【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】
慢做 慢慢商量 慢慢欣賞 慢慢來 American future orientation ? the westerners (especially the Americans) were influenced by the Christian ―original sin‖, tending to believe ―men at their birth, are naturally evil. So most of them choose the futuristic time orientation. ? Such as: ? A.“跟上時(shí)代” (keeping up with the time) ? B.―關(guān)注未來” (keeping an eye on the future) as the action guidance. ? C. It was widely believed that equality in opportunities for everybody, insignificance in history. If they work hard, it will be successful。 Change means progress, and new things are always better than the old things. Chinese past orientation ? China as the representative of Asians choose to look back in the time orientation ? Cultural factors: Asians (especially the Chinese) was influenced by traditional Confucian culture, so tending to believe ―Men at their birth are naturally good‖. And social guidance incline to tradition. ? Expressions : ? A. considering whether this matter has been done over the past and what the successful experience and lessons from failures is. ? B. worshipping of ancestors, respecting the elderly and teachers, attaching importance to experience, age, which has relation with the past. The word ―Lao‖ in China used to show respect to those who are more experienced and usually older, like ―Lao Li‖, ―Lao Wang‖. In this way we show respect and amity to the old people, which indicates a past time orientation. Chinese belong to the ―past time orientation‖, and the Chinese nation have a long history for five thousand years, so people in China attach great importance to history and tradition. Although contemporary Chinese people also pay attention to look forward, ―past‖ also take an important role in people’s deep heart. On the other hand, people hold a different attitude on the predecessors. This is because the clear difference in the attitude to the word ―old‖. So you must use some euphemism, such as ―senior‖ ,―aged‖, ―veteran‖,“ citize