First, I wanna share with you a story also a joke: There was a Chinese guy in America for the first time to rent a room. He glory in his English, he talked with the homeowner: "I eat you, sleep you, how much a month?" (the equivalent meaning in Chinese is how much a month for the rent including lunch and dinner?) Surely, the house lady was shocked by his word and felt embarrassed. This case shows us a very common situation which widely happens in the communications within different cultures. This is what we call Culture Shock. Culture shock is something that many new immigrants experience whilst adjusting to a new culture. Many things brings in culture shock- different languages, different foods and ways of eating, shops and prices, attitudes of people, etc. It's strangeness, uneasiness or even worried about when we move from our home country and familiar surrounding, to live in a new and different society.
HAHAHAH I looooooooove your joke very funny. I think the hardes part of moving to another country is exactly what you said not sure what the response from others will be to you. Many of my family members have come from Guyana and have had to leave their family memebers back in their country adn it was very hard for them. The most difficult thing is really trying to acclimate to the new country and trying to make good friends. Sharlene Bisram
ReplyDeleteIt’s a funny story, but I believe it would happen many times in NY. Different languages have different sentence structure, we may misunderstand the meaning. On the other hand, it is so hard to learn other language that totally different, especially for people who never learn that.
ReplyDeleteIt is true. In your story we see how difficult it is to adopt to a new culture. People who travel to different countries have to learn everything from the beginning. It is like they are born again. They have to learn new language or custom just to be like others, and not be treated as strangers.
ReplyDeleteHaHa story reminds back then...the first time I arrived in the U.S. I couldn't speak any word because I was paronide to use correct structure or grammer. still struggling as you see. good story!
ReplyDeleteHoho, I never heard that from you before. But I guess everyone more or less the same when they come here. I remember when I first had my hair cut, I didn't give that hair stylist any tips.-_-' So embrassing...
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