Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural     1     and try to adapt to them.

Chinese people do not have the same concept of     2     as Americans do. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is     3     and intrusive.

As is well known, the Chinese like to save. They are always     4     when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for    5     and education than their Chinese counterparts.