综合英语4Unit2personalspace.ppt

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1、,personal space,About the author:,Richard Stengel is anAmericaneditor,journalistandauthor. He is theTimemagazines 16thmanaging editor. Early life and education Stengel was born and brought up inNew York.5He attendedPrinceton Universityand played on thePrinceton Tigersbasketballteam as part of the 19

2、75National Invitation Tournament. Career Stengel joinedTimein 1981and contributed to the magazine through the early and mid-1980s, including articles onSouth Africa, which he also covered forRolling Stonemagazine.He became a senior writer and essayist forTime, covering both the1988and1996 presidenti

3、al campaigns. Stengel leftTimein 1999, to become a senior advisor and chiefspeechwriterforBill Bradleywho ran unsuccessfully for theDemocraticnomination for the2000 presidential election.,Stengel returned toTimein 2000and took on the role of managing editor of Time. He left his role as national edit

4、or ofTimein February 2004 to become the president and CEO of theNational Constitution Center, a museum and education center inPhiladelphiaon 1 March 2004. In 2006, Stengel once again returned toTime, this time as managing editor of the magazine. His first major initiative was to change the magazines

5、 newsstand date to Friday, starting in early 2007. In 2008, Stengel approved the changing ofTimes emblematic red border for only the second time since its adoption. Stengel was listed as number 41 onNewsweeks 2010 Power 50 list in November 2010.,Definition,Personal spaceis the region surrounding a p

6、erson which they regard as theirs psychologically.,4 Zones of Personal Space,Intimate distance: (0-18 inches ) between close friends, family members; show affection, give comfort or protect Personal distance: (1/-4 feet) most conversations Social distance: (4-12 feet) less personal situations, in bu

7、siness, workplace Public distance: (12 feet) lectures, churches, public gatherings,Intimate distance: 0-18 inches,personal distance:1.5-4 feet,Social distance:4-12 feet,Public distance : 12 feet,In the United States, the accepted distance for conversation is about 18 inches. The closest distance bet

8、ween two people in a conversation takes place in Middle Eastern cultures. Men usually talk to each other at very short distances, and they even push and shove each other. The distance between two people in a conversation is also very close in Latin America. On the other end of the distance spectrum,

9、 Asians tend to keep much more distance between each other than Westerners do. The perception of personal space 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 also big dist

10、ances when they talk to each other, said Givens. Klinkenberg agreed and mentioned the legendary story of a British diplomat and an Arab diplomat speaking at a party. The Arab kept moving forward, while the Briton kept backing away to establish the distance at which he felt most comfortable. The resu

11、lt was a comical chase around the party hall, the Briton backing away with the Arab in pursuit.,Weallknowpersonalspaceisvery importanttoeveryoneinourdailylife. Mostpeoplevaluetheirpersonalspace andwhentheirpersonalspaceis encroached,theywillfeeldiscomfort, anger,nervousoranxiety.Permittinga persontoenterpersonalspaceand enteringsomebodyelsespersonalspaceareindicatorsofperceptionofthe relationshipbetweenthepeople.,Thank you,