我发现,要学习和适应的事情远远超过了我的想象。我认为,如何接受彼此的差异,如何适应新观念、新思想和新的生活方式,决定着一段跨文化的恋情是否能够成功。不管怎样,这种跨文化的恋情颇具挑战性。现在,我与约翰已经分手了,这或许与你猜想的结局一样。那次拜访表现还不错,可我觉得自己把苹果皮削得太厚了。
记忆填空
1.Iwasbornin___ , , read____, andwriteKoreanandIthoughtIhadlearned____ frommyfamilyandwatchedenoughTVprogrammestoknowaboutKorean_____.
2.Ihadtoconstantlyrecapthestoriesofthe____ wejustsaw.Butthetoughestobstaclewastryingtodescribeour___ orthoughtstoeachother, tryingtolearnaboutour____ worldswithour_____vocabularies.
佳句翻译
1.我漠然地看着窗外,约翰继续念叨。
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2.我们接触到了不同的世界,我们教会彼此如何从不同的角度处理、接受和学习事物。
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3.然而,我们的爱情让我意识到,即使很细微的文化差异,也会让我们产生很大的分歧。
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短语应用
-Americanfriends.
blendin:混合;加入
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becomeaccustomedto:习惯于;对……觉得习以为常
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佚名 / Anonymous
WhenIwasyounger, .
Aftereachheartbreak, ’trealizeitthen, :_
’seyesbecamethesizeofgolfballs, “Ican’tbelieveyousaidthat!” (Andnotbecausehewasnotlookingforwardtothekiss.) Sowithonequickpeckonhislips, , , , evenbiggeronesifyoubreaktheirheart.
Inthe7thgrade, , andhewasmissingafewfrontteeth, buteachtimehesmiledatme, , hewouldpickonmeeveryday, ? Hetaughtmethatnomatterhowmuchyoudrooloveraguy, itwon’tmakehimdroolback.
Inthe10thgrade, ? Hecameovertomyhouseafewtimes, , , —noguyisworth2sistersfighting.
Myfirst“real” kisshappenedwithanout-of-townboyfriend, whomIdidn’' tlikehimquiteasmuchashelikedme, Idumpedhimoverthephone (whataheartbreakerIwas!) , itwillneverwork.
Afteralltheselessons, .