【正文】 enerally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. () Since we in most cases evaluate our visitors and ask them questions from a professional point of view instead of a social one, we start talking what is our concern very quickly (and there is no need in our eyes to spend time on small talk and the like). rather than (1) in preference to (sb./sth. )。 隨大流 go with the tide 趕時髦 go with the time Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk。 race through sth. 時間不夠了，這些學生只好 匆匆忙忙地做完卷子上剩下的題目。 a sense of inferiority 。 歌迷們?yōu)榱速I五月天演唱會 的入場券而計劃節(jié)省開支。 The child dreamed of nothing but going to the zoo. 這孩子就是盼著到動物園去玩。獨立主格結構中的名詞或代詞與其后的分詞或分詞短語構成 邏輯上的主謂關系 。 他曾因 拖欠 贍養(yǎng)費被起訴 (estover)。 we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person’ s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We w a n t e v e r y m i n u t e to c o u n t . P a r a . 3 A f o r e i g n e r’ s f i r s t impression of the . is likely to be that everyone is in a rush — often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to plete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this c o u n t r y . Working time is considered precious. Others in public eatingplaces are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don’ t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “ wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate p o i n t . Many new arrivals to the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a weling cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a r e s t a u r a n t or c o f f e e h o u s e . *Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk。 3. Language points 2. Text structure 4. Homework 1. Proverbs Proverbs of time Read the following proverbs. Have you ever learnt them? What are the Chinese versions for them? 1. 1. Time works wonders. 2. Time tries truth. 時間創(chuàng)造奇跡。 much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust. *Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear. Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of laborsaving devices。 I39。這種結構與主句不發(fā)生句法上的聯(lián)系，獨立主格結構的位置相當靈活，可置于 主句前、主句末或主句中 ，常由 逗號將其與主句分開。 這報道滿篇都是謊言。 Fans budget for buying the entrance ticket of the concert of May Day. concert entrance ticket account for He couldn39。 the sense of place (direction) 方位 (方向 ) 感 be lost (or: dead) to all sense of shame 全不知羞恥 any of five senses five senses, sense of smell/ taste/ touch/ hearing/ sight run out of flow out of， 流出，從 … 跑出 The water is running out of a fountain. He ran out of the house and shouted “ Fire! Fire!” use all one’ s supplies, have no more 用完 His team had run out of timeout. 他的球隊不再又要求暫停的權利了。 As the time is running out, these students have to race through the rest of the questions on the test paper. miss can imagine how your parents miss you. was sorry to miss you when I called. was lucky to miss the traffic accident. did you first miss your wallet? ，想念 … ，躲過 take it personally takeact towards ... in a certain way 以某種方式對待某事 Don’ t take his words too seriously. He was only joking. 別把他的話當真，他只是開開玩笑而已。 much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust. 通常來說，美國人不會在如此輕松的環(huán)境里通過長時間的閑聊來評估他們的客人，更不用說他們會在增進相互信任的過程中帶他們出去吃飯，或帶他們?nèi)ジ郀柗蚯驁隽恕?instead of 與其 (某人／某事 )?? 不如／不愿 Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people rather than harm them. 核科學的發(fā)展應有益于人民， 而不是 給他們帶來危害。 consequently ad. (1) as a result, so The bank refused to help the pany。 taking into account Given their inexperience, they’ ve done a good job. Given that they are inexperienced, they’ ve done a good job. Notice that “ given” is followed by a noun phrase, while “ given that” is followed by a finite clause. 看她對孩子們的興趣，教書應是適合她的職業(yè)。 act as the path for (electricity, heat, etc. ) 傳導 (電、熱等 ) Plastic and rubber won39。 3, 晚上許多鳥兒都 停歇 在這樹的樹枝上。 ) Exercises: 1,我們以為她不喜歡我們， 然而 事實是因為她很害羞。 The higher he climbs the ladder of the society, the more greedy he is . the + 形容詞比較級， the + 形容詞比較級 表示“越 make sth. /sb. do sth. 你能讓這輛舊車重新跑起來嗎？ Can you get the old car going again? FOR EXAMPLE: Now you try: get sth. /sb. doing (sth.) acute run out of replace in a rush restlessly race through interaction nothing but leisurely ? impatiently ? munication ? fine/sharp。時間是一種寶貴的資源。 (待續(xù) ) Text Para. 3b （續(xù)） 在公共用餐場所，人們等著別人吃完，這樣可以輪到他們，以按時趕回去工作。 既然我們通常是通過工作而不是社交來評估和了解他人的，我們就開門見山地談正事。 在美國，最后協(xié)議通常也需要本人簽字。 Text Para. 7 美國無疑是一個電話王國。 Text Para. 5 因而我們千方百計地節(jié)約時間。 你會懷