Specialists call the feelings which people experience when
they come to a new environment culture shock. Where are three stages of culture
shock. In the first stage, the (47) like their environment.
Then, when the newness (48) off, they begin to hate the
country, the people, the apartment, and everything else in the new culture. In
the final stage, the newcomers begin to (49) to their
surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more. Some of
the factors in culture shock are obvious. Maybe the customs are different;
perhaps the weather is (50) ; perhaps the public service
system such as the telephone and transportation are difficult to (51)
out and you make mistakes. If you don’t look similar to the
(52) , you may feel strange. You may feel everyone is
watching you, but in fact, you are always watching yourself. You are
(53) . Culture shock (54)
a feeling of disorientation (迷失方向). When people feel the disorientation of
culture shock, they sometimes feel like staying inside their apartment all the
time. This (55) does solve the problem of culture shock for
the short term, but it does nothing to familiarize the person with the culture.
Familiarity and (56) are the long-term solutions to the
problem of culture shock. A) escape
I) visitors B) natives
J) foreigners C) unpleasant
K) wears D) newcomers L)
unfamiliar E) solution M)
adjust F) figure N)
self-conscious G) experience O)
produces H) experiment