A foreigner’s firstimpression of the U.S.is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often underpressure.City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going
restlessly,seeking attention in a store,and elbowing others as they try tocomplete their errands（任务）.Racingthrough daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this
country.
Working time is considered precious.Others in public eating places are waitingfor you to finish so that they too can be served and get back to work withinthe time
allowed.Each person hurries to make room for the next person.If youdon’t,waiters will hurry you.
You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you.Youwill miss smiles,brief conversations,and small courtesies with strangers.Don’ttake it
personally.This is because people value time highly,and they resent someoneelse“wasting”it beyond a certain courtesy point.
The view of time affects the importance we attach to patience.In the Americansystem of values,patience is not a high priority.Many of us have what might becalled“a short
fuse.”We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping awaywithout some returnbe this in terms of pleasure,work value,or rest.Those comingfrom lands where
time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of theirmost difficult adjustments in both business and daily life.
Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a businesscall,for example,they will miss the ritual socializing that goes with awelcoming cup of tea or
coffee they may be traditional in their own country.They may miss leisurelybusiness chats in a caféor coffeehouse.Normally,Americans do not assess theirvisitors in such
relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks.We seek out evidence of pastperformance rather than evaluate a business colleague through socialcourtesies.Since we
generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially,we start talkingbusiness very quickly.(348 words)
一个外国人对于美国的第一印象很有可能是每个人都在压力下匆匆忙忙。城市里的人总是表现得匆匆忙忙不知疲倦的，为了尽快做完一件事情，他们会在店里
拼命引起店员的注意或者用胳膊肘推搡别人。白天匆忙就餐也是这个国家生活节奏的一个部分。
工作时间被认为是很珍贵的。在一些公共饮食场所，其他人会等在你旁边等你吃完，这样大家都可以得到服务，并赶在规定的时间内回去工作。每个人都会尽
快给下一个人腾出地方。如果你不这样，侍者会催促你的。
你会发现司机也都很匆忙，人们从你身边匆匆走过。你会错过一些微笑，简短的交谈和一些与陌生人的小礼节。不要在意，这是因为他们非常珍惜时间，而且
他们认为一旦太注重这些社交礼节就是浪费时间。
对时间的观念还会影响到我们对耐心的理解。在美国价值体系中，耐心并不是首要考虑的。我们中的很多人被称为“脾气火爆”。如果我们觉得时间在毫无意
义的溜走，既没有娱乐价值，工作价值，也不在休息，那就会开始不停地徘徊。那些来自时间观念不同的国家的人发现他们在商业和日常生活中最困难的就是
对时间节奏的适应。
许多刚到美国来的人都会想念他们在商业会谈中一些开场礼节。举个例子，他们会想念欢迎你到来而泡的一杯茶或咖啡这样的社交礼仪，这在他们国家是常规
礼仪。他们会想念在咖啡屋悠闲的会谈。而通常，美国人不会与来访者在这么悠闲的环境中进行一些冗长的小会谈。对于同事，我们总是看他过去的表现而不
是与他的社交礼仪。因为我们一般都是更注重专业性的，而不是社交性的，因此我们总是很快进入正题。
 The statement that Americans are impolite to their business colleagues iswrong.
关于美国人对他们的同事不礼貌的观点是错误的。
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 2.In the fourth paragraph,“a high priority"means a“first concern".
第四段中的“首要考虑”意思是“最先关注”。
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 3.Americans evaluate a business colleague by establishing business relations.
美国人通过建立经济关系来评价他们的同事。
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 4.This passage mainly talks about now Americans do business with foreigners.
本文主要讲了美国人是如何与外国人做生意的。
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 5.We can infer from the passage that the author's tone is writing is praiseful.
从本文我们可以看出作者写作的口吻是赞赏的。
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