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1、U1Thebiggestprobleminmycompanyhastodowithculture,inparticularourdifferentwaysoflookingattime.PeoplefromsomecountriesthinkitisOKtoshowuplateforameetingandsomepeopleevendon'tthinktheyneedtocomeatall!Aspresidentofthecompany,however,itismyresponsibilitytotellthemthatthisisnotacceptable.Whereasinso

2、meothercountriesattendingmeetingsisnotconsideredveryimportant,inthiscountry,andespeciallyinthiscompany,meetingsmustbeattendedontime.Notbeingontimecausesinefficiency.IspentallnightthinkingabouttheexactwordsthatIwouldusetoexplainmyfeelings.Ievenwrotemywordsdown.Iplannedtodiscussthisproblematthem

3、eetingtoday,andentitledmyspeech"InternationalClockTalk".Unfortunately,Ihaveaproblem—noonecametothemeeting!1.Inhishomecountry，theU.K.，studentswouldoftensitquietlyandlistentohim.2.Inhisthirddayofclasses，heaskedastudentaquestion.Thestudentjustgavetheprofessorablankstare.3.Itwasobviousthatthestude

4、ntdidn""tunderstandthequestion，soheputitadifferentway.4.Laterthatday，aftertalkingtootherpeopleattheschool，hediscoveredthatoftenJapanesestudentsdon""tspeakupinclass，evenwhentheydon""tunderstandsomething.5.Inthemonthsthatfollowed，theprofessorlearnedhowtoencouragehisstudentstospeakupmore.Andhe，in

5、turn，changedhisteachingstylesohisstudentscouldgraduallyunderstandmore.Butittookagreatdealofwork.原文:Itwasnotuntilhisthirddayofclassthattheprofessorrealizednooneunderstoodwhathewassaying.Inhishomecountry，theU.K.，studentswouldoftensitquietlyandlistentohim.Butiftheyhadproblems，theywouldspeakup.Hes

6、oonfoundoutthatJapanesestudentscouldbeverydifferent.^Inhisthirddayofclasses，heaskedastudentaquestion.Thestudentjustgavetheprofessorablankstare.Itwasobviousthatthestudentdidn""tunderstandthequestion，soheputitadifferentway.Whenitstillwasn""tanswered，heaskedacompletelydifferentquestion.Whenthestu

7、dentstilldidn""tunderstand，heaskedanotherstudent.Andwhenshedidn""tunderstand，theprofessoraskedathird，afourthandafifth.^Laterthatday，aftertalkingtootherpeopleattheschool，hediscoveredthatoftenJapanesestudentsdon""tspeakupinclass，evenwhent