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e sure it is convenient. To outsiders, Americans seem tied to the clock. People in other cultures value relationships more than schedules. In these societies, people don39。 Days e one after another soon. Time is like a circle 失之東隅,收之桑榆。 (屈原: 《 離騷 》 ) Spring alternates with autumn. 日月光華,旦復(fù)旦兮。 When I was a boy and laughed and talked, Time walked. Then when the years saw me a man, Time ran. But as I older grew, Time flew. Soon, as I journey on, I39。 — 彌爾頓 時(shí)間步伐如此迅疾,令人眼花繚亂。 Reflections of Time Concept Linear extension and circular rotation 線伸環(huán)旋 Western: extension, sense of time shortage, future valued Chinese: rotation, sense of time abundance, past cherished 昨天 今天 明天Time is a river, a torrent, a waterfall. Time is marching, flying and flowing. Time is pared to water Time and tide wait for no man Time lost is never found again ―Time is the devourer of everything.‖ — Ovid Roman Poet 43 B. C. English Poet (1608 – 1674) English Playwright (1564 – 1616) 時(shí)間是一切事物的吞食者。 — 奧維特 ―Time is the subtle thief of youth.‖ Milton ―Time is most brisk and giddypaced.‖ Shakespeare 時(shí)間是 竊 走青春的神秘盜賊 。 — 莎士比亞 Quotations from Poets 昨天 今天 明天 昨天 今天 明天Time’s Paces When I was a babe and wept and slept, Time crept。ll find time gone. May Christ have saved my soul, by then, Amen. Guy Pentreath (1902 1985) 春與秋其代序。(《 尚書大傳 》 上卷) The sun alternates with the moon。 What is lost at sunrise can be regained at sunset. — 馮異 Idiom: 時(shí)來運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn) The favor of the time cycle brings good luck. After extreme bad luck, es good luck 枯木逢春猶再發(fā) A withered tree es to life again Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it. People do all they can to squeeze more life out of their ti