in thE unitED stAtEs, it is importAnt to BE on timE, or punCtuAl, For An AppointmEnt, A ClAss, EtC、 howEvEr, this mAy not BE truE in All CountriEs.AnAmEriCAn proFEssor DisCovErED this DiFFErEnCE whilE tEAChing A ClAss in ABrAziliAn (巴西的) univErsity. thE two-hour ClAss wAs sChEDulED’ to BEgin At 10
A、m. AnD EnD At 12. on thE First DAy, whEn thE proFEssor ArrivED on timE, no onE wAs in thE ClAssroom. mAny stuDEnts CAmE AFtEr thE sChEDulED timE. sEvErAl ArrivED hAlF An hour lAtEr. FEw ApologizED For thEir lAtEnEss. wErE thEsE stuDEnts BEing ruDE hE DECiDED to stuDy thE stuDEnts, BEhAvior.
thE proFEssor tAlkED toAmEriCAn AnDBrAziliAn stuDEnts ABout lAtEnEss in Both An inFormAl AnD A FormAl situAtion: At A lunCh with A FriEnD AnD in A univErsity ClAss. hE FounD thAt iF thEy hAD A lunCh AppointmEnt with A FriEnD, thE AvErAgEAmEriCAn stuDEnt DEFinED lAtEnEss As 19 minutEs AFtEr thE AgrEED timE. howEvEr, thE AvErAgEBrAziliAn stuDEnt FElt thE FriEnD wAs lAtE AFtEr 33 minutEs.
in AnAmEriCAn univErsity, ClAssEs not only BEgin At thE sChEDulED timE in thE unitED stAtEs, But Also EnD At thE sChEDulED timE. in thEBrAziliAn ClAss, only A FEw stuDEnts lEFt thE ClAss At 12: 00; mAny rEmAinED pAst 12: 30 to DisCuss thE ClAss AnD Ask morE quEstions. whilE Arriving lAtE mAy not BE vEry importAnt inBrAzil, nEithEr is stAying lAtE.
whAt is thE mAin iDEA oF this pAssAgE
A、it is importAnt to BE on timE For ClAss in thE unitED stAtEs.
B、thE importAnCE oF BEing on timE DiFFErs Among CulturEs.
C．pEoplE lEArn’ thE importAnCE oF timE From thE CulturE thEy ArE in.
D．stuDEnts BEing lAtE For ClAss shoulD ExplAin thE rEAson to thEir tEAChEr.