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Unit 1—Unit 7 Unit 1 Section A II
1 The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead, he is
falling behind
2 Time is treated as if it were something almost real
People budget it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; they also charge for it They do this because time is a precious resource
3 Everyone is in a rush—often under pressure In the writer's eyes, 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 complete their shopping 4 Don't take it personally This is because people value
time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate
point
5 This is because Americans generally assess and
enquire about their visitors professionally rather than socially They start talking business very quickly Time
is always ticking in their inner ear
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6 Americans produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices: they communicate rapidly through faxes,
phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts 7 The impersonality of electronic communication has
little or no relation to the significance of the matter at
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hand
8 It is taken as a sign of
skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the U S III
1 Budgeted 2 acute 3 restless 4 surroundings 5
competent 6 assessing 7 elbowed 8 conducting
IV 1．behind 2 for 3 to 4 out 5 of 6 to 7 in 8 into
V 1 commitment 2 attraction 3 appointment 4
impression 5 civilization 6 composition 7 confusion 8 congratulation 9 consideration 10 explanation 11
acquisition 12 depression
VI 1 advisable 2 desirable 3 favorable 4 considerable 5 remarkable 6 preferable 7
drinkable 8 acceptable VII
1 much less do they take them out for dinner
2 much less a big company 3 much less carry it upstairs
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4 much less spoken to him 5 much less ( to ) read a lot outside of it VIII 1 Having meals at home can cost as little as two or three dollars, whereas eating out at a restaurant is always more expensive 2 We thought she was rather proud, whereas in fact she was just very shy
3 We have never done anything for them, whereas they
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