《新编实用英语教程一》Unit4 Reading.pptVIP

Maintaining a Sharp Eye * * 公共外语教研室 Punctuality and Keeping Promise Passage I Text-related Information Intensive Study Practice Boyd, Selma--I Met a Polar Bear Burningham, John. John Patrick Norman McHennessy -- the Boy Who was Always Late Grossman, Bill--The Guy Who Was Five Minutes Late. Hoff, Sid. Henrietta-- the Early Bird Sewell, Marcia and Phyllis Krasilovsky-- The Man Who Tried to Save Time Text-related information The following books are good examples of being prompt and acting at the right time: Better never than late. George Bernard Shaw If youre there before its over, youre on time. James J. Walker Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a persons money as his time. Horace Mann Quotes about... PUNCTUALITY Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely. E. V. Verrall Text Difficult Sentences Important Words (para.1) In social activities it is always emphasized to be punctual, to have a strong conception of time. If you fail to keep your promise or do not come on time and thus keep your host waiting, that is very impolite. It’s hard to imagine what will happen if there is such an activity as a banquet, interview, or meeting, yet all people concerned do not come on time. Punctuality and Keeping Promise For details If you are asked to meet a foreign guest at the airport or at the railway station and you go so late that the guest has come before you arrive, how anxious and embarrassed he will be when he ,as a stranger to the place, sees no person meeting him! The same is true with the activity of seeing off a foreign guest. If you arrive so late at the airport or railway station to find the guest has gone already, wh