中西时间观念念对比分析.pptVIP

Reflections of Time Concept Linear extension and circular rotation 线伸环旋 Western: extension, sense of time shortage, future valued Chinese: rotation, sense of time abundance, past cherished Time is compared to water Time is a river. a torrent a waterfall. Time is marching flying and flowing Time and tide wait for no man Time lost is never found again Quotations from Poets 时间是一切事物的 吞食者。 奥维特 Roman poet 43B.C. 时间是窃走青春的神秘 盗贼。 弥尔顿 English 时间步伐如此迅疾,令人(1608-1674) 眼花缭乱。 莎士比亚 English playwright (1564-1616 Time’ s Paces When I was a babe and wept and slept Time crept When I was a boy and laughed and talked Time walked Then when the years saw me a man Time ran But as I older grew Time flew Guy Pentreath(1902-1985 IlI find time gone May Christ have saved my soul, by then A men Time is like a circle 日月光华,旦复旦 尙 書經 (《尚书大传》上卷) The sun al ternate 書 with the moon Days come one fter another soon 春与秋其代序, (屈原:《离骚》 Spring alternates a www.5156edu.ca wlth autumn. 澄漫某修运号 失之东隅,收之桑榆。 What is lost at sunrise can be regained at sunset 马异 Idio:时来运转 The favor of the 來 time cycle brings good luck 否 及 君 来 GRAPHY by Vo 枯木逢春犹再发 A withered tree comes to life again After extreme bad luck, comes good luck Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it. People do all they can to squeeze more life out of their time Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made of American sense of time shortage Subjective time and objective time Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe thats why they are fond of the expression, Time is money me tables pocket planners on time in time appointments time managements deadlines calendars plans schedules accountings