Experts say it is difficult to get accustomed to life in a new culture. “Culture shock” is what these experts use when talking about the feelings people have in a new environment. There are three periods of culture shock. In the first period, the newcomers like their new environment.
There exist several evident factors in culture shock.
| A．Who feels culture shock? |
| B．The weather may be unpleasant. |
| C．Who wants to go through homesickness? |
| D．You have to walk out of your comfort zone. |
| E．Get to know the new environment, make new friends and gain experience. |
| F．People feel like staying inside all the time when homesick. |
| G．Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to dislike the country and everything else. |
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【推荐1】People Are People
Globalization has brought different cultures together in a way unimaginable one hundred years ago. Today, Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Africans, Anglos, and Hispanics may all work in the same offices, attend the same schools or live in the same neighborhoods. As cultures meet with each other, many differences stand out.
We want to show, however, that there is more to these cultures than diversity. Let’s take examples of the following old proverbs.
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
“One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.”
“Be honest to those who are honest and those who are not honest.”
“A sacrifice is spoiled by a lie and the merit of devotion by an act of cheating.”
We don’t want to imply all cultures are the same. Cultural diversity is real, and people from different cultures view many situations in different ways.
To us, it seems as if there is some sort of code of right and wrong that everyone in the world seems to understand, regardless of culture. It is almost as if, behind all of the diversity, one finds a common understanding—a human culture—that goes beyond racial, social, and political boundaries.
| A．And our society has lately stressed the importance of diversity. |
| B．All people seem to agree that we ought to have unique culture. |
| C．Each value supports many more sayings from different cultures. |
| D．These sayings from four separate cultures all support the same value—honesty. |
| E．However, historically, different cultures seem to share a great many common values. |
| F．It is almost as if, despite all our differences, we are all still the same—we are just people. |
| G．For example, one culture may lean more toward justice and another culture more toward mercy. |
【推荐2】Culture shock is an experience a person may have when one moves to a cultural environment which is different from one’s own; it is also the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country, a move between social environments, or simply transition to another type of life. One of the most common causes of culture shock involves individuals in a foreign environment. Culture shock can be described as consisting of at least one of four distinct phases: honeymoon, negotiation, adjustment, and adaptation.
Cross-cultural communication is a field of study that looks at how people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate, in similar and different ways among themselves, and how they make efforts to communicate across cultures. Intercultural communication is a related field of study.
Culture shock is a very real experience for many people who move to another country. Anyone who has lived or studied or even travelled extensively in another country has tasted and lived through some level of culture shock. At the time it may feel more like homesickness, but what most people who haven’t undergone any kind of adaptation program don’t know are the stages one goes through when adjusting to a new language, country, and culture.
1. What is the passage mainly about?| A．Cross-cultural communication. | B．Cultural environment. |
| C．Cultural shock. | D．Intercultural communication. |
| A．A couple go on a photography team overseas. |
| B．A student studies in a foreign country. |
| C．An American settled down in China twenty years ago. |
| D．A teacher teaches foreign culture courses. |
| A．A branch of intercultural communication study. |
| B．A study of people from different countries. |
| C．A study of communication across cultures. |
| D．A study of differences between Western and Eastern culture. |
| A．Cultural shock will happen to everyone. |
| B．Cultural shock is like a kind of homesickness. |
| C．Varying stages are necessary to go through culture shock. |
| D．People may taste culture shock when they travel abroad. |
【推荐3】A cultural view on personal space
It’s a well-known fact that the British prefer a large “bubble” of personal space around them.
Now, a study published in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology has looked into why different cultures have such different approaches to personal space.
To a degree, this proved correct. Argentina becomes known as the most touchy-feely nation; people here keep the same distance from a stranger as a British person would an acquaintance and a Canadian individual a close friend or partner.
The academics leading this study admit that there is a lot more to do. But what we do know is to keep your distance in Canada; prepare for a hug in Argentina.
| A．It’s important to get the distance right, though. |
| B．Romanians clearly take longer to establish trust. |
| C．How close we stand to other people varies widely between countries. |
| D．And if you end up on good terms with a Norwegian, don’t draw back. |
| E．However, in India people will pack into trains and buses without a second thought. |
| F．One theory the researchers wanted to test was whether climate affects personal space. |
| G．The study certainly found that climate, age and gender have an effect on personal distance across cultures. |
