I. Reading Skills: Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs Back 1. "We are slaves to nothing but the clock, it has been said time is treated as if it were something almost real. we budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a persons hourglass, they cannot be replaced. we want every minute to count. (Para. 2, Reading passage A, Unit 1) 上一页 下一页1. “We are slaves to nothing but the clock,” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count. (Para. 2, Reading Passage A, Unit 1) 上一页 下一页 Ⅰ. Reading Skills: Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs Back