空间的文化模式最后两段.pptVIP

The Cultural Patterning Of Space The paragraph of 6 and 7 Paragraph 6 ① Anthropologists do not know why one culture develops one type of time-space perception and another culture develops another type. ① 人类学家不知道为什么一种文化会产生一种时空观，而另一种文化却会产生另一种时空观 。 Paragraph 6 ②Spatial perceptions may be adaptations to specific environments: the degree of population density; the amount of arable land; the absence or existence of natural barriers such as the sea or mountains; the amount of distinguishing landmarks in a region. ②空间观也许是对特定环境的适应：人口稠密的程度、耕地的多少、像海与山这样的天然屏障的有无以及一个地区特征性陆标的多少。 Adapt vt. vi.(使)适应, (使)适合 She knew how to adapt herself. 她懂得如何适应环境。 vt.改编, 改写 Many of Dickens books have been adapted as films. 狄更斯的许多书都已改编成电影。 习惯用语 adapt for 使适合于; 为...改编[改写] adapt from 根据...改写[改编] adapt oneself to 使自己适应或习惯于某事 adapt sth. to 使某事物适应或适合 Arable:fit for growing crops; farmable;productive adj.适于耕种的 The soil proved too infertile to sustain real pasture or arable crops. 这土壤被证明太贫瘠,不能真正用作放牧或种植作物。 n.耕地 Barrier:anything used or acting to block someone from going somewhere or from doing sth, or to block sth from happening n.栅栏,关卡; 障碍,隔阂 Lack of confidence is the biggest barrier to investment in the region. 缺乏信心是在这一地区投资的最大障碍。 Shyness is one of the biggest barriers to making friends. 害羞是交友过程中的最大障碍之一。 Paragraph 6 ③For instance, among some Eskimo peoples, whose environment is a vast snow plain with few landmarks visible for most of the year, spatial perception is highly developed. ③例如，爱斯基摩人的环境是一片辽阔的雪原，几乎终年见不到什么陆标，于是他们的空间感就得到了极大的发展。 Landmark:a building or place that is easily recognized, esp. one which you can use to judge where you are n.界标;目标,明显的标志;里程碑 a conspicuous landmark 显著的地标 The tower was once a landmark for ships. 这座塔曾是船只的陆标。 The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history. 俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。 Paragraph 6 ④The Eskimos must learn to make careful distinctions among different spatial elements, as their lives may lite