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Time is tangible. One can gain time, spend time, waste time, save time, or even kill time. Common questions in American English reveal this concrete quality as though time were a possession. " Do you have any time?", " Can you get some time for this?", " How much free time do you have?" The treatment of time as a possession influences the way that time is carefully divided. Generally, Americans are taught to do one thing at a time and may be uncomfortable when an activity is interrupted. In businesses, the careful scheduling of time and the separation of activities are common practices. Appointment calendars are printed with 15, 30, and 60minute time slots. The idea that " there is a time and place for everything" extends to American social life. Visitors who drop by without prior notice may interrupt their host' s personal time. Thus, calling friends on the telephone before visiting them is generally preferred to visitors' dropping by. |
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shí jiān bìng bú shì wú xíng de. wǒ men kě yǐ jǐ chū shí jiān, huā fèi shí jiān, làng fèi shí jiān, jié yuē shí jiān, shèn zhì xiāo mó shí guāng." nǐ yǒu shí jiān ma?"" nǐ néng huā shí jiān zuò zhè jiàn shì ma?"" nǐ yǒu duō shǎo kòng xián shí jiān?" zhèi xiē wèn jù jiē shì le zài měi shì yīng yǔ zhōng, shí jiān duì tā men lái shuō zhàn yǒu yī xí zhī dì. zěn yàng yǐng xiǎng shí jiān de fēn pèi, zài yú shí jiān duì nǐ de zhòng yào xìng. zǒng tǐ shàng lái shuō, měi guó rén cóng xiǎo bèi jiào dǎo yī cì zhǐ zuò yī jiàn shì, rú guǒ bèi zhōng tú dǎ duàn, zé huì ràng tā men gǎn dào bù shū fu. zài shāng jiè, rèn zhēn de zuò hǎo shí jiān ān pái, qū bié huó dòng rì chéng shì tā men de xí guàn zuò fǎ, bìng bǎ ān pái fēn chéng 15 fēn zhōng 30 fēn zhōng yǐ jí 60 fēn zhōng." shuō huà kān chǎng hé, zuò shì kàn shí jī." zhè jù huà yán shēn dào le měi guó rén de shè huì shēng huó zhōng. yí gè méi yǒu shì xiān tōng zhī de fǎng kè, huì dǎ rǎo zhǔ rén de sī rén shēng huó. yīn cǐ, xiāng bǐ zuò wéi fǎng kè shùn biàn bài fǎng, péng yǒu men tōng cháng gèng xǐ huān tí qián diàn huà tōng zhī zhǔ rén. |