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Intercultural communication Brad Veloso drummed his fingers impatiently on the desk as he waited for the meeting to start. He had a busy schedule and he wasn’t used to wasting time. He’d started his week in his country. Now it was Wednesday morning and he was staring out the window at the towers of a city thousands of miles from home. This was his first trip to this part of the world and he’d heard that they did things differently here, but he couldn’t understand why a simple meeting couldn’t start on time. He’d been waiting nearly twenty minutes by the time his three local business partners arrived. They greeted Brad warmly with handshakes and smiles and then presented him with a small glass boat and an expensive-looking picture book. "Hey, guys" he said, "thank you for the gifts, I really appreciate them, but can we just get down to business now?" The others nodded and sat down, but when Brad looked around the room he noticed that all the smiles had vanished from their faces. He felt angry and confused.
OBJAŚNIENIA He’d been waiting nearly twenty minutes by the time his three local business partners arrived. W zdaniu mamy do czynienia z sekwencją dwóch czynności przeszłych – jedna odbyła się najpierw (he had been waiting) – tę wyrażamy czasem Past Perfect (w tym przypadku Past Perfect Continuous); druga potem (three local business partners arrived) – tę wyrażamy zwykłym czasem przeszłym The Simple Past Tense. Test yourself, use our quiz! | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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