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1、Unit8Timeoff——ThebalancebetweenworkandplayTimeissopreciousthatwemustmakefulluseofit!SomeadmonishinChina:n明日復明日，明日何其多!nTomorrow,tomorrow,tomorrowissogreatn少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲nYoungidler,anoldbeggarn一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰。nInchoftimeisgold,aninchofgoldcannotbuy-inchtimen一萬年太久，只爭朝夕?！珴蓶|nRollson,seizethed
2、ay.——MaoZedongTheUnitedStates:TheUnitedStatesisastrongsenseoftime,accordingtoavarietyofactivitiesarescheduledforthebeginningoftime,beinglateisimpolite.美國是一個時間觀念很強的國家，各種活動都按預定的時間開始，遲到是不禮貌的。Americansliketolineup,theylineupinconsumptionseemstobeenjoyingaleisurely美國人很喜歡排隊他們在消費時悠閑的排隊好像是享受Brit
3、ish:AsurveyfoundthattheBritishhavedevelopedabadhabitofbeinglateappointment,thepercapitawaste47minuteswaitingforaweekbecauseofayearatotallossof37hours.However,insomeforeigncorrespondentsview,andwaitfortheBritishthan47minutesperweek,theyencounteredlateinothercountries,apparentlyevenworse一項
4、調查發(fā)現(xiàn)，英國人已養(yǎng)成了赴約遲到的壞毛病，人均每周因等候浪費４７分鐘，一年共損失３７小時。然而，在一些駐外記者看來，與英國人每周４７分鐘的等候相比，他們在其他國家遭遇的遲到，顯然更離譜。French:WalkingthroughthestreetsofFrenchcities,oftensomeonewillstopyoutoask:"Vousavezrheure?"(Literally,"youhavetime?)Ifyoupolitelyanswered"yes",thenthequestioningoftheFrenchpeoplewillbeshocked:"t
5、here,youtellme!"So,manyFrenchpeopledonotwearwatches,infact,lookingforsomeonetoask:"Whattimeisitnow?"Frenchpeopledonotliketolivebythemercyoftheclock,theysometimessayaperson'sbehavior"likeclockwork-likeprecision,"isinfactrunthispersonistoomechanical,donotunderstandlifeandifthereareFrenchfr
6、iendshostaparty,anappointmentat8o'clockseeyouat8o'clockfromhishomeoutfailstoappropriate,donotpointtosteppingonyoutofindtheFrenchlaw,ifhesaid,"Waitasecond,"thatis,"Pleasewaitaminute"meansasfarasIunderstand,this"second"andtheChinesepeoplesaid,"abagoftobaccoeffort"almostFrenchpeoplethemselv
7、esknowwhattheysaynooneZhunerthelengthoftime,sointheword"minutes","hour"oftimeisoftenprecededbya"good"or"small"words,toclarifytheconceptoftime.Ifyouwanttoexpress"morethananhour"means,thensaid,"a'good'hours';iftosay"lessthananhour,"thatis"a'small'h'Asforthisone"good"hoursan
