中西时间观念的对比分析讲解学习.pptVIP

Reflections of Time Concept ;Time is a river, a torrent, a waterfall. Time is marching, flying and flowing.; ;春与秋其代序。 （屈原：《离骚》） Spring alternates with autumn. ;失之东隅，收之桑榆。 What is lost at sunrise can be regained at sunset. — 冯异;;;Subjective time and objective time Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe thats why they are fond of the expression, Time is money. ;;Americans seem tied to the clock.;; American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks in advance. Once the time is fixed, it takes almost an emergency to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually call first to make sure it is convenient. ; To outsiders, Americans seem tied to the clock. People in other cultures value relationships more than schedules. In these societies, people dont try to control time, but to experience it. Chinese, for example, view time as a cycle. They find it easier to go with the flow than Americans, who like plans to be fixed and unchangeable. ;;Chinese sense of time abundance;Cases ;;American future orientation;Chinese past orientation;;; Chinese belong to the “past time orientation”, and the Chinese nation have a long history for five thousand years, so people in China attach great importance to history and tradition. Although contemporary Chinese people also pay attention to look forward, “past” also take an important role in people’s deep heart. On the other hand, people hold a different attitude on the predecessors. This is because the clear difference in the attitude to the word “old”. So you must use some euphemism, such as “senior” ,“aged”, “veteran”，“citizen”, ”golden ager”, “elder”, etc. All these reflect the American’s “future-oriented” conception of time indirectly. They think that past thing are just the past, they never treat past thing as a good thing. ;;; ;Changes ;;Purposes;