英语经典美文诵读100篇：005.on punctuality
[00:11.65]A punctual person is in the habit of doing everything at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.
[00:20.59]The unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do with the proper time.
[00:28.28]He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. There is a proverb that says,
[00:38.06]“Time flies never to be recalled”. This is very true.
[00:43.58]A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things.
[00:54.52]In fact time is life itself, and the unpunctual man is forever wasting and mismanaging his own valuable asset as well as others’.
[01:06.46]The unpunctual man is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters,
[01:12.22]or to return calls, or to keep appointments promptly.
[01:17.09]But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it.
[01:26.19]He knows that he can not get through his immense amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every appointment promptly
[01:33.59]and deal with every piece of work when it has to be attended to...
[01:39.04]Failure to be punctual is a sign of disrespect towards others.
[01:44.23]If a person is invited to a dinner and arrives later than expected,
[01:49.14]he keeps all the other guests and the host waiting for him alone. This is great impoliteness.
[01:58.33]Unpunctuality is very harmful when it comes to doing one’s duty,
[02:03.33]whether private or public.
[02:05.70]Imagine how it would be if those who are entrusted with important tasks
[02:10.44]failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time.
[02:14.67]A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men.
[02:22.84]And the unpunctual man is a source of annoyance both to others and to himself.
