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When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States. I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive (敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description "old". I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry. In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience. However, in the United States, people think "growing old" is a problem since "old" shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn"t want to hear. After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don"t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don"t show my feelings through words. | ||||||||||||||
1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because . | ||||||||||||||
A. the manager asked him to do so B. he respected the elderly C. the couple wanted him to do so D. he wanted more pay | ||||||||||||||
2. When Jack called the couple "elderly", they became . | ||||||||||||||
A. nervous B. satisfied C. unhappy D. excited | ||||||||||||||
3. In Jack"s hometown, . | ||||||||||||||
A. people dislike being called "old" B. people are proud of being old C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants | ||||||||||||||
4. After this experience, Jack . | ||||||||||||||
A. lost his job in the restaurant B. made friends with the couple C. no longer respected the elderly D. changed his way with older people | ||||||||||||||
5. Which of the following is TRUE? | ||||||||||||||
A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got. B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience. C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple. D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture. | ||||||||||||||
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When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper (志愿做护士助手的小姑娘) at a local hospital in my town. Most of the 1 I spent there was with Mr Gillespie. He never had any 2 , and nobody seemed to care about his 3 . I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him,_4_anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, 5 he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏) of my hand. Mr Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷). I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr Gillespie was 6 . I didn"t have the 7 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might 8 me he had died. Several 9 later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face. When I 10 who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was 11 ! I built up the courage to ask him if his name was Mr Gillespie. With a(n) 12 look on his face, he replied yes. I 13 how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 14 . He began to tell me how, 15 he lay there comatose, he could hear me talking to him and could 16 me holding his hand the whole time. Mr Gillespie 17 believed that it was my voice and 18 that had kept him alive. Although I haven"t 19 him since, he fills my heart with 20 every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death. | ||||||||||||||
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