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When Did Time Begin?
The Pace of Life
Shakespeare
An Exchange Student
Americans' Use of Time
100
About 14 billion years ago, this point of time suddenly exploded outward.
What happened 14 billion years ago?
100
No, the pace of life hasn't always been as fast as it is now.
Has the pace of life always been as fast as it is now?
100
Yes, I've seen several plays by Shakespeare.
Have you ever seen any plays by Shakespeare?
100
On the way to the party we got lost.
What happened on the way to the party?
100
Americans have been spending their time in new ways lately.
How have Americans been spending their time lately?
200
At the moment of the Big Bang, the universe began to expand and change.
What happened at the moment of the Big Bang?
200
Yes, there have been important changes in technology.
Have there been important changes in technology?
200
He wrote 12 tragedies and 4 comedies.
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
200
We finally got to the party about 9:00.
What time did you finally get to the party?
200
The study participants wrote their activities in a "time diary" every day.
What did the study participants do every day? Where did they write their activities?
300
Our solar system includes the sun and the planets that revolve around it.
What does our solar system include?
300
The pace of life had stayed much the same for thousands of years.
What had stayed the same for thousands of years?
300
I saw Romeo and Juliet a few years ago.
When did you see Romeo and Juliet? How long ago did you see R & J?
300
Now that I'm back home, I'm experiencing culture shock here.
What is happening now that you're back home?
300
There are two reasons that it seems that we have so little time these days.
Why does it seem that we have so little time these days?
400
Long ago, people depended on natural time, measured by changes in the sun, moon, and stars.
What did people depend on long ago?
400
Since the 1900s we have been experiencing an important change in information technology.
What have we been experiencing since the 1900s?
400
I saw Romeo and Juliet in a theater in London.
Where did you see Romeo and Juliet?
400
Actually, the students had read a lot of books about our host country.
Had the students read any books about your host country?
400
He has repeated the surveys three times.
How many times has he repeated the surveys?
500
The universe is still expanding and is still changing.
What is happening to the universe today?
500
I have been feeling that the pace of my life has been too fast recently.
How have you been feeling about the pace of your life recently?
500
Yes, Shakespeare wrote some histories also.
Did he write any histories?
500
Yes, by the time I left my host country, I had had lots of experiences involving time.
By the time you left, had you had any experiences involving time?
500
Since 1965, we have been spending more of our free time watching television.
What have we been spending more of our free time on since 1965?