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1、Country’sconceptoftime各国人的时间观念Whatistime?Itisathingtobesavedorspentorwasted,likemoney?Orissomethingwehavenocontrolover,liketheweather?Istimethesameallovertheworld?That’saneasyquestion,yousayWhereveryougo,aminuteis60secends,anhouris60minutes,adayis24hours,andsoon.准时（On
2、time）IfyouareinvitedtoanAmericanorCanadian‘shomedrinkcocktails,ifnoticeyourtimeisat7;00,thenyoushouldunderstand,youshouldarriveat7:15,ofcourse,can’tbeforethis,alsocan’tbelatetoomuch.However,ifthisisinGermany,SwedenandSwitzerland,inviteyouarriveat7:00,itmeansthatyousho
3、uldjusttothattime.“Ontime”takepraiseandlookingforwardtotheattitudeofthecountry:Canada,Australia,Britain,FranceandtheUS.AmericaBecauseAmericansbelievetimeisalimitedresource,theytrytoconserveandmanageittime.Americansoftenparticipateinrelrvantinternationaltheyseemtohaveh
4、opetoputtheirtimebetter.TheearlyAmericanheroBenjaminFranklinexpressedthisxiewwillbebest:“doyoulovelife?Thendonotwastetime,forthatisthestufflifeismadeupoftime”4RussiaRussiaandChinathebiggestdifferenceisleisurelyandcarefree,Lax.HeretherhythmandChinacompared,ifoneisforaw
5、alk,theotheristherockets.Nomatterwhereintheword,Ihadtostandinline,dininghall,thehospitalseesadoctor,thesupermarkettobuythings,bankdeposit,andeventheairportcustomsandsoonout,nomatterhowlongtheteampeoplewon’tmind,standinthebackrow.FranceTheFrenchdonotliketobeatthemercyo
6、flifeclock,andsometimestheywillsaysomeonebelavior〝Likeclocksandwatchesasaccurate〞,isactuallyinthemachinerunstoo,don’tunderstandlife.TheFrenchalthoughalsoknowthat〝timeismoney〞saying,buttheyintheactualworkandinlifeseemsmoreliketosay〝thetimebacktotime〞or〝tomorrowdaylight
7、〞,thatistodothingscannottooimpatient,hadbettertakeiteasy.Suchascivilservantstowork,isgenerallyabout9：00totheoffice,asforthe〝many〞howmany,toseethatdaytrafficcongestion,childrenhaveillness,beforthenightistherethepartyandsoon,anywaytheveryreason.JapanTheJapaneselikeholdi
8、ngakeepsgoodtimeclock,everyhour,everymomentoftheplaninanorderlywayaccordingtothebook.PunctualityisthelifeofthepeopleinTokyoa
