Approaches to Time in the Past and Today
通过对比说明过去和现在人们是如何对待时间的.
1) With a view of the changes in life of people of the past and today,we gain a deeper insight into how to approach time.2) Viewed from the angle of lifestyle,modern people are famous for their rapid pace of time,as shown in their invention of fax,e-mail and instant coffee.3) But in the past people are known for their life in a leisurely manner,as confirmed in their tea- drinking hobbies and frequent time-consuming social activities.4) Judging by the concept of the value of time,modern people approach time as an investment in money making while in the past people treat time as necessary for enjoying life and being together with family and friends.5) As is known to all,modern people prefer to talk business directly through phone calls rather than through personal contacts,in contrast to which in the past people tend to spend more time getting along with their business partners.6) If set on the scene of work,people today are more likely to pour time into creative work whereas people in the past are more liable to put time into mechanical labor.7) As can be seen from the differences in current education,children today devote their time to creative thinking and children in the past commit more time to learning by rote.8) Clearly,such differences render us better and better at planning our time as long as we don’t forget to enjoy ourselves a little while keeping up with the pace of the times.
