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1、U1Thebiggestprobleminmycompanyhastodowithculture,inparticularourdifferentwaysoflookingattime.PeoplefromsomecountriesthinkitisOKtoshowuplateforameetingandsomepeopleevendon'tthinktheyneedtocomeatall!Aspresidentofthecompany,however,itismyresponsibilitytotellthemthatthisisnotacceptable.Wher
2、easinsomeothercountriesattendingmeetingsisnotconsideredveryimportant,inthiscountry,andespeciallyinthiscompany,meetingsmustbeattendedontime.Notbeingontimecausesinefficiency.IspentallnightthinkingabouttheexactwordsthatIwouldusetoexplainmyfeelings.Ievenwrotemywordsdown.Iplannedtodiscussthi
3、sproblematthemeetingtoday,andentitledmyspeech"InternationalClockTalk".Unfortunately,Ihaveaproblem—noonecametothemeeting!1.Inhishomecountry，theU.K.，studentswouldoftensitquietlyandlistentohim.2.Inhisthirddayofclasses，heaskedastudentaquestion.Thestudentjustgavetheprofessorablankstare.3.Itw
4、asobviousthatthestudentdidn""tunderstandthequestion，soheputitadifferentway.4.Laterthatday，aftertalkingtootherpeopleattheschool，hediscoveredthatoftenJapanesestudentsdon""tspeakupinclass，evenwhentheydon""tunderstandsomething.5.Inthemonthsthatfollowed，theprofessorlearnedhowtoencouragehisst
5、udentstospeakupmore.Andhe，inturn，changedhisteachingstylesohisstudentscouldgraduallyunderstandmore.Butittookagreatdealofwork.原文:Itwasnotuntilhisthirddayofclassthattheprofessorrealizednooneunderstoodwhathewassaying.Inhishomecountry，theU.K.，studentswouldoftensitquietlyandlistentohim.Butift
6、heyhadproblems，theywouldspeakup.HesoonfoundoutthatJapanesestudentscouldbeverydifferent.^Inhisthirddayofclasses，heaskedastudentaquestion.Thestudentjustgavetheprofessorablankstare.Itwasobviousthatthestudentdidn""tunderstandthequestion，soheputitadifferentway.Whenitstillwasn""tanswered，heas
7、kedacompletelydifferentquestion.Whenthestudentstilldidn""tunderstand，heaskedanotherstudent.Andwhenshedidn""tunderstand，theprofessoraskedathird，afourthandafifth.^Laterthatday，aftertalkingtootherpeopleattheschool，hediscoveredthatoftenJapanesestudentsdon""tspeakupinclass，evenwhent
