1. Please explain a time proverb in your culture.
People all know the famous proverb in my culture."An hour in the morning before breakfast is worth two all the rest of the day". That means the best time of the day is morning.If you lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. So, time in the moring is very important in our dailylife.
2.Please explain what you think are the meaning of each of the 4 expressions.
a. Time is money.
Money is precious, so is time. On the other hand, if you have time, you can get a lot of things just like knowledge, skill and so on throughout your laborious learning. Once you have those abilities, you can earn money everywhere. So, as a result, " time is money".
b. A stitch in time saves nine.
If one takes action or does a piece of work immediately, it may save a lot of extra work later.
c.There's no time like the present.
Now is the best time to do something.
For example: "There is no time like the present to talk with him".
d.Fashionable late
For example, I think if you are going to attend a party, but you find your clothes are not suit for the party, you come back to change it for another one, then you arrive the party later, it called "fashionable late".
I din't know the meaning of A stitch in time saves nine.
回复删除But now I could understand.