新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材综合教程4UNIT2
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Unit 2 Unit 2SPACE __S SPACE __S What does the title mean? Personal-space invaders Research shows that we need room to stay sane.
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Crammed streets
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“Why are these machines so uncomfortably close together\"
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'For crying out loud, can't you see? I need more space!'
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Watch the video and answer the following questions.1. How is the “getting through the
door” movement understood by many people?
Many view this apparently light-hearted tussle as a sign that Arafat and Barak were getting on well.2. What is the hidden message behind the scene? Arafat and Barak are struggling to get through the door after the other party in order to show “I am in control”. 3. What does this story tell us? Body language is very important, but often complex and easily misunderstood.
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From Secret of Body Language
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Voiceover: But body language is often complex, and easily misunderstood. Here, President Clinton leads the Israeli and Palestinian leaders Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat up before the press during peace negotiations. It’s all smiles for the cameras, but behind the faade of bonhomie, there’s a power struggle going on. Clinton jokingly explains that none of them will take any questions. Clinton: We promise to each other we will answer no question and offer no comments, so I have to set a good example. Voiceover: The body language then reveals just why that works. Expert A: Wow. It’s almost a physical fight.
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Voiceover: Many view this apparently light-hearted tussle as a sign that Arafat and Barak were getting on well. Think again. Expert A: There is a great meaning behind who goes through the door first. Now of course here in the West, letting someone through the door first doesn’t really matter. Polite maybe. But in the Middle East, it has significant cultural impact. Expert B: The host, the power person, says, “I’m in control. I’ll help you through the door. I’ll show you the way.” Arafat: Thank you. Thank you. Voiceover: Throw in the fear and tension present in most Middle East negotiations, and suddenly, the desire of
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both Arafat and Barak not to go through that door before the other starts to make sense. Expert C: This is a classic example in its
extreme way of how the last man through the door is the winner. So Barak reaches for Yasser Arafat. Arafat literally grasps his arm, moves on, and starts wagering his finger at Barak, who, then, Barak, uses this opportunity as a wrestling match to move around, to actually be behind Arafat, and then literally grasps Arafat, holds him by the arm, and shoves him through the door. Expert B: So you’ve got fear and power struggle, showing in big big big big bold body language with it.
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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. Allowing somebody to get very close and enter your personal space may be a sign of trust or love. On the other hand, intruding other’s personal space can be rather offensive. The amount of space people need to feel around them varies with various factors, such as culture, sex, familiarity between people, crowdedness of the situation, etc. For example:
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people from cultures that like a lot of personal space feel awkward and embarrassed when somebody comes too close to them; ● people of the same sex may sit or stand closer to each other than to somebody of the opposite sex; ● strangers and casual acquaintances usually need more space than friends and members of the same family who know each other well; ● in a noisy street people may need to stand closer than they would normally, simply in order to hear each other.●
Background Introduction About Culture and Communication The Structure of Culture Material culture Social culture Ideological culture
Background Introduction Communication Verbal communication: Oral, Written phone,
letter, Memo, E-mailNonverbal Communication Blink, Eyebrow, Smile, Bend Forward or Backward etc. 。
Background Introduction Space American famous anthropologist Edward T Hall created a word Proxemics (近体学) and discussed the communication among people in short distance. He stated that the change of space will influence the communication among people.
Background Introduction Personal space, first of all, is the space you expect and are expected to keep between you and other people in public places in order to maintain the appropriate interpersonal relationship.
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