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One kind of culture shock faced by international students in the United States is difficulty communicating with Americans. When they first arrive (67) the United States, they soon (68) that their verbal skills are (69) . First of all, they lack vocabulary, and they have poor pronunciation. International students also speak too (70) because they are shy, (71) American people do not understand them. For example, a few days ago, I asked an American student (72) to get to the library, but because I have (73) pronouncing r’s and rs, the student did not understand me. I finally had to write (74) on a piece of paper.
It is difficult for foreign people to understand Americans, too. Americans use (75) sentences, such as "Later" to mean "I’ll see you later" and "Coming" to mean Are you coming" Also, Americans talk too (76) , so it is often impossible to follow them. (77) , Americans use a lot of slang and idioms (78) meanings nonnative speakers do not know. For instance, the (79) day someone said to me, "That drives me up the wall" and I could not (80) what he meant. I had a picture in my mind of him (81) his car up a wall. It did not (82) to me. In short, communication is probably the first (83) that international students face in the United States. After a while, (84) , their ears get used to the American (85) of speaking, and their own verbal abilities (86) .

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