新视野大学英语读写教程2_第二册_原文翻译_uint1-5..doc

Unit1 a p1Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. p2This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. p3Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor. p4We are slaves to nothing but the clock, it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. p5We 1budget/1 it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also 2charge/2 for it. It is a precious resource. p6Many people have a rather 3acute/3 sense of the shortness of each lifetime. p7Once the sands have run out of a persons 4hourglass/4, they cannot be replaced. p8We want every minute to count. A foreigners first impression of the US is likely to be thatp9 everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, p10 6restlessly/6 seeking attention in a store, or 7elbowing/7 others as they try to complete their shopping. p11Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be 8abrupt/8 and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. p12 Dont take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else wasting it beyond a certain appropriate point. p13Many new arrivals in the States will miss the 9opening/9 exchanges of a business call, for example. p14They will miss the 10ritual/10 11interaction/11 that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a 12convention/12 in their own country. They may miss 14leisurely/14 business chats in a restaurant or coffee house. p15Normally, Americans do not 15assess/15 their visitors in such relaxed 16su