Americans' Concept of Time, trans. Zhang Baotong, June 6, 2018

Americans believe that no one can stop moving forward, and if you are not enterprising and want to stop, you will inevitably retreat if you do not advance, and be willing to fall behind. This enterprising spirit is the driving force that inspires a nation to explore, innovate and develop. Therefore, Americans value time very much, and then they value manpower very much. These are two of the resources that make their dreams come true.

It is always said that "time is the embodiment of life." "People seem to see time as a very real thing. We create time, save time, waste time, squeeze out time, kill time, shorten time and utilize time. We also charge for time. Time is a precious resource, and many people will think that time is like an arrow, life is short, and time is like a river that never returns. We should make every minute count with value and meaning.

A foreigner's first impression of an American is likely to be that everyone is in a hurry and often under pressure. People in the city are always in a hurry to get where they want to go. In the store, they anxiously expect the clerk to deliver them immediately, or buy something in a hurry, or even push someone with their elbows. People are also in a hurry when it comes to eating during the day. This reflects the pace of life in the country. Because people think that man-hours are precious. In communal eating places, people always want others to finish their meals as soon as possible to make room for them to eat quickly. You will find the driver rudely pushing away and you are rushing past you.

You'll see smiles, hear short conversations, or make small talk with strangers. Don't think it's for you, it's because people value time so much that they don't like to waste it where they feel uncomfortable. Many people who are new to the U.S. miss the greeting at the beginning of a business visit. They will also miss the ceremonial exchange of tea or coffee, which may be a custom in their own country. They may also miss the kind of casual conversation they have when doing business in a restaurant or coffee shop. Americans don't judge guests by chatting in a laid-back environment, let alone take them away.

From 1928 to 1930, Hu Shi was the principal of a Chinese public school in Shanghai, and he gave a speech to graduates

Dear graduates: Now that you are leaving your alma mater, I have no gift for you, so I have to give you a word.

The phrase is: "Do not abandon learning." "A large part of my previous homework may have been done as a last resort for this diploma. From now on, you are free to study as you wish. While you are now in the prime of life, you should strive to do a kind of specialized learning. Teenagers are gone, and when they lose their energy, it's too late to do learning. That is, for the sake of eating, learning will never disappoint people. Eat without learning, and after three or five years, you will all be eliminated by the junior youth. By then, it will be too late to do some learning to remedy it.

Some people say: "After going out to do things, the problems of life need to be solved urgently, how can I have time to study? Even if I want to study, there is no library and no laboratory, how can I do learning?"

I say to you: Whoever has to wait until there is a library to read, and if he has a library, he will not read. Anyone who has to wait until there is a laboratory to do research, and if there is a laboratory, he refuses to do research. When you are determined to study a problem, you will naturally go on a diet to buy books, and you will naturally come up with ways to set up instruments. As for timing, it's not a problem. Darwin was ill all his life and could not work much, and could only work one hour a day. You can read 10 useful pages at 1 o'clock a day, read more than 3,600 pages a year, and read about 110,000 pages in 30 years.

Ladies and gentlemen, a hundred thousand pages can make you a scholar. However, it takes you one hour to read three tabloids a day, and four mahjong laps to take you one and a half minutes. Reading tabloids, playing mahjong, or trying to be a scholar? It's up to you to choose!

Ibsen said, "Your greatest responsibility is to cast your piece of material into a vessel." "Learning is a tool for casting. To abandon learning is to ruin yourself.

Goodbye! Your alma mater is watching to see what you will become in 10 years.

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