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CultureShock

Cultureshockisprecipitatedlbytheanxiety

thatresultsfromlosingallourfamiliarsignsand

symbolsofsocialintercourse.Thosesignsorcues

includethethousandandone2waysinwhichwe

orient3ourselvestothesituationofdailylife;when

toshakehandsandwhattosaywhenwemeet

people,whenandhowtogivetips,howtomake

purchases,whentoacceptandwhentorefuse

invitations,whentotakestatementsseriouslyand

whennot.Thesecues,whichmaybewords,gestures,

facialexpressions,customs,ornorms,areacquiredby

allofusinthecourseofgrowingupandareasmucha

partofourcultureasthelanguagewespeakorthe

beliefsweaccept.Allofusdependforourpeaceof

mindandourefficiencyonhundredsofthesecues,

mostofwhichwedonotcarryonthelevelof

consciousawareness.

Nowwhenanindividualentersastrangeculture,

allormostofthesefamiliarcuesareremoved.Heor

sheislikeafishoutofwater4.Nomatterhow

broad-minded5orfullofgoodwillyoumaybe,aseries

ofprops6havebeenknockedfromunderyou,

followedbyafeelingoffrustration7andanxiety.

Peoplereacttothefrustrationinmuchthesameway.

Firsttheyrejecttheenvironmentwhichcausesthe

discomfort."Thewaysofthehostcountryare

badbecausetheymakeusfeelbad."Whenforeigners

inastrangelandgettogethertogrouseabout8thehost

countryanditspeople,youcanbesuretheyare

sufferingfromcultureshock.Anotherphaseofculture

shockisregression.Thehomeenvironmentsuddenly

assumesatremendousimportance.Totheforeigner

everythingbecomesirrationallyglorified.All

thedifficultiesandproblemsareforgottenandonlythe

goodthingsbackhomeareremembered.Itusually

takesatriphometobringonebacktoreality.

Someofthesymptomsofcultureshockare

excessivewashingofthehands,excessiveconcernover

drinkingwater,fooddishes,andbedding;fearof

physicalcontactwithattendants,theabsent-minded

stare;afeelingofhelplessnessandadesirefor

dependenceonlong-termresidentsofone'sown

nationality;fitsofangeroverminorfrustrations;great

concernoverminorpainsanderuptionsoftheskin;and

finally,thatterriblelongingtobebackhome.

閱讀自測

I.Replacetheunderlinedwordswiththe

phrasesinthepassagewiththesamemeaning:

1.Cultureshockiscausedbytheanxietythat

resultsfromlosingallourfamiliarsignsandsymbolsof

socialintercourse.

2.Thosesignsandcuesincludealotofwaysin

whichweact.

3.Enteringanewcompanywithnofriendshelp

him,hefeelsuncomfortable.

4.Althoughlivingabroadfor5years,shestill

feelshomesicknowandthen.

II.Question:

Whatarethesymptomsofcultureshock?

參考答案

I?1.precipitated2.thethousandandone3.like

afishoutofwater4.longingtobebackhome

II.Someofthesymptomsofcultureshockare

excessivewashingofthehands,excessive033concern

overdrinkingwater,fooddishes,andbedding;fearof

physicalcontactwithattendants,theabsent-minded

stare;afeelingofhelplessnessandadesirefor

dependenceonlong-termresidentsofone'sown

nationality;fitsofangeroverminorfrustrations;great

concernoverminorpainsanderuptionsoftheskin;

andfinally,thatterriblelongingtobebackhome.

參考譯文

出門一日難

文化休克現象源自焦慮，焦慮的緣由是我們找不

到熟悉的社會標記及特征。這些標記或示意包含了

許多引導我們適應日常生活的方法：什么時候握手，

與人見面時該說什么話，什么時候及怎樣給小費，如

何購物，什么時候接受邀請，什么時候拒絕邀請，什

么話須要嚴肅對待，什么話不須要。這些示意可以是

話語、手勢、面部表情、風俗或者行為準則，它們都是

我們在成長的過程中獲得的，就像我們所說的語言或

接受的信仰那樣，成為我們的'文化的組成部分。為

了使心態平和，工作高效，我們大家都依靠于多數個

這樣的示意，其中大多數的示意都不是我們有意識

地進行傳達的。

這時候，一個人進入一種生疏的文化領域時，他

從前所熟悉的全部或者說大部分的暗示都消逝了，

他就會感到無所適從。不管你是如何的心胸開闊抑或

熱忱高漲，在失去了一個個依托之后，你總會有一

種挫敗感和焦慮感。面對挫折，人們的反應幾乎都是

一樣的。首先，人們會排斥給他們帶來困苦的那種環

境。“東道國的生活方式不好是因為它們讓我們覺得

不舒適。〃當一群客居他國的同鄉聚在一起埋怨東道國

和東道國的人民時，你就可以確定他們正飽受文化

休克之苦。文化休克的另一個階段是回來。家鄉陡然

變得異樣重要。對身居他鄉的人而言，家鄉的一切都

不合情