背景介绍及1,2段课文

1、space invadersBackground Information About the author Richard Stengel is an American editor, journalist and author and is Time magazines 16th managing editor. While best known for his work for Time, he has written a number of books including a collaboration with Nelson Mandela on Mandelas autobiogra

2、phy. Prior to taking up his role as managing editor of Time in 2006, Stengel was the president and chief executive officer of the National Constitution Center. About Time magazine Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is an American news magazine. An European edition (Time Europe, formerly known as

3、 Time Atlantic) is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (Time Asia) is based in Hong Kong. As of 2009, Time no longer publishes a Canadian advertiser edition. The South Pacific edition, covering Australia, New Zealand and

4、the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney Time is the worlds largest weekly news magazine, and has a domestic audience of 20 million and a global audience of 25 million. As of mid-2006, Richard Stengel is the managing editor. Personal spaceIs personal space important to you? Why or why not?cultural in

5、formation Personal space can be imagined as a kind of bubble surrounding a person that protects his or her privacy and which other people may not normally enter. So allowing somebody to get very close and enter your personal space may be a sign of trust or love. On the other hand, intruding others p

6、ersonal space can be rather offensive. Four kinds of personal distance between people Intimate distance: it is just 0cm to 45cm (such as relatives,close friends,lovers or couples) Personal distance: it is about 45cm to 120cm(people know eachother, but no specialy relationship.) Social distance: by a

7、bout 120cm to 360cm. Public distance: it up to 360cm away. different cultural ideas of personal space The closest distance between two people in a conversation takes place in Middle Eastern. Men usually talk to each other at very short distances.They even push and shove each other. The distance betw

8、een two people in a conversation is also very close in Latin America They commonly put a hand on their conversation partners shoulder while speaking. On the other end of the distance spectrum,Asians tend to keep much more distance between each other than Westerners do. The perception of personal spa

9、ce is very strong in Japan. Crossing between two people or intruding into anothers space to move through a crowded room is seen as ruder than in other cultures. The British keep a big distances when they talk to each other. In the United States, the accepted distance for conversation is about 18 inc

10、hes.Other factors sex people of the same sex may sit or stand closer to each other than to somebody of the opposite sex familiarity between people strangers and casual acquaintances usually need more space than friends and members of the same family who know each other well crowdedness of the situat

11、ion in a noisy street people may need to stand closer than they would normally, simply in order to hear each other. Structural analysis In the text, the writer first points out the fact that nowadays people are more concerned about themselves and want to have a larger personal space than decades ago

12、, and then he analyzes the causes of space invasion. The text can be divided into three parts. part 1(Paragraphs 1 2) part 2(Paragraphs 3 7) part 3(Paragraphs 8 9)SPACE INVADERS At my bank the other day, I was standing in a line snaking around some tired velvet ropes when a man in a sweat-suit start

13、ed inching toward me in his eagerness to deposit his Social Security check. As he did so, I minutely advanced toward the woman reading the Wall Street Journal in front of me, who, in mild annoyance, began to sidle up to the man scribbling a check in front of her, who absent-mindedly shuffled toward

14、the white-haired lady ahead of him, until we were all hugger-mugger against each other, the original lazy line having collapsed in on itself like a Slinky.1.snakeV.move in a twisting way蛇行，曲折滑行，蜿蜒行进，迂回而行eg: The train was snaking its way through the moutains.火车在群山间蜿蜒行进2.tiredadj.疲倦的；困倦的；厌烦的some tired

15、 velvet ropes一些松垂的天鹅绒绳子adj.loosened；drooping松垂的adj.timeworn，overused陈旧的，陈腐的eg：The film had a rather tired plot.那电影的情节是老掉牙的。3.a sweat-suitgarment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt运动套装*4.inchv.move slowly and carefully 一点点地挪动，慢慢移动，缓慢行进eg: I inched my way through the narrow space between the c

16、ars.我在车和车之间的狭窄空间缓慢移动。5.in ones eagerness 急切地eg: The children tore the wrapping off in his eagerness to see what his birthday present was这些孩子急切地扯下包装，看他的生日礼物是什么。6.deposit v.put (money) in a bank 交与/委托保管; 存钱；寄存 eg :It is safest to deposit your money in the bank. 钱存入银行最保险。*7.minutelyad.carefully and pre

17、cisely;in great detail详细地，精密地eg: The film has been minutely dissected by the critics.影评家对这部电影做了详细地分析。*8.annoyancen.the feeling or state of being annoyed烦恼，恼怒；使人烦恼的事in mild annoyance: with a little anger or impatience 有些恼怒milda. not very great in degree温柔的；轻微的；不浓的*9.sidle v. 1). walk sideways 侧身而行 eg

18、:We had to sidle through the narrow doorway. 我们得侧身穿过狭窄的门道.2). walk secretively 秘密的,偷偷摸摸的,遮遮掩掩的 eg:If you sit at the back you can sidle out without anyone seeing you leave. 假如你坐在后面你可以偷溜出去而没人看见。 sidle up to 秘密地/偷偷地侧身挨近,悄悄贴/挨/走近某人3). walk in a nervous or timid manner 羞怯地/胆怯不安地行进Translation (P33): 她一面结结

19、巴巴地为没有敲门就进入 我的办公室而道歉，一面羞怯地朝门走去。 She stammered some apology for entering my office without knocking as she sidled towards the door.*10.scribble v. write draw (something) carelessly or hurriedly 潦草书写,乱涂 eg: She cant write yet ,but she loves to scribble with a pencil. 她现在还不会写字，但她喜欢用铅笔乱涂。*11.shufflev. w

20、alk by dragging ones feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground 拖着脚走拖着脚走Collocations:shuffle sth off/shuffle out of sth.avoid doing what one ought to do 推卸应做的事eg:He tries to shuffle his work off onto others他想把工作推给别人eg:She shuffled out of the chores by saying she felt ill她说她生病了，把杂事都推掉*1

21、2.hugger-muggera.confused;disorderly杂乱的n.秘密；杂乱eg:He engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance.他参与到了混乱的国际金融领域 *13.Slinky: n. “机灵鬼”，一种用软弹簧做成的会翻跟头的玩具 SPACE INVADERS 空间入侵者 At my bank the other day, I was standing in a line snaking around some tired velvet ropes when a man in a sweat-suit sta

22、rted inching toward me in his eagerness to deposit his Social Security check. 前几天在银行，我站在一支蜿蜒绕着松垂的天鹅绒绳子的队伍里，这时一个身穿运动服的男子开始慢慢向我挪近，急着存他的社会保障支票。 As he did so, I minutely advanced toward the woman reading the Wall Street Journal in front of me, who, in mild annoyance, began to sidle up to the man scribbl

23、ing a check in front of her, who absent-mindedly shuffled toward the white-haired lady ahead of him, until we were all hugger-mugger against each other, the original lazy line having collapsed in on itself like a Slinky. 因为他这样做，我不得不稍稍靠近我前面正在看华尔街日报的女士。她有些恼怒地 侧身贴近她前面的正在支票上潦草签字的男子。男子心不在焉地拖着脚步走近他前面的白发女士

24、。最后我们都杂乱地贴向彼此，原来松散的队伍像Slinky玩具一样紧缩在一起。 I estimate that my personal space extends eighteen inches in front of my face, one foot to each side, and about ten inches in back though it is nearly impossible to measure exactly how far behind you someone is standing.The phrase “personal space” has a quaint,

25、 seventies ring to it (“Youre invading my space, man”), but it is one of those gratifying expressions that are intuitively understood by all human beings. Like the twelve-mile limit around our national shores, personal space is our individual border beyond which no stranger can penetrate without mak

26、ing us uneasy.1.quaintadj.古香古色的，古怪的eg:The piano has a quaint old-world tone about it.这架钢琴的音色具有一种古雅的，老式风味2.ring: n.tone or feeling of a particular kind 某种语气或感觉eg:Her story had a ring of truth about it. 她的话听起来不假。3.gratifying: a. giving pleasure or satisfaction令人高兴的，令人满意的eg：It is gratifying to see such

27、 good results. 看到这么好的结果令人欣慰 The situation is gratifying . 形势喜人 5.intuitively adv直觉地，直观地eg:Avoid making intuitively obvious but unfounded assertions.避免作出直觉上显而易见却没有依据的论断 4.penetrate v.force a way through sth. 穿过，刺入，穿透 The arrow penetrated through the target just in the centre. 箭正好射穿了靶子的中心。 I estimate that