Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier, but bow well do we know and understand each other? Here is a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (简易的) test. Imagine you will hold a meeting at four o'clock, what time should you {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(预料，认为) your foreign business friends to come? If they are German, they will {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(到达) on time. If they are American, they'll probably be fifteen minutes early. If they are British, they'I1 be fifteen minutes {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(迟).

    The British seemed to think since the English language was {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(广泛地) used in the world, what they did was certain to be understood. Very soon they {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(发现) they were completely wrong. For {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(例子), the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the Japanese prefer not to work {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(在….的时候) eating because lunch is a time for them to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(放松) and get to know each other; the Germans like to talk business before dinner; the French like to eat {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(先) and talk afterwards.