自考英语二YY晚课4.pptx

Text 4 For Americans, time is a “resource” that, like water or coal, can be used well or poorly. “Time is money,” they say. “You only get so much time in this life; you’d best use it wisely.” The future will not be better than the past or the present unless people use their time for constructive, future-oriented activities. Thus, Americans admire a “well-organized” person, one who has a written list of things to do and a schedule for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and treasures other people’s time. 26. If a person treasures other people’s time, he . A. does not waste people’s time with conversation or activity that has no beneficial outcome B. does not believe the future will be any better than the present or the past C. likes to deep a written schedule of the daily activities with him D. likes to have his meals at the fast-food restaurants to save time ;Text 4 For Americans, time is a “resource” that, like water or coal, can be used well or poorly. “Time is money,” they say. “You only get so much time in this life; you’d best use it wisely.” The future will not be better than the past or the present unless people use their time for constructive, future-oriented activities. Thus, Americans admire a “well-organized” person, one who has a written list of things to do and a schedule for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and treasures other people’s time. 26. If a person treasures other people’s time, he . A. does not waste people’s time with conversation or activity that has no beneficial outcome B. does not believe the future will be any better than the present or the past C. likes to deep a written schedule of the daily activities with him D. likes to have his meals at the fast-food restaurants to save time ;The American attitude towards time is not necessarily shared by others, especially non-Europeans. They are more likely to consider time as something that is simply there around them, not something they can “use”. One of the more d