The Big Chair分析和总结分析和总结.docx

TheBigChair:StatusandLuxuryWhileWeSit–Part1

Itsmyviewthatpeoplelivingatthebeginningofthetwenty-firstcenturyhavecertainbeliefsaboutchairs.First,webelievewearecomfortablewhilewearesittingiftheangleformedbyourspineandthighbonesexceeds90degrees.Thisistrue.Noticeyourbehaviorthenexttimeyouandyourcolleaguessitinaconferenceroomforfourhoursinstraight-backchairs.Youwillfindyourselfleaningbackonthebacklegs(木头支架)ofthechair,soyourbodyformsthat.

Second,webelievethat,whenwesit,weremainquietandstill.Ofcourse,thisisnottrue.Weleanbackinthechair;weshiftourweightfromonebuttocktotheother;weleanononearm,then

theother;wemovetothefrontofthechairwhenengage（d

backofthechairwhenwedisagreeorarebored.

忙碌）bythespeakerandretreattothe

Third,webelievethatsittingonchairsismorecomfortablethanstandingorsquatting（蹲着）onthegroundorfloor.

Webelievethesethings,notnecessarilybecausetheyaretrue,butbecauseourculturehas

conditioned（使习惯）ustobelievethem.Thiswillnotappearfar-fetche（d牵强的）ifweconsider

thatachairis,inessence,aplatform,and,ashistorianstellus,thefirstchairswerestonesortreestumps（树桩）.Theywerenotusedforrelaxation,butwereusedassymbolsofauthority.Onlytriballeaderswereauthorizedtositontheirplatformastheirsubjects(臣民)stoodwaitingforcommands.

Asourcultureevolvedandgrewcomplex,weacceptedthechairasawaytoindicatestatus.Atoldroyalcourts,weknewthesocialstandingofeveryonejustbyobservingwhethertheysatonachairwitharms,onachairwithabackbutnoarms,oronahumblestool（凳子）.Thechairwiththearmswasusuallylocatednearestthefire.

JulieTaymore,inherunderestimatedfilm,Titus（提图斯，古罗马皇帝）,usesthechairasasymbolofrank.Andwithchillingeffect.Saturninus,playedbyAlanCummings,sitsintheenormousimperialthron