Good morning, everybody. My topic today is “How Americans Value Time”. Americans think a great deal about time. From childhood they learn to value time. As children, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to do work"and"to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time. Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. This is the work time. In their spare time, they also work hard for more money. Even Saturday"and"Sunday are filled with activities. In the street you can hardly ever see a man who walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are almost running.