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II. Text analysis--Text Back Chinese Time- Conscious americans Para.1 Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring Time is one of the two elements that americans save carefully, the other being labor 上一页
II. Text Analysis -- Text Back Time-Conscious Americans Para.1 Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor. 上一页 下一页
II. Text analysis--Text Back Chinese Para. 2"We are slaves to nothing but the clock it has been said time is treated as if it were something almost real. we budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced We want every minute to count 上一页
II. Text Analysis -- Text Para. 2 “We are slaves to nothing but the clock,” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count. Back 上一页 下一页
II. Text analysis--Text Back Chinese Para. 3a A foreigners first impression of the U.s is likely to be that everyone is in a rush -often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly seeking attention in a store or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. ( To be continued 下一页
II. Text Analysis -- Text Back Para. 3a A foreigner’s first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. (To be continued) 上一页 下一页
II. Text analysis--Text Back Chinese Para. 3b ( To continue) Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else“ wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate point
II. Text Analysis -- Text Back Para. 3b (To continue) Others in public eatingplaces are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate point. 上一页 下一页