Imagine a Day with 5G in the Future

Jane has been living in China for more than two years and she has come to know some of the differences between Western and Chinese culture. Here is what she has to say about this.

“In China people often try to avoid conflicts. If somebody does something you don’t like, you may be upset, but you should hide it, keep it inside, and act like nothing is wrong. If you must do something, you should not talk to the person directly, but talk to someone else. However, in western countries, things are different. If someone does something I don’t like, I may say it nicely or I may get very angry, but at least I will do something. Also, I won’t talk to other persons about it and instead I will talk to the person directly. In fact, in western countries, if you say something bad about a person to someone else, it is thought that you have a bad character.”

She also told me another thing. “Every time I go out, people ask, ‘Where are you going?’ I am really tired of these.” It’s time for us to pay more attention to the culture difference.

Jason and his father were going to the grocery store by car to pick up some apples. It had been an unusual day. The sky was dark but there were few clouds. As they drove up the street, there started to be a rumbling (隆隆的) sound heard across the around.

Jason’s father immediately realized that a tornado (龙卷风) was coming. He stopped the car and told Jason to get out immediately. Jason and his father got out of the car and made their way to the closest building. By this time the wind was blowing harder, and it was hard to see or hear. Debris was falling all over the place. Jason couldn’t see his dad anymore. He also realized that he wasn’t getting to the building fast enough. He was afraid he would be picked up by the wind and thrown into the air.

As he made his way towards the building, he noticed a field to his right. He could see an irrigation ditch (灌溉渠). In a panic, he scrambled (爬) to the ditch and lay flat on the ground. More debris and objects flew overhead. His heart was beating hard, and he was nervous. He had never been in a tornado before.

After a while, the winds died down and the loud roaring sound was gone. Jason slowly lifted his head and nervously looked around. ▲ Jason could hardly recognize the building in front of him because of all the damage.

He stood up with shaky legs and walked to the building. Once there, he pushed the door open and went inside. It was a public building owned by the city. It was empty, but Jason could hear noises further inside. He walked into the large room and saw his dad. He ran across the room and gave him a big hug.

“Jason! How are you? I’ve been worried sick about you!” said his father. “I couldn’t find you anywhere!”

Jason breathed a sigh of a relief(松了一口气) and sat down. He did have a story to tell!

Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Rakesh. He studied and lived in a boarding school(寄宿学校). Every night he jumped over the wall and played outside. He ______ returned before dawn(黎明) and lay on his bed again, so no one knew that Rakesh went out at   ______.

One night as usual, Rakesh found ______ asleep. He decided to play outside again. He went into his teacher—Mrs. Green’s room ______ and saw her ______ on bed. Then Rakesh walked out towards the wall. Near the wall, there was a ladder in the bushes, he hid it there. He ______ the ladder and climbed up it, then jumped over the wall. ______ at that time his teacher was awake and saw him going out.

______ got up and took away the ______ from the wall. A few hours ______ , Rakesh returned. In the dark, he tried to climb ______ from the wall. Sadly, there was no ladder, instead, Mrs. Green was standing where the ladder was and waited for him. Rakesh was very ______ to be punished (惩罚), but to his surprise, she just helped Rakesh to get onto the ground , said, “Rakesh, at least ______ a warm coat with you when you go out at night.” Mrs. Green’s ______ made Rakesh know his own faults. He apologized(道歉) and never went out at night again. It is the ______ lesson that he has ever had.