美国和中国人对时间观念.pptxVIP

; 美国人的时间观念There are two elements in life that Americans do save carefully: time and labor. ;　Americans are slaves to nothing but the clock jt has been said. Time is treated as if it were an almost tangible entry. In their language, there are words associated with it: time can be budgeted, saved, wasted, stolen, killed, and cut. Americans also charge for time. It is a precious commodity to them. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a persons hourglass, they con not be replaced. They want every minute to count. ;Normally Americans do not assess their visitors in relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, while they develop a pre-business sense of trust and rapport. Rapport to most of them is less important than performance. ;They seek out credentials of past performance rather than evaluating a business colleague through social courtesies. Since they generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, they start talking business very quickly.;In china，words and phrases about time are very general. For example，if you date with someone, most of Chinese used to answer: in the afternoon /after a while and so on.But in western, people have a very strong concept of time. If you date with a foreigner, they will ask you the Specific time, such as: what time should we meet?;在中国,关于时间的单词和短语很一般。例如,如果你和某人约会,大多数中国用于回答:下午/晚上/后一段时间等等。但是在西方,人们有很强的时间观念。如果你和一个外国人约会,他们会问你的具体时间,如:我们什么时间见面?;In Chinese dating, people would like to come in advance and they think its represent respect. Westerners like to come to the dating place on time or a few minutes late, which can give each other fully time to prepare and the enough private space. They think that arriving on time shows people have good education. Otherwise he will be regarded as unreliable or is not responsible for the other people.;在中国的相亲,人们想提前来,他们认为它表示尊重和礼貌。西方人喜欢来到约会地点准时还是迟到几分钟,可以给对方充分的时间准备和足够的私人空