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     Good morning,everyone.My topic(话题)for today is "How Americans Value(重视) Time".

     Americans think a lot about time.From childhood(童年)they learn to value time.As children,

parents teach them to be on time to go to school,to do work and to do everything.When they are

having a good time,they say that time flies.When a person is dying(死亡),they say he is living on

(靠……生活)borrowed time.

      Time is money.Time is knowledge.Time is everything in America.A working American has to

work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.This is the working time.In his spare time,he also

works hard for money.Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with(用……装满)other things.In the

street you can hardly see a man who walks slowly.They walk very fast.In fact,they are running.

     When you ask Americans why they are in a hurry(匆忙)all the time,they will probably say,

"Time is money."

根据文章内容填空。

1.Americans start to value time when they are __________________________.

2.American parents tell their children to ________________ when they go to school.

3.Americans say ________________ when they are happy.

4.Americans are hard-working,aren't they? __________________,________________.

5."Time is money." is a proverb(谚语,格言).Please write out two more proverbs:one is from

this article;and the other mustn't be included(包含,包括)in this passage(文章).

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