Americansthinkmuchabouttime.Fromchildrentheylearntovalue(珍视)time.Aschildrentheyaretaughttobeontimetogotoschooltoworkandtodoeverything.Whentheyarehavingagoodtimetheysaythattimegoeseasily.Whenapersonisdyingtheysayheislivingonaborrowedtime.
Timeismoney.Timeisknowledge.TimeiseverythinginAmerica.AworkingAmericanhastoworkhardforeighthoursadayorfortyhoursaweek.Thisistheworkingtime.Inhisfreetimehealsoworkshardformoremoney.EvenonSaturdayandSundayhealsoworkshardasusual.Inthestreetyoucanhardlyseeamanwalkingslowly.Theywalkveryfast.Infacttheyarerunning.
Theylovetimebecausetimecanbringthemmoneyandlotsofthings.Butsometimestheyalsohatetimebecausetheyfeeltheyhavebecomeservants(仆人)oftheclock.
1.WhatdotheAmericansmeanby“Timeismoney”?
A.Ifsomeonehastimeandworkshardhecanmakealotofmoney.
B.Ittakesquitealotoftimetomakemoney.
C.Workinghardcanbringpeoplehealth.
D.Itisnoteasytomakemoney.
2.Americansthinkittobewrong_____
A.toworklate
B.togetupearly
C.tobelateforschool
D.tobeontimetodoeverything
3.Fromthispassagewecanbesurethat___________.
A.Americansliveinaquickrhythm(节奏)
B.Americansliveahardlife
C.Americansaregoodatsavingtime
D.Americansalwayswalkfast
