基英Unit 2 space invaders 答案

Unit 2 Space Invaders

Text comprehension:

I.

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II.

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1. Because he wants to show the importance of personal space in maintaining public order. If one’s

personal space is invaded, he may, in preserving his own space break into others’ personal space. The chain action can cause chaos in public order

2. In Paragraph 2, the author defines personal space as one’s individual sphere with the self at the

center and a certain distance on each side. It is part of one’s privacy, the invasion of which necessarily makes one uneasy.

3. “This tendency” refers to the phenomenon exemplified in the previous paragraph, that is, the

escalation of the invasion of personal space. The writer used to think this was caused by “population explosion” via the Malthusian log ic. Now he starts to suspect that the season is the cause: in summer days some people, mostly men, are attracted to women (in summer dress some people are more attractive). In addition, he believes, in seriousness or jest, the stimulating effect of caffeine contributes to the escalation of the invasion of personal space too.

4. In paragraph 5, the writer mainly describes one important characteristic of personal space:

personal space is a relative concept; people in different regions have different concepts of personal space. The size of personal space varies according to where one lives. Where one has a spread, he will have a more spacious concept of personal space than those who have a small living space / than those who do not have a large space of their own.

5. Because people are more self-absorbed than ever before. In other words they are paying less

attention to the outside world, including personal space, than before. The fact that people care less about their personal space in effect encourages space invasion.

IV. Explain in your own words:

1. The phrase “personal space” has odd touch that was characteristic of the 1970s.

2. In hot summer days people can be drawn to each other, especially to the opposite sex ( or feel

disgusted with the closeness of others. )

3. People in different regions are given different sizes of personal space.

4. It is quite common that one person occupies a booth and a set of facing seats designed for four people.

5. The author hopes that his own stand against the shrinking of personal space, while small in itself, will nonetheless eventually have a dramatic effect in the same way as the breeze from a butterfly’s wings in Japan, if it initiates a chain of waves, may eventually produce a tidal wave in California.