填空题

Culture shock is a painful experience we go through when we encounter many new things in another country and we (1) ______ in some very strange ways. There are (1) ______ five phases or stages of culture shock: sensory overload, helplessness, (2) ______, depression and frustration (2) ______ when we nm into obstacles in a new country. And here are six areas of life that cause culture shock: 1. The (3) ______. We will see so ninny (3) ______ strange new things when we set foot on a new land. 2. The greetings. A common way of greeting at home may lead to a (4)______ in a new country because (4) ______ we are thought to have poked into other people’s personal affairs. 3. (5) ______. We may be shocked to find that (5) ______ in the new country men and women hug and kiss much more in public than we are accustomed to. 4. Personal (6) ______ between people talking. (6) ______ We don’t understand why a person will be backing away from us or why a person may be (7) ______ closer to us in the (7) ______ process of communicating with us. That can be a shock to the system as well. 5. (8) ______. We always struggle to understand (8) ______ what people are saying. We usually have a very hard lime in the classroom, when we struggle to follow the instructor who speaks very fast and to get the (9) ______ needed for passing the (9) ______ 6. Food, which is a very emotional part of life. In a new land, we find our favorite foods may not be available or are prepared quite differently. However, when we have eventually overcome the culture shock, we will have the (10) ______ to feel at home (10) ______ anywhere in the world.

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moving