Unit-2-Space-Invaders

SpaceInvadersRichardStengelTeachingPlan•Text1–Lead-inQuestionsandActivityBackgroundinformatin+Structuralanalysisofthetext:2periods–TextualAnalysisandexercise:4periodsObjectives•Grasptheauthor’spurposeofwritingandmakeclearthestructureofthewholepassagethroughanintensivereadingofText1;•Getalistofnewwordsandstructuresandusethemfreelyinconversationandwriting;•pickouttheverbsfromthetextinhisdescriptionofthebehaviourofspaceinvadersandthereactionofthosewhosepersonalspaceisbeinginvaded,whichservetheauthor'spurpose•Comprehendthedifficultsenencesinthetext.BackgroundInformationAboutTimemagazine•Time(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.Abouttheauthor•RichardStengelisanAmericaneditor,journalistandauthorandisTimemagazine's16thmanagingeditor.WhilebestknownforhisworkforTime,hehaswrittenanumberofbooksincludingacollaborationwithNelsonMandelaonMandela'sautobiography.PriortotakinguphisroleasmanagingeditorofTimein2006,StengelwasthepresidentandchiefexecutiveofficeroftheNationalConstitutionCenter.AboutMalthusianlogic•Malthus,ThomasRober(1766-1834),Britisheconomistandclergy-man.InEssayonPopulation(1978)hearguedthatwithoutthepracticeofmoralrestraintthepopulationtendstoincreaseatagreaterratethanitsmeansofsubsistence,unlesswar,famine,ordiseaseintervenesoreffortsaremadetolimitpopulation.PersonalspacePre-readingquestions•Ispersonalspaceimportanttoyou?Whyorwhynot?•Peoplesurroundthemselveswitha“bubble”ofpersonal•spacethattheyclaimastheirown,andtheytendtobecome•stressedwhenotherpeopleinvadetheir“bubble.”Our•personalspaceprotectsusfromtoomucharousalandhelps•usfeelcomfortablewhenwecommunicatewithother•people.Whentwopeoplearetalkingtoeachother,they•tendtostandaspecificdistanceapart.Eachpersonhasan•invisibleboundaryaroundhisbodyintowhichotherpeople•maynotcome.Ifsomeonepiercesthisboundary,hewill•feeluncomfortableandmoveawaytoincreasethedistance•betweenthem.(Themajorexceptionisfamilymembersand•otherlovedones.)Thispersonaldistanceisnotduetobody•odororbadbreath,butbecauseclosenesslendsasenseof•intimacythatisatoddswiththeirrelationshiptotheother•individual.••Interestingly,theaveragepersonaldistancevariesfromcultureto•culture.TakeAmericancultureasanexample.Americanstendto•requiremorepersonalspacethaninothercultures.Soifyoutrytoget•tooclosetoanAmericanduringyourconversation,heorshewillfeel•thatyouare“intheirface”andwilltrytobackaway.Trytobeaware•ofthis,soifthepersontowhomyouarespeakingbacksawayalittle•,don’ttrytoclosethegap.Also,trytoavoidphysicalcontactwhile•youarespeaking,sincethismayalsoleadtodiscomfort.Touchingis•abittoointimateforcasualacquaintances.Sodon’tputyourarm•aroundtheirshoulders,touchtheirface,orholdtheirhand.Shaking•handswhenyouinitiallymeetorpartisacceptable,butthisisonly•momentary.•Intimatedistance,fromsixtoeighteeninchesawayfromthebody,isusedforinteractinginintimaterelationshipsandkissing,hugging,orembracing.*Personaldistancerangesfrom1.5feettofourfeetawayfromthebody,andisusedfortalkingwithgoodfriends,familymembers,andthosethepersonknowswell.*Socialdistance,fromfourtotwelvefeetaway,marksthespacerequiredforinteractingwithcoworkers,acquaintances,orprofessionalserviceproviders,orhavingotherpolitebutimpersonalencounters.*Publicdistanceistherequiredspaceforpublicspeaking,andcanrangefromtwelvefeettotwenty-fivefeetaway.•Pleasedofastreadingontext1•Structureofthetext•Finishquestionsintextcomprehensionpart1andpart2TextAnalysis•Inthetext,thewriterpointsoutthatnowadayspeoplearemoreandmoreconcernedaboutthemselvesandwanttohavealargerpersonalspacethandecadesago,andthenheanalysesthecausesofspaceinvasion.Structureofthewholetext•Paragraph1-2:Thisparttellsusabouttheauthor'sexperienceofhowhispersonalspacewasinvadedandhowhisindividualborderwasintrudedon.•Paragraph3-7:Thispartshowsthathephenomenonofinvadingpersonalspacehasbecomemoreandmoreseriousinthecurrentsociety.•Paragraph8-9:Thelasttwoparagraphsshowthattheshrinkingofpersonalspaceislessaphysicalmatterthanpeople'spsychologicalwithdrawal.Part1(Paragraph1-2)TextcomprehensionPartI(Para.1-2)---Phenomena•Thefirsttwoparagraphstellusabouttheauthor'sexperienceofhowpersonalspacewasinvadedandhowhisindividualborderwasintrudedon.LanguageWork1.snake•moveinatwistingwayeg.Thetrainwassnakingitswaythroughthemountains.2.sometiredvelvetropes•someslackened/loosevelvetropes.3.inch•Sheisfivefeetsixinches.•她身高五英尺六英寸。•Hislegsaretoolongforhisinches.•就他的身高而言,他的腿太长了。Homework:makesentenceswiththesephrases•byinches:bitbybit,gradually•everyinch:completely,entirely•notbudge/yieldaninch:notgivewayatall•withinaninchof:verynear,almost•Thecarmiss