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.