Culture shock is a complex topic, but I'm a simple man with simple perspectives．So my experience of foreign culture boils down to three basic stages：anger, acceptance and appreciation．
When I 1 my life in China I was often filled with frustration and 2 over the way things were．Things were seen as clearly “ 3 ” and I rejected the view of there being other ways of doing things．Afterwards I came to 4 different ways of doing things 5 still saw my own ways as superior．
My views were still heavily colored by 6 and I often accepted situations I felt 7 by simply coining the phrase "That's China," 8 China was a backward country that simply didn't do things correctly．Finally, 9 , I came to understand and appreciate the new 10 and ways of doing things, sometimes using them as effectively as the 11 ．
For example, fish is never 12 with the head in my country, thus my feelings went from “Ugh! I can’t eat this! The fish is 13 at me saying, `You're a 14 man．' Take this off the table,” to “I’ll let my friends enjoy, but I'll just stick with the other 15 ,” and to "Would anyone mind if I eat the eyeball?"
It is not the same with every westerner, and some take 16 than others to go through the three stages．It all depends on how 17 you are and how tightly you 18 to your own culture．It took a little over a year of living in China 19 I finally appreciate the new culture．Now, I'm more 20 in China than in my own country．
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
名校课堂系列答案