[外语学习]AmericanspaceChineseplace.pptVIP

2010-11-24 Zhang Y. NTU American Space and Chinese Place Architecture mirrors the material and aesthetic standards of a society. Classical architecture is no exception. Americans have a sense of space, not of place. Go to an American home in exurbia, and almost the first thing you do is drift toward the picture window. How curious that the first compliment you pay your host inside his house is to say how lovely it is outside his house! He is pleased that you should admire his vistas. The distant horizon is not merely a line separating earth form sky, it is a symbol of the future. The American is not rooted in his place, however lovely: his eyes are drawn by the expanding space to a point on the horizon, which is his future. 美国人有很强的空间感，但地域感较弱。如果你去住在郊外的美国人的家里做客，你要做的第一件事几乎总是不由自主地走到窗前。说起来真是奇怪，你在主人屋内首先称赞他屋外景色多么美。主人很高兴你会欣赏他户外的远景。那遥远的地平线不再只是天地的分界线，更是未来的象征。美国人不会扎根在某地，不论那儿多么舒适：他们的目光越过广袤的天地，落在地平线上的一点，那儿是他们的未来。 The Castles …the distant horizon is not merely a line separating earth from sky, it is a symbol of future. The vistas: 远景 A vast expanse of … She looked over the expanse of land. 她注视着这片广袤的土地。 白雪皑皑 an expanse of white snow 下了一场大雪，田野上白茫茫一片。 After the heavy snow, the fields were a vast expanse of whiteness. 一片苍茫的海天景色 a vast expanse of sea and sky 万里长空 the vast expanse of the sky 平畴千里 a vast expanse of cultivated land 在广漠的沙滩上 on the bare expanse of the beach 浩瀚的沙漠 a vast expanse of desert 一泓秋水 an expanse of limpid water in autumn The gate of a castle 四合院-- Siheyuan Residence with Quadrangle Courtyards Private Gardens Private gardens built by the wealthy were compact and delicate, particularly those in the southern cities of Suzhou, Hangzhou, Wuxi and Yangzhou. These offer as many views as possible within a limited space. There the tourist can see grotesque rockery formations, lotus-covered ponds crossed by elegant bridges, graceful miniature pagodas and richly-decorated pavilions. 见山亭 （采菊东篱下，悠然见南山。） Spirit wall 照壁 Humaninistic GeographyProf. Yi-Fu T