Unit 2 Space Invaders 第二單元空間入侵者

SpaceInvaders

RichardStengelTeachingPlanText1Lead-inQuestionsandActivity

Backgroundinformatin+Structuralanalysisofthetext:2periodsTextualAnalysis

andexercise:4periodsObjectivesGrasptheauthor’spurposeofwritingandmakeclearthestructureofthewholepassagethroughanintensivereadingofText1;Getalistofnewwordsandstructuresandusethemfreelyinconversationandwriting;pickouttheverbsfromthetextinhisdescriptionofthebehaviourofspaceinvadersandthereactionofthosewhosepersonalspaceisbeinginvaded,whichservetheauthor'spurposeComprehendthedifficultsenencesinthetext.BackgroundInformationAboutTimemagazineTime(trademarkedincapitalsasTIME)isanAmericannewsmagazine.AEuropeanedition(TimeEurope,formerlyknownasTimeAtlantic)ispublishedfromLondon.TimeEuropecoverstheMiddleEast,Africaand,since2003,LatinAmerica.AnAsianedition(TimeAsia)isbasedinHongKong.Asof2009,TimenolongerpublishesaCanadianadvertiseredition.TheSouthPacificedition,coveringAustralia,NewZealandandthePacificIslands,isbasedinSydney.Timeistheworld'slargestweeklynewsmagazine,andhasadomesticaudienceof20millionandaglobalaudienceof25million.Asofmid-2006,RichardStengelisthemanagingeditor.AbouttheauthorRichardStengelisanAmericaneditor,journalistandauthorandisTimemagazine's16thmanagingeditor.WhilebestknownforhisworkforTime,hehaswrittenanumberofbooksincludingacollaborationwithNelsonMandelaonMandela'sautobiography.PriortotakinguphisroleasmanagingeditorofTimein2006,StengelwasthepresidentandchiefexecutiveofficeroftheNationalConstitutionCenter.AboutMalthusianlogicMalthus,ThomasRober(1766-1834),Britisheconomistandclergy-man.InEssayonPopulation(1978)hearguedthatwithoutthepracticeof"moralrestraint"thepopulationtendstoincreaseatagreaterratethanitsmeansofsubsistence,unlesswar,famine,ordiseaseintervenesoreffortsaremadetolimitpopulation.PersonalspacePre-readingquestionsIspersonalspaceimportanttoyou?Whyorwhynot?Peoplesurroundthemselveswitha“bubble”ofpersonalspacethattheyclaimastheirown,andtheytendtobecomestressedwhenotherpeopleinvadetheir“bubble.”O(jiān)urpersonalspaceprotectsusfromtoomucharousalandhelpsusfeelcomfortablewhenwecommunicatewithotherpeople.Whentwopeoplearetalkingtoeachother,theytendtostandaspecificdistanceapart.Eachpersonhasaninvisibleboundaryaroundhisbodyintowhichotherpeoplemaynotcome.Ifsomeonepiercesthisboundary,hewillfeeluncomfortableandmoveawaytoincreasethedistancebetweenthem.(Themajorexceptionisfamilymembersandotherlovedones.)Thispersonaldistanceisnotduetobodyodororbadbreath,butbecauseclosenesslendsasenseofintimacythatisatoddswiththeirrelationshiptotheotherindividual.

Interestingly,theaveragepersonaldistancevariesfromculturetoculture.TakeAmericancultureasanexample.Americanstendtorequiremorepersonalspacethaninothercultures.SoifyoutrytogettooclosetoanAmericanduringyourconversation,heorshewillfeelthatyouare“intheirface”andwilltrytobackaway.Trytobeawareofthis,soifthepersontowhomyouarespeakingbacksawayalittle,don’ttrytoclosethegap.Also,trytoavoidphysicalcontactwhileyouarespeaking,sincethismayalsoleadtodiscomfort.Touchingisabittoointimateforcasualacquaintances.Sodon’tputyourarmaroundtheirshoulders,touchtheirface,orholdtheirhand.Shakinghandswhenyouinitiallymeetorpartisacceptable,butthisisonlymomentary.Intimatedistance,fromsixtoeighteeninchesawayfromthebody,isusedforinteractinginintimaterelationshipsandkissing,hugging,orembracing.

*Personaldistancerangesfrom1.5feettofourfeetawayfromthebody,andisusedfortalkingwithgoodfriends,familymembers,andthosethepersonknowswell.

*Socialdistance,fromfourtotwelvefeetaway,marksthespacerequiredforinteractingwithcoworkers,acquaintances,orprofessionalserviceproviders,orhavingotherpolitebutimpersonalencounters.

*Publicdistanceistherequiredspaceforpublicspeaking,andcanrangefromtwelvefeettotwenty-fivefeetaway.Pleasedofastreadingontext1StructureofthetextFinishquestionsintextcomprehensionpart1andpart2TextAnalysisInthetext,thewriterpointsoutthatnowadayspeoplearemoreandmoreconcernedaboutthemselvesandwanttohavealargerpersonalspacethandecadesago,andthenheanalysesthecausesofspaceinvasion.StructureofthewholetextParagraph1-2:Thisparttellsusabouttheauthor'sexperienceofhowhispersonalspacewasinvadedandhowhisindividualborderwasintrudedon.Paragraph3-7:Thispartshowsthathephenomenonofinvadingpersonalspacehasbecomemoreandmoreseriousinthecurrentsociety.Paragraph8-9:Thelasttwoparagraphsshowthattheshrinkingofpersonalspaceislessaphysicalmatterthanpeople'spsychologicalwithdrawal.Part1(Paragraph1-2)

Textcomprehension

PartI(Para.1-2)---PhenomenaThefirsttwoparagraphstellusabouttheauthor'sexperienceofhowpersonalspacewasinvadedandhowhisindividualborderwasintrudedon.LanguageWork

1.snakemoveinatwistingwayeg.Thetrainwassnakingitswaythroughthemountains.2.sometiredvelvetropessomeslackened/loosevelvetropes.3.inchSheisfivefeetsixinches.她身高五英尺六英寸。Hislegsaretoolongforhisinches.就他的身高而言,他的腿太長(zhǎng)了。Homework:makesentenceswiththesephrases

byinches:bitbybit,graduallyeveryinch:completely,entirelynotbudge/yieldaninch:notgivewayatallwithinaninchof:verynear,almostThecarmissedmebyinches.

Helookedeveryinchagentleman.他看上去完全是正人君子Neithersideispreparedtogiveaninchinthenegotiations.

Bettycamewithinan~ofbeingkilled.貝蒂差一點(diǎn)就被殺死3.inchtomoveveryslowlyinaparticulardirection,ortomakesomethingdothisPricesareinchingup.物價(jià)在緩慢上漲.inchone'swayforward慢慢前進(jìn)4.minuteadj.1.extremelysmallHerhandwritingisminutethatit’sdifficulttoread.2.payingcarefulattentiontothesmallestdetailsaminuteexaminationoftherock.Heexplainedtheplaninminutedetail.

3.text1_W_minutely2我還沒仔細(xì)研究賬目細(xì)節(jié)，只是粗略瀏覽了一遍。2)把檔案交給老板之前，他仔細(xì)檢查了一下。minutelyIhaven’tstudiedtheaccountsminutely;I’vemerelyreadthemthrough.Hecheckedthedocumentminutelybeforehandingittohisboss.5.WallStreetJournal6.sidlewalkinatimidmanner,especiallysidewaysorobliquelye.g.AmansidleduptomeandaskedifIwantedaticketforthematch.

HW:sneak,stroll,stride&plod

sneak:goquietlyandfurtivelystroll:walkinaleisurelyoridlemanner;ramblestride:walkwithlongstepsplod:walkwithheavystepsorwithdifficultyHeraisedhisspearandsneakforward.他提起長(zhǎng)矛悄悄地前進(jìn)。IusedtostrollalongthebeachonSundays.我過去常在星期天沿海灘散步。

Heturnedabruptlyandstrodeoffdownthecorridor.Theyhadtoplodwearilyonupthehill.他們不得不邁著疲倦的步子登上山.7.scribble8.shufflewalkbydraggingone'sfeetalongorwithoutliftingthemfullyfromtheground.eg.Heslippedonhisshoesandshuffledoutoftheroom.Afatwomanwasshufflingalongwithapushchair.

shufflesomethingoff:avoidtalkingorthinkingaboutsomethingbecauseitisnotconsideredimportantHeshuffledthequestionoffandchangedthetopic.

shuffleoutofsomething:trytoavoidsomeunpleasanttaskbyactingdishonestly

shuffleoutofresponsibilityshufflesb.toandfro把某人調(diào)來調(diào)去shufflesth.outofsight把某物塞在看不見的地方shuffleone'sclotheson[off]笨拙[匆匆]地穿上[脫下]衣服shufflecards洗紙牌shufflethecards[喻]改變機(jī)構(gòu)人事;改變政策﹡9.

Hugger-mugger:confused,disorderly*10.slinky

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11Untilwewereallhugger-muggeragainsteachother,theoriginallazylinehavingcollapsedinonitselflikeaSlinky.Explainthesentenceplease.

Untilwewereallpushingagainsteachother,leavingthelineinadisorder.HowandWhyHowdidtheauthordescribetheviolationofpersonalspacethathappenedinabank?Whydoestheauthortellhisexperienceatthebank?HowTheauthorrelatedhisexperiencewithaseriesofverbphrasesandadverbials,suchas"inchingtoward',"minutelyadvancedtoward',"inmildannoyance,begantosidleupto","absentmindedlyshuffledtoward",whichvividlydescribedtheprocessinwhichthepeopleinline,thoughreluctant,hadtogiveawaytheirpersonalspacetotheinvadersuntiltheybecamehugger-muggeragainsteachother.WhyBecausehewantstoshowtheimportanceofpersonalspaceinmaintainingpublicorder.Ifone'spersonalspaceisinvaded,hemay,inpreservinghisownspace,breakintoothers'personalspace.Thischainofreactionscancausechaosinpublicorder.12Thephrase"personalspace"hasaquaint,seventiesringtoit......quaint:attractivelyunusualorold-fashioned.seventies:1970s,inwhichAmericanpeopletalkedalotaboutpersonalspace.ring:aquality,oranimpressionofhavingthequalitythatismentionedHerstoryhadaringoftruthaboutit.Thebookshementionedhadafamiliarringaboutthem.Explainthesenenceinyourownwordsplease

Thephrase"personalspace"soundsold-fashionedandremindsoneoftheseventies...OR

Thephrase"personalspace"hasanoddtouchthatwascharacteristicofthe1970s.

Is"personalspace"aphraseoftheseventies?Isitoutofdatenowadays?Whyorwhynot?"personalspace"wasaphrasepopularlyusedintheseventiesbutseldommentionednowdays.However,itdoesn'tmeanthatitisoutofdate.People,whateverperiodstheyarein,needpersonalspace,whichisnottobepenetrated.Theonlyproblemisthattheworldisbecomingsocrowdedthatitisimpossibleforpeopletoprotecttheirpersonalspaceaswellastheyusedtodo.13......butitisoneofthosegratifyingexpressionsthatareintuitivelyundersoodbyallhumanbeings.

gratifying:givingpleasureorsatisfactionThenewplanmaybegratifyingtothePresident.

﹡Gratify:please

satisfy

Gratifysb.'staste滿足某人的愛好be-fiedwith[at]theresults對(duì)結(jié)果感到滿意be-fiedtoknow知道...很高興

Explainthesentenceinyourownwordsplease.

...butitisstilloneoftheexpressionswhichcanbeimmediatelyunderstoodbyallpeopleandgivepleasuretopeople.14.penetrateVt.succeedinforcingthroughsomethingbepenetratedwithdiscontent深為不滿penetratethemysteryof揭示...的秘密Therainpenetrated(through)ourclothes.雨水濕透了我們的衣服。Asmellofgunpowderpenetratedthewoods.森林中彌漫著火藥味。西方觀念逐漸傳入東方。WesternideaspenetrateslowlythroughtheEast.15.makesomebodyuneasymakesomebodyfeelanxiousthatsomethingmaybewrongortheremaybesomedanger.RecitehighfrequencywordsinNewsDictation2witherroranalysisRecite1modelessay

PartTwo(paragraph3-7)MainIdeaThispartshowsthatthephenomenonofinvadingpersonalspacehasbecomemoreandmoreseriousinthecurrentsociety.Thewritergivesseveralexplanationstothispervasivephenomenon.Theshrinkingofpersonalspaceisduetofactorssuchasthegeographicalspace,thegeneraldeclineofmanners,andmoreandmorespaceinvaders.Paragraph3Inthisparagraph,theauthorgivesexamplestoshowthattheescalationoftheinvasionofpersonalspace.1.wedgewedge:forceintoanarrowspaceeg.Openthewindowwideandwedgeitwithapadofnewspaper.eg.wedgeoneselfintoacrowd擠在人群中間bewedged(in)betweentwopersons2.zigzagvi.Lightningzigzaggedacrossthesky.閃電曲折地在天空劃過。Adv.Thepathranzigzagupthehill.這條小路曲曲彎彎地通往山上。3.JostleDon'tjostleagainstme.別推我。Thecrowdjostledintothenewstadium.人群擠進(jìn)了新體育場(chǎng)。...ridersarenolongertakingpainstocarveoutlittlezonesofspace...Explainthesentenceinyourownwordsplease.carveout

build(one'scareer,reputation,etc)byhardwork靠勤奮創(chuàng)（業(yè)）或樹（名聲）等:HemovedtoSanFranciscotocarveoutanewlifeforhimself.

...subwaypassengersarenolongertryingtoestablishsomepersonalspacebetweenthem...4.pressPress:push,move,ormake(one'sway)strongly,especiallyinacrowdHepressedhiswaythroughthecrowd.Somanypeoplepressedroundthefamousactressthatshecould'tgettohercar.5.fidgetyimpatientoruneasyafidgetychild煩躁不安的孩子Travellinginplanesmakesmefidgety.我一坐飛機(jī)就心神不安了fidgetabout/withStopfidgetingwithyourpens!Paragraph4Thewriterusedtothinkthattheexcalationoftheinvasionofpersonalspacewascausedbythe"populaionexplosion"viatheMalthusianlogic.Nowhestartstosuspectthattheseasonisthecause.

Attribute…to…

believesth.tobethecauseof

JackattributedhissuccesstohardworkSyn:owing…to…Owingtoyourassistance，hefinishedthejobinonlytwohours．

relentlessadj.

neverending;oppressivelyconstantHewasrelentlessinhispursuitoffameandfortune.relent

v.:becomelesssevere;giveupunkindorcruelintentionsFatherobjectedatfirstbutthenrelentedandletusgocampingbyourselves.

relentlessly

adv.Hebeathischildrelentlessly....I'vewonderedifit'stheseaon:T-shirtweathercanmakeproximitymorealluring(ormuch,muchless).ParaphrasethesentencepleaseT-shirtweatherreferstotheweatherinwhichpeoplewearT-shirts,mainly,insummer.alluring:powerfullyattractiveorcharmingalluresb.From誘使(某人)離開...allure(sb.)into[to]把(某人)誘入,騙進(jìn)Ihavesuspectedthatmaybethecause(ofthespaceinvasion)istheseason:summermayeithermakepeoplewanttobeclosertoeachotherormorelikelytokeepadistancebetweeneachother.OrperhapstheproliferationofcoffeebarsinManhattan...isinfusingsomuchcaffeineintothealreadyjanglinglocalsthatpeoplecannolongerkeeptothemselvesParaghrasethesentencepleaseProliferationthe~ofnuclearweapons核子武器的擴(kuò)散infusesoak(tea,herbs,etc.)inliquidtoextractfalvourorhealingpropertieso/with:fill(someone)with(aquality)e.g..:Heinfusedeagernessintothemen.Hisspeechinfusedthemenwitheagerness.jangling:anxiouskeeptooneself:remainprivate;avoidmeetingotherpeopleShedoesn'tgooutmuch;shelikestokeeptoherself.OrperhapstheincreasingcoffeebarsinManhattanattractmoreandmorepeople,whoarestimulatedandexcitedbythecaffeine,sothattheybecomeeagertomeetothersandnolongerwanttoremaininprivacy.Whatismeantby“thistendency”inParagraph4?Whatdidtheauthorthinkcausedthistendency?“Thistendency”referstothephenomenonexemplifiedinthepreviousparagraph,thatis,theescalationoftheinvasionofpersonalspace.Thewriterusedtothinkthiswascausedbythe"populationexplosion"viathemalthusianlogic.Nowhestartstosuspectthatheseasonisthecause:insummerdayssomepeople,moslymen,areattractedtowomen.Inaddition,hebelieves,inseriousnessorjest,thestimulatingeffectofcaffeinecontributestotheescalationoftheinvasionofpersonalspacetoo.DoyouagreewiththeauthoraboutthereasonsofspaceinvasiongiveninParagraph4?Whatotherfactorshavecausedit?Yes,theyaresomeoftheresonsfortheshrinkageofpersonalspace,buttheremaybesomemore,asthefolloingparagraphshaveexplained:thedeterioratedsocialmanners,theexpansionismofspaceinvaders,theshrinkingofpeople'spsychologicalspace.Paragraph5Inthisparagraph5,thewriermainlydescribesoneimportantcharacteristicofpersonalspace....weallowallkindsofinvasionsofpersonalspaceinprivate.(Humanitywouldn'texistwithoutthem.)Paraphrasethesentenceplease...privatelyweallowmanypeoplearoundustoinvadeourpersonalspaceinordertoestablishcloserelationshipwiththem,whichensuresthathumanbeingsdevelopasocietyofintimacyandlove.Thelogisticsofitvaryaccordingtogeography.Explainthissentenceinyourownwords.Peopleindifferentregionsaregivendifferentsizesofpersonalspace."Don'ttreadonme"couldhavebeencoinedonlybysomeonewithaspread.Paraphrasethesentenceplease.treadon:setone‘sfootdownontopofsomething.treadonsomeone’stoes:offendsomeoneE.g.:I’dliketohelptoorganizetheparty,butI’mafraidtosuggestitincaseItreadonsomeone’stoes.treadonair:beveryhappy(atsomenews)E.g.:Atthenewsthathepassedthedrivingtest,hetrodonairallafternoon.someonewithaspread:thosepeoplewhohaveafarmandthushavealargespacetothemselves."Don'tstepintomyspace."Thiscouldhavebeensaidonlybyapersonwhohasalargepersonalspace.4.wagerwager:(moreformaltermfor)beteg.wager5pounds(onahorse)（在一匹馬上）押注5英鎊lay[make,bet]awager打賭loseawager打賭輸了

winawager打賭獲勝ToanEnglishman,ahandshakecanseemliketrespassing,whereastoaBrazilian,anythinglessthanahugmaycomeacrossaschilliness.Paraphrasethesentenceplease.trespass:entersomeone‘slandorpropertywithoutpermission.Trespassuponsb.'sproperty非法侵入某人的土地chilliness:coldness,unfriendlinessEnglishmenusuallyhavearoomierconceptofpersonalspace,therefore,evenahandshakecanbetakenasaninvasion,whileBrazilianswouldonlyacceptahugasawarmgreeting.WhatisthecharacteristicofpersonalspaceasdescribedinParagraph5?InParagraph5,thewritermainlydescribesoneimportantcharacteristicofpersonalspace:personalspaceisarelativeconcept;peopleindifferentregionshavedifferentconceptsofpersonalspace.Thesizeofpersonalspacevariesaccordingtowhereonelives.Whereonehasaspread,hewillhaveamorespaciousconceptofpersonalspacethanthosewhohaveasmalllovingspace.Paragraph6Inthisparagraph,thewriterexplainsthattheshrinkingofpersonalspaceisduetothegerneraldeclineofmanners.5.plowplow:forceawayormakeatrackplowthefields相撞,撞上[…][into]Thetruck~edintoaparkedcar.6.bumpbump:strikeorknockagainsteachotherInthedarkIbumpedintoachair.我在黑暗中碰到了椅子Thecarbumpedagainstthekerb.汽車撞上了路邊石。ThedeclineofmannershasbeenwidelylamentedParaphrasethesentencepleaselament:expressregretordisappointmentoversomethingconsideredunsatisfactory,unreasonalbe,orunfair.Helamentedthedeathofhisfriend.n.

thelatelamented死者(常指最近去世的人)Wehavebeengrievingatthedeterioratedmannersofoursociety.Paragraph7ThisparagraphexplainsthatmoreandmoreimpudentspaceinvadersisoneofthecauseoftheshrinkingofpersonalspaceI'vealsonoticedanincreaseintheranksofwhatIthinkofasspaceinvaders,mini-territorialexpansionistswhoseizepublicspacewithasenseofmanifestdestiny.ParaphrasethesentencepleaseManifestDestiny

天定命運(yùn)論thebeliefthattheUSpeoplehadtherightandthedutytotakelandinNorthAmericafromotherpeople,becausethiswasGod'splan.Thisphrasewasusedbyjournalistsandpoliticiansinthe19thcenturywhenUScitizensmovedwestacrossNorthAmericaandtheUSgainedTexas,California,Oregon,andAlaska.expansionist:apersonadoptingthepolicyofterritorialoreconomicexpansionterritorialexpansion領(lǐng)土擴(kuò)張armsexpansion軍備擴(kuò)充I'vealsonoticedthattheproblemofspaceinvasionbecomesmoreandmoreserious,andthosespaceinvaders,actinginthesamewayastheterritoryexpansionistsusuallydo,seizepublicspaceasamatterofcourse.stakeaclaimstakeaclaim:makeaclaimstake:beassertiveindefininganddefendingapositionorpolicyHestakedaclaimtothelandwherehe'dfoundthegold.atstake:tobewonorlost;beingrisked,dependingontheoutcomeofaneventThisdecisionputsourlivesatstake.3.text6-7_W_stake2TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish.你應(yīng)該對(duì)該財(cái)產(chǎn)提出權(quán)利要求。2)他面臨身敗名裂的危險(xiǎn)。Yououghttostakeaclaimtotheproperty.Hisreputationisatstake.annexannex:takeconrolandpossessionof(land,asmallcountry,etc.)especiallybyforce;takewithoutpermission.eg.Thereareexamplesofpeopleoccupyingpublicsquaresandannexingthepavementnexttotheirlands....individualsroutinelycommandeerboothsandsetsoffacingseatsmeantforfoursomes.Paraphrasethesentenceplease.commandeer:takepossessionofsomethingofficiallyorunfairlyfoursome:agroupoffourpeople...itisquitecommonthatonepersonoccupiesaboothandsetsoffacingseatsdesignedforfourpeople.Dospaceinvadersrespectotherpeople'spersonalspace?No.Theywanttohaveasmuchspacetothemselvesaspossible.

PartThree(paragraph8-9)MainIdeaThelasttwoparagraphsshowthattheshrinkingofpersonalspaceislessaphysicalmatterthanpeople'spsychologicalwithdrawal.Peopleinthepresentsocietytendtobemoreandmoreself-absorbed.Thewritercallsforpeople'sexpansionofpersonalspace,bothphysicalandpsychological....personlaspaceispsychological,notphysical:ithaslesstodowiththespaceoutsideusthanwithourinnerspace.Paraphrasethesentenceplease.Personalspaceismoreapsychologicalmatterthanaphysicalone.Ifourpsychologicalpersonalspacegetssmaller,ourphysicalpersonalspacewillshrink,too.

beproportionalto

increaseordecreaseatthesamerateasanotherthingincreasesordecreases,sothatthereisalwaysthesamerelationshipbetweenthemtwoTheoutputshouldbeproportionaltotheinput.Asarulethesuicideratesareproportionaltothesizeofthecity.self-absorption:thecharacteristicofthinkingaboutthingsconcerningoneselfwithoutnoticingotherpeopleorthethingsaroundhim

Eventhefocusofsciencethesedaysinmicro,notmacro.Explainthesentenceplease.Evensciencefocusesontheintra-personal,innerworldratherthantheinterpersonal,outersocietythesedays.intrapref.在...內(nèi)部intra-departmental(=withinadepartment)inter表示“在…之間”,“在…之中”,“相互”inter-governmentalrelationsTheHumanGenomeProjectismappngtheuniverseofthegeneticpeoplecode...Explainthesentenceinyourownwordsplease.genome:thecompletesetofgenesorgeneticmaterialpresentinonetypeoflivingthing(human,animal,plantorotherlivingthing)TheHumanGenomeProjectisdescribinghowthegeneticcodeworks......neuroscientistsareusingsouped-upM.R.I.machinestocharttheflightofneuronsinourbrains.neuroscientist:ascientistwhodealswiththestructureoffunctionofthenervoussystemandbrain.soupup:increasethepowerof(anengine)ortheengineof(acar),aswithasuperchareger.M.R.I.:magneticresonanceimaging(磁共振成像）Inthesamewaythatthebreezefromabuterfly'swingsinJapanmayeventuallyproduceatidalwaveinCalifornia,Ihavedecidedtoexpandthecontractingboundariesofpersonalspace.Paraphrasethesentenceplease.tidal:of,relatingto,oraffectedbytidestidalwave:anexceptionallylargeoceanwave,especiallyonecausedbyanunderwaterearthquakeorvolcaniceruption.tidesb.oversth.:helpsomeonetogetthroughorsurviveadifficultperiodCanyoulendmesomemoneytotidemeovertilltheweekend?

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contract

n.awardacontract[美]授與(合同）；委托(某人）承包signacontract簽訂合同bindoneselfbycontract有契約約束abreachofcontract違反合同breakthecontract撕毀合同；解除婚約drawupacontract草擬合同negotiateacontract締結(jié)契約keepacontract遵守［履行］合同putouttocontract包出去，給人承包I'mundercontracttoteachhereforthreeyears.我按照聘約要在這里教一年書。vi.Theycontractedtobuildthenewbridge.他們簽訂合同造新橋。Metalscontractincoldweather.金屬遇冷天氣收縮。contractanalliancewithanothercountry與別國(guó)結(jié)成同盟contractatradeagreement締結(jié)貿(mào)易協(xié)議contractamarriage締結(jié)婚約contractfriendshipwith與...交朋友contractabadhabit染上惡習(xí)contractpneumonia染上肺炎contracthugedebtsbyrashspending因揮霍無度而債臺(tái)高筑Becausetheinitialinvasionofpersonalspacecancauseachainofreactions,whichmaybringaboutacatastrophicconsequence,asthebreezefromabutterfly'swingsinJapan,ifitinitiatesachainofwaves,mayeventuallyproduceatidalwaveinCalifornia,Ihavedecidedtoenlargetheshrinkingpersonalspace.Inthesamewaythatthebreezefromabuterfly'swingsinJapanmayeventuallyproduceatidalwaveinCalifornia,Ihavedecidedtoexpandtheconractingboundariesofpersonalspace.ParaphrazethesentencepleaseBecausetheinitialinvasionofpersonalspacecancauseachainofreactions,whichmaybringaboutacatastrophicconsequence,asthebreezefromabutterfly'swingsinJapan,ifitinitiatesachainofwaces,mayeventuallyproduceatitalwaveinCalifornia,Ihavedecidedtoenlargetheshrinkingpersonalspace.MainIdeaThelasttwoparagraphsshowthattheshrinkingofpersonalspaceislessaphysicalmatterthanpeople'spsychologicalwithdrawal.Peopleinthepresentsocietytendtobemoreandmoreself-centeredandself-absorbed.Thewritercallsforpeople'sexpansionofpersonalspace,bothphysicalandpsychological.Doyouagreewiththewriter'sviewthatthecontractionoftheouter,personalspaceisproportionaltotheexpansionoftheinnerspaceofmodernman?Yes,peopleinthepresentsocietytendtobemoreself-centered,concentratingontheirprivateaffairsandignoringtheouterworldaroundthem.Theysaytheyhavenotimeorenergytocareaboutothersinasocietyatafasttempo.Asamateroffact,theydonotwanttobotheraboutit.DoyouthinkweChinesepeoplehavecomparativelymorespaceorless?IsChinesepersonalspacenowthesameasitwasdecadesago?LikeEasternAsians,wetraditionallytendtohavemorepersonalspacecomparedwiththepeopleinweserncountries.Forinstance,wepreferbowingtohuggingwhengreetingothers.Andwedon'tlikebodytouching.Butourpersonalspaceisalsocontractinggradually.Decadesago,wecaredalotmoreaboutpeoplearoundus.Whydoestheauthordecidetoexpandhisconractingboundariesofpersonalspace?Becausemoreandmorepeoplewanttohavearoomierpersonalspacea