首页
登录
职称英语
【B1】 [br] 【B9】 [originaltext]If you were supposed to be at my house at 6: 00 p.m
【B1】 [br] 【B9】 [originaltext]If you were supposed to be at my house at 6: 00 p.m
游客
2023-08-01
34
管理
问题
【B1】 [br] 【B9】
If you were supposed to be at my house at 6: 00 p.m. for dinner, but you came at 8: 00 p.m., we would probably think you were quite impolite. However, if you come from Brazil, the idea of being punctual, or "on time", might mean coming two hours late. In fact, being "early" or "late" depends on your cultural background and no dictionary can give a clear definition of "early" or "late" because these ideas reflect "social time" rather than real time.
Even more amazing is how people from other cultures explain their lateness. American students might say they simply had not cared that they were late. In contrast, Brazilians would go out of their way to explain their lateness in a number of ways--they were delayed by unforeseen or uncontrollable problems, for example. Or they might attribute the reasons of being late to reasons that you might never think of. Some American students might feel very guilty and blame themselves, but Brazilian students wouldn’t blame themselves or feel ashamed.
Another surprising difference that researchers discovered was the way cultures view someone who is late. Americans tend to think negatively of people being late. In general, if you are late for an appointment or a date with Americans. you can bet people will be artery at you. Or, at least, you will be viewed with some disfavor.
But in Brazil, if you are late for an appointment, the chances are you will be admired. In the Brazilian culture of time. lateness is equated with success, because he or she is so busy with other tasks
选项
答案
Brazilian students wouldn’t blame themselves or feel ashamed
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2888327.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Duringthepastdecade,therehasbeenamultifoldincreasei
[originaltext]Duringthepastdecade,therehasbeenamultifoldincreasei
[originaltext]Lionsprefertoeatwithouthavingtodomuchwork.Whenrest
[originaltext]Lionsprefertoeatwithouthavingtodomuchwork.Whenrest
[originaltext]Lionsprefertoeatwithouthavingtodomuchwork.Whenrest
【B1】[br]【B11】[originaltext]Eversincehumanshaveinhabitedtheearth,th
【B1】[br]【B9】[originaltext]Eversincehumanshaveinhabitedtheearth,the
【B1】[br]【B8】[originaltext]Eversincehumanshaveinhabitedtheearth,the
【B1】[br]【B7】[originaltext]Eversincehumanshaveinhabitedtheearth,the
【B1】[br]【B6】[originaltext]Eversincehumanshaveinhabitedtheearth,the
随机试题
WhatisNOTafeatureofthenewkaraokemachine?[originaltext]Onceasourc
[originaltext]M:Well.Itwasn’tacampundercanvaswithsingsongsroundaca
[originaltext]M:Whatmadeyoudecideonthistypeofoccupation?W:Oh,totel
设A=,B为三阶非零矩阵,且AB=O,则r(A)=_______.
下列有一项不是内伤腰痛特点A.腰部隐痛 B.病程缠绵 C.起病隐袭 D.腰
X-连锁无丙种球蛋白血症的突变基因是A.7日左右出现 B.5日左右出现 C.
患者,女性,30岁。背部肿块、红、肿、疼痛3天,寒战,发热39℃。查体:背部肿物
引起黑热病的病原虫是A.墨西哥利什曼原虫 B.杜氏利什曼原虫 C.巴西利什曼
有两个不透明的抽奖箱,里面都放有大小形状相同的红黑小球各2颗,小明和小白分别从两
关于抗震设防三个水准目标,下述说法不正确的是()。A.基本烈度、第二水准烈度
最新回复
(
0
)