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Mandarin speakers can refer to earlier events with which direction?

AUp
BDown
CLeft
DBehind
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Up
1. English mainly uses a horizontal axis for time. 2. Mandarin also uses vertical metaphors, calling earlier events up and later events down. 3. Down is used for later events, and left and behind were not the vertical terms cited. _Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic relativity, Time perception_
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