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No.1中考英语阅读理解·“老”字趣谈
每个国家都有各自的文化习惯,而这种文化上的差异往往会引起一定的误会,不过只要熟
悉对方的风俗习惯做到入乡随俗,一切就OK啦!
WhenmyfamilymovedtoAmericain2010fromasmallvillageinGuangdong,China,webrought
notonlyourluggage,butalsoourvillagerules,customsandculture.Oneoftherulesisthat
youngpeopleshouldalwaysrespect(尊敬)elders。Unluckily,thisruleledtomyveryfirst
embarrassmentintheUnitedStates.
Ihadapart—timejobasawaiterinaChineserestaurant.Onetime,whenIwasservingfoodtoa
middle-agedcouple,thewifeaskedmehowthefoodcouldbeservedsoquickly.ItoldherthatI
hadmadesuretheygottheirfoodquicklybecauseIalwaysrespecttheelderly。AssoonasIsaid
that,herfaceshowedgreatdispleasure.Mymanager,whohappenedtohearwhatIsaid,took
measideandgavemealonglectureabouthowsensitive(敏感)Americansareandhowthey
dislikethedescription“old”。Ithenwalkedbacktothetableandapologizedtothewife.After
thecoupleheardmyreason,theyunderstoodthattheproblemwascausedbycultural
differences,sotheylaughedandwerenolongerangry。
InmyvillageinChina,peopleareproudofbeingold。Notsomanypeoplelivetobeseventyor
eighty,andpeoplewhoreachsuchanagehavethemostknowledgeandexperience。Young
peoplealwaysrespectolderpeoplebecausetheyknowtheycanlearnfromtheirrich
experience。
However,intheUnitedStates,peoplethink“growingold”isaproblemsince“old”showsthat
apersonisgoingtoretireorthatthebodyisnotworkingwell.Heremanypeopletrytokeep
themselvesawayfromgrowingoldbydoingexercisesorjogging,andwomenputonmakeup,
hopingtolookyoung.WhenItoldthecoupleintherestaurantthatIrespecttheelderly,they
gotangrybecausethiscausedthemtofeeltheyhadfailedtostayyoung.Ihadtoldthem
somethin
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