各国人的时间观念各国人的时间观念.ppt

各国人的时间观念 Country’s concept of time What is time? It is a thing to be saved or spent or wasted,like money?Or is something we have no control over, like the weather?Is time the same all over the world? That’s an easy question,you say Wherever you go, a minute is 60 secends,an hour is 60minutes,a day is 24hours,and so on. 准时（On time） If you are invited to an American or Canadian‘s home drink cocktails, if notice your time is at 7;00,then you should understand,you should arrive at 7:15,of course, can’t before this, also can’t be late too much.However,if this is in Germany,Sweden and Switzerland,invite you arrive at 7:00,it means that you should just to that time. “On time ”take praise and looking forward to the attitude of the country:Canada,Australia,Britain,France and the US. America Because Americans believe time is a limited resource,they try to conserve and manage it time.Americans often participate in relrvant international they seem to have hope to put their time better. The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expressed this xiew will be best:“do you love life?Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made up of time” Russia Russia and China the biggest difference is leisurely and carefree, Lax. Here the rhythm and China compared,if one is for a walk, the other is the rockets. No matter where in the word, I had to stand in line, dining hall,the hospital sees a doctor,the supermarket to buy things,bank deposit,and even the airport customs and so on out,no matter how long the team people won’t mind ,stand in the back row. France The French do not like to be at the mercy of life clock, and sometimes they will say someone belavior 〝Like clocks and watches as accurate〞,is actually in the machine runs too,don’t understand life. The French although also know that〝time is money〞saying,but they in the actual work and in life seems more like to say〝the time back to time〞or〝tomorrow day light〞,that is to do things