The Navajo tried to call the Anglo but had the wrong phone number.ĭ. The Navajo man’s truck broke down on the day of the appointment.Ĭ. The Hopi language describes time differently than American English.ī. Which of the following is not a detail from this passage?Ī.
Anglos are more impatient because they think time takes space.Ģ. Native Americans treat time differently only in their languages.ĭ. Different cultural values affect the way people perceive reality.Ĭ. Native Americans take longer than Anglos to get things done.ī. Which of the following best represents the main idea of this passage?Ī. An Anglo in the same situation would be more likely to assign priority to being on time, to assume that walking would take too long, and to give up, not honoring his commitment due to the factor of time.ġ. The Navajo placed greater importance on honoring his commitment and keeping his promise than on the length of time it took him to do so. But then he found out that the Navajo man’s truck had broken down and, unable to contact the employer, the man had walked the entire distance to the employer’s business, which took three days. Initially, when the Navajo man showed up three days after their appointment, the Anglo man thought him irresponsible or confused. However, on the day they had scheduled for the work, the Navajo man’s truck broke down, and he did not have a telephone or any way to contact the businessman. In another example, a Navajo man was hired by an Anglo businessman to do a job. In their native language, the same expression would be translated as, “The fourth day is later than the third day.” In other words, they represent time temporally but not through spatial metaphors. In American English, people often represent time in spatial terms: “That’s a big chunk of time.” We commonly hear and accept, “Four days is longer than three days.” However, the Hopi Indians do not say this. Native American tribes have concepts of time that differ from those of the predominant Anglo culture in North America. One example is the way that different cultures regard and describe time. Not all cultures have the same views of reality. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
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