation self absorbeda Detailedreading1 sometiredvelvetrope sometiredvelvetrope Paragraph1 Explanation Here theword tired means drooping loosenedorslackened Detailedreading Detailedreading1 untilwewere untilwewereallhugger muggeragainsteachother theoriginallazylinehavingcollapsedinonitselflikeaSlinky Paragraph1 Paraphrase untilwewereallpushingagainsteachother leavingthelineindisorder Detailedreading Detailedreading2 Thephrase Thephrase personalspace hasaquaint seventiesringtoit Paragraph2 Paraphrase Thephrase personalspace soundsold fashionedandremindsoneoftheseventies Detailedreading Detailedreading4 I vewondered I vewonderedifit stheseason T shirtweathercanmakeproximitym