Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and u    26     each other? Here is a simple test. Imagine (设想) you will hold a m    27     at four o’clock, w    28     should you expect your foreign business friends to come? If they are Germans, they will a    29     on time. If they are Americans, they will probably be fifteen minutes early. If they are British, they’ll be fifteen minutes late.

The British seemed to have thought since the English l    30     was widely used in the world, what they did was certain to be widely understood. Very soon they f    31     they were completely (完全地) wrong. For e    32    , the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal, but the Japanese prefer not to talk about work while e    33    . Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know e    34    other, and they don’t drink at lunch. The Germans like to talk about business b    35     dinner, and the French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed before they discuss anything.

Go on a road trip? Check out these roadside attractions and museums.

World’s Largest Ball of Paint

In 1977, Michael Carmichael created the biggest ball of paint. Starting with a baseball as the center, he painted layer(层)after layer. After over 20.000 layers of paint. the ball weighs over 1. 300 pounds. Visitors can paint the balls themselves and become part of history.

Dinosaur Park

The land can be found outside Rapid City. On a hill overlooking the city, dinosaurs made out of brightly painted concrete(混凝土) stand guard. The park was built as a work project in 1936 by Debbie Sardone. The five dinosaurs are life-sized and can be seen from miles away.

The Museum of Dirt

The museum is the idea of Glenn Johanson. labeled glass bottles contain dirt from the Great Wall of China and sand from a desert in Sandi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Johanson has collected material from the Amazon River and from Times Square after a New Year's Eve celebration, lava(火山岩)from Mt Fuji in Japan and shells from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Best of all, visiting this museum is free.

Paper House

Ellis Stenman built a two-room house almost completely out of newspapers in 1922. At that time, “recycling" wasn't even a word yet. The house was framed(框起来) with wood, but the walls were made of 215 layers of newspapers. The furniture was also made of newspapers. In all. it used about 100, 000 newspapers.