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1、Differenceoftime-consciousbetweenChinesesandAmericansWiththeworldbecomingsmaller,weneedtolearnaboutlanguages,cultures,customsofdifferentcountries,likemanyyoungpeoplewholeavehometostudyinanothercountry,likemanybusinesspersondothebusinesseswithforeigners.Usually,ourviewsmayclashwi
2、ththedifferentbeliefs,norms,values,andtraditionsthatexistindifferentcountries.Becauseweliveindifferentenvironment,andeverythingisdifferent.However,todayI’dliketotalkaboutthedifferenceoftime-consciousbetweenChinesesandAmericans.“Timeismoney”,”Timeisthemostimportantthing”,”Wehavet
3、ocherishtime”andsoon,whichwecanbeheardfrompeopleveryoften.Inmyopinion,AmericanscherishtimemorethanChinesepeople.Americanbelievenoonestandsstill.Theyalwaysthinkifyouarenotmovingahead,youarefallingbehind.Thisattituderesultsinanationofpeoplecommittedtoresearching,experimentingandex
4、ploring.Americansmaytrythembesttosavetimecarefully.WhataboutChinese?Howtheytreattime?AsIknow,greetingbetweenChinesesandAmericansexistsaninterestingkindofdifference.Chinesepeoplemayaskhiscolleagues”Haveyoueattenyet?”ButAmercansmayask“how’syourwork?”That’sanormalbehavior,thesamevi
5、ewastheChinesepeoplethinkofeating.SoitcanbeseenthatAmeriscansreallytreattimeasmoney,andcannotlettimego.ButtheChinesepeoplearedifferent.Theyjustwastetheirtime.Aforeigner’sfirstimpressionbyAmericansislikelytobethateveryoneisinarush-oftenunderpressure.Citypeoplealwaysappeartobehurr
6、ytogetwheretheyaregoing,restlesslyseekingattentioninastore,orelbowingothersastheytrytocompletetheirshopping.Racingthroughdaytimemealsispartofthepaceoflifeinthiscountry.Workingtimeisconsideredprecious.Otherinpubliceating-placesarewaitingforyoutofinisheating,sothey,too,canbeserved
7、andgetbacktoworkwithinthetimeallowed.Youalsofinddriverswillbeabruptandpeoplewillpushpastyou.Youwillmisssmiles,briefconversations,andsmallexchangeswithstrangers.ChinesesaredifferentfromAmericans.Regardlessofmorningorevening,thestreetsofChinaarequiet.ImeanChinesesrunslowlyinthestr
8、eet.Ifsomeonerunsquickly,itwillbetreatedasacraz
