To Americans, promises to meet the deadlines and appointments are taken very seriously because ______.
A: They believe that time should be planned and future events fitted into a schedule
B: They dwell too much on the past
C: They recognize the present rests on the past
D: They have developed their sense of depth of time
A: They believe that time should be planned and future events fitted into a schedule
B: They dwell too much on the past
C: They recognize the present rests on the past
D: They have developed their sense of depth of time
举一反三
- In present the following description may be the best explanation of time: Time is the sequence of the irreversible events, time goes in a completely determined order. The arrow of time points to the future from the past. The future can become the past but the past can never become the future.
- Which of these followings are notions? A: Present time, past time, and future time B: Certainty and possibility C: Agent and instrument; D: Relationship between people and objects
- In modernist writings, the past, the present and the future are mingled together and exist at the same time in the consciousness of an individual.
- I should _______ a time to meet my old friends. A: balance B: schedule C: recognize D: realize
- Uncertainties such as natural disasters: A: Are not contingent liabilities because they are future events not arising from past transactions or events. B: Are contingent liabilities because they are future events arising from past transactions or events. C: Should be disclosed because of their usefulness to financial statements. D: Are estimated liabilities because the amounts are uncertain. E: Arise out of transactions such as debt guarantees.