A Summary of Unit 1 Americans are 1 people. They value time and save it carefully. Time is a real, 2 resource to them so every minute must 3 . Foreigners may think Americans are always 4 and under pressure. Smiles, short conversations, and small exchanges with strangers don’t exist because Americans dislike “ 5 ” too much time. Americans assess others 6 rather than socially, so they start talking business immediately since they are always 7 of time. Americans work hard at 8 time by producing a steady flow of labor-saving devices. They may have meetings using equipment like television screens and telephones rather than 9 . Solving a problem or doing a job successfully 10 is taken as a sign of (11) . The more important the job, the more time and effort Americans will (12) it.