Many of you have come to the United States from a foreign country. What has your experience been like Have you noticed that your experience has changed or evolved In what way This period of cultural adjustment has often been called "culture shock" -- the impact of being in a culture which is very different from our own. There are several symptoms of culture shock. These include the following: ·Concern about cleanliness, such as concerns that the water is clean and that the food is cleans; ·Concerns over minor pains; ·Anger about delays, frustrations over small things; ·Feeling that you have been cheated, taken advantage of; ·Not learning the language of the culture; ·A strong desire to be with people from your own country. One of the first researchers to describe the stages of culture shock was Oberg in 1953. He identified four stages in the host culture. The first stage is the "honeymoon" stage, where everything
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You have just come back from Canada and found a music CD in your luggage that you forgot to re- turn to Bob, your landlord there. Write him a letter to
1) make an apology, and
2) suggest a solution.
You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead.
Do not write the address. (10 points)
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Captain J. H. Hedley was British pilot in World War I. He fell victim to a bit
of misfortune that would have been enough to kill anyone. Yet, with bad luck
staring him in the face, good luck was coming up fast on his tail. Captain Hedley was flying a mission over Germany with his copilot, A Canadian flyer named Makepeace. Suddenly they were surrounded by a group of German fighters. Makepeace, an experienced pilot, knew he had to take the plane into a vertical dive in order to slip away from Germans. Inexplicably, Hedley was caught unaware by his copilot’s maneuver. He was thrown sharply out of his seat and out of the plane. Makepeace sadly counted Hedley a dead man and continued his evasive maneuvers. Suddenly, Makepeace spotted Hedley clinging to the tail of the plane, Hedley hung A. faith B. luck C. science D. flying ability 我来回答: 提交
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