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Warm-upWarm-up

I. Warm-up Questions

II. Proverbs Concerning Time

III. Time Quotations

IV. A Poem

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I. Warm-up QuestionsI. Warm-up Questions

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A mechanical watch does not work.A mechanical watch does not work.

What are the possible reasons for it? What are the possible reasons for it?

Think about itThink about it For your

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It’s an old and worn watch!

It has given good service for so long that it has become worn out!

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It falls into the water but it is not a water-resistant watch.

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It’s a manual-winding watch, but its owner has forgotten to wind it.

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It’s an automatic watch, but its owner has remained inactive for so long that it has stopped working.

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It is used under rigorous conditions such as water (especially sea water), acids, dust, sudden temperature changes or magnetism.

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一寸光阴一寸金。

II. Proverbs Concerning TimeII. Proverbs Concerning Time

Time is money.

Time flies.

光阴似箭，日月如梭。

时间一去不再来。

Time cannot be won again.

光阴一去不复返。

Time lost can not be recalled.

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Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

II. Proverbs Concerning TimeII. Proverbs Concerning Time

时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金。

时间一到，真理自明。

Time brings the truth to light.

Tomorrow never comes.

明天无尽头，明日何其多。

Time works wonders.

时间可以创造奇迹。

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A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.

—Charles Darwin

III. Time QuotationsIII. Time Quotations

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing.

—Thomas Jefferson

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III. Time QuotationsIII. Time Quotations

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

—Benjamin Franklin

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

—Dr. Laura Schlessinger

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III. Time QuotationsIII. Time Quotations

The time is always right to do what is right.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

—Jack London

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III. Time QuotationsIII. Time Quotations

No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed.

—Byron

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If Time Were Imaginary

by Colin Briggs August 15, 1996

If time were imaginary where would we be?Lost in a state of confusion?It maybe that time itself is boundTo an unknown kind of illusion.

If time were imaginary what would we do?Slip into an infinite slumber?Or maybe quite the opposite comesThrough lightening claps and thunder.

IV. A PoemIV. A Poem

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