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.
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- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk. 16(). A: Different perceptions of time across cultures. B: Cross-cultural miscommunications. C: The idea of the past, present and future time D: A fundamental basis for business conversations.
- The author of the text deals with it from three parts: ______________________ A: the past, the present, and the future B: the causes, the process, and the results C: the time, the place, and the figures D: the setting, the questions, and the answers and suggestions