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Time-Conscious Americans Unit 1 Section A AIR FORCE UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS 考试答案网提供考试真题联系 Q:6313.0420. Time-Conscious Americans CONTENTS B E A D C Lead-in Pre-reading Activities Text Study Paragraph Writing Summary Lead-in 课文 小结 预习 写作 A Proverbs about time What do Americans do with time? Are there any proverbs bound up with time in both Chinese and American cultures? 课文 小结 预习 写作 Back 随 笔 1) Time is money. Tips 时间就是金钱。 / 一寸光阴一寸金。 2) Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself. 时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己 的生命。 3) Time flies like an arrow, and time lost never returns. 光阴似箭，一去不返。 4) Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不等人。 Do you know what Americans do with time? 1) They commit themselves to creating a steady flow of time- saving devices, such as … Tips 课文 小结 预习 写作 Back 2) They seldom waste time assessing others over small talks or meals; 3) They carry around their pocket planners to keep track of appointments and deadlines; 4) They do their utmost to squeeze more life out of their time; 5) They see punctuality as the soul of business; 6) They always do their business in a hurry … 随 笔 What does time mean to us? When asked what time really means, different people may come up with distinctive replies. A man of practical mind would say time is money, while a man of wisdom would say time is life. A western philosopher used to say “The greatest sacrifice is the sacrifice of time.” Whereas we have an old Chinese saying “An inch of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold”. Clearly, although people are different in approach, they all agree that time is precious. Despite the fact that time is valuable, people deal with time in different ways. For example, Americans value time as something irrecoverable while the Chinese treat time as something enjoyable. Besides, to the American businessmen, time signifies money. 返回 Back 课文 小结 写作 导入 They seize every golden minute to make money. By contras