1. Here the pace of life is gentle.
2. There is time to reflect on the beauty of the world.
3. In a village,life is closer to nature.The changing seasons can be clearly observed.
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But many other cultures have no such concept of ‘a long time’. During W W II, a local truck driver arrived breathlessly at military government headquarters report that a murderer was running loose in his village. Under question he told them the murder had occurred seventeen years earlier and that the murderer had remained unmolested in the village all the time. In a South American city, an American was asked to present immediately his credentials to a local official and was kept waiting outside his office for almost two hours. For such people, promptness is not only unreasonable but also irritating. They often wonder why Americans make such a fuss about it. To a South Asian person, a long time may be 1,000years, or even forever.
3. Pollution of various kinds is the result of industrialization.
4. Cars spew toxic fumes into the atmosphere.
5. Noise bellows out from every side.
Development by Comparison and
Contrast
Comparison and contrast are two thinking processes we constantly perform in our daily life. We might compare and contrast two cities, two products, two books, two plays or films, etc. although comparison usually indentifies similarities and contrast points out differences, the two are structurally similar and can be discussed together. The purpose of comparing or contrasting is to understand either of the two things more clearly and, at times, to make judgments about them.
4. Ther is ample space for everyone, and fresh air to breathe.
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For Americans ‘a long time’ may be anything from forty years to forty minutes, depending on the circumstances. To an American businessman a proposal that could be completed within forty years might be ‘too far into the future’ to be considered. A motorist who gets involved in a traffic accident would be in great trouble with the police if he waited twentyfour hours to report the accident. An hour would be too long a time to be late for a business appointment or a date. Americans are so timeconscious that promptness is not only a virtue; it is an obligation.
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1. stress is caused by daily having to contend with crowds of people and restricted space.
2.Travel in rush hour can be a real headache.
A. Americans’ concept of “a long time”: _______________________________. Examples: (1)___________________ (2)___________________ (3)___________________ Attitudes to promptness: ___________