Cultureshockisanoccupationaldiseaseforpeoplewhohavebeensuddenlytransplantedabroadlikemostillnesses;ithasitsownsymptomsandcure.
Cultureshockiscausedbytheanxietythatresultsfromlosingallfamiliarsignsandsymbolsofsocialintercourse.Thosesignsincludethethousandandonewaysinwhichweorientourselvestothesituationofdailylifewhentoshakehandsandwhattosaywhenwemeetpeoplewhenandhowtogivetipshowtomakepurchaseswhentoacceptandrefuseinvitationswhentotakestatementsseriouslyandwhennot.Thesesignswhichmaybewordsgesturesfacialexpressionsorcustomsareacquiredbyallofusinthecourseofgrowingupandasmuchapartofourcultureasthelanguagewespeakorthebeliefsweaccept.Allofusdependforourspaceofmindandourefficiencyonhundredsofthesesignsmostofwhichwedonotcarryonthelevelofconsciousawareness.
Nowwhenanindividualentersastrangecultureallormostofthesefamiliarsignsareremoved.Nomatterhowbroadmindedorfullofgoodwillyoumaybeaseriesofsupportshavebeenknockedfromunderyoufollowedbyafeelingoffrustrationinmuchthesameway.Firsttheyrejecttheenvironmentwhichcausesdiscomfort.“Thewaysofthehostcountryarebadbecausetheymakeusfeelbad.”Whenforeignersinastrangelandgettogethertocomplainaboutthehostcountryanditspeopleyoucanbesurethattheyaresufferingfromcultureshock.
Anotherphraseofcultureshockisregression.Thehomeenvironmentsuddenlyassumesatremendousimportance.Totheforeignereverythingbecomesunreasonablyglorified.Allthedifficultiesandproblemsareforgottenandonlythegoodthingsbackhomeareremembered.Itusuallytakesatriphometobringonebacktoreality.
1.Cultureshockiscalledanoccupationaldiseasemainlybecause
A.likeallotherdiseaseithasitsownsymptomsandculture
B.onlythosewhoengageincultureworksufferfromit
C.itishardtogetridof
D.onlythoselivinginastrangeculturemayexperienceit
2.Whenpeoplearetransplantedabroad——.
A.theysoonadaptthemselvestothenewcultureenvironment
B.theytrytoavoidcultureshock
C.theyfeellostinstrangesurroundings
D.theyb