每个国家都有各自文化习惯，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,webroughtnotonlyourluggage,butalsoourvillagerules,customsandculture.Oneoftherulesisthatyoungpeopleshouldalwaysrespect(尊敬)elders.Unluckily,thisruleledtomyveryfirstembarrassmentintheUnitedStates.
Ihadapart-timejobasawaiterinaChineserestaurant.Onetime,whenIwasservingfoodtoamiddle-agedcouple,thewifeaskedmehowthefoodcouldbeservedsoquickly.ItoldherthatIhadmadesuretheygottheirfoodquicklybecauseIalwaysrespecttheelderly.AssoonasIsaidthat,herfaceshowedgreatdispleasure.Mymanager,whohappenedtohearwhatIsaid,tookmeasideandgavemealonglectureabouthowsensitive(敏感)Americansareandhowtheydislikethedescription“old”.Ithenwalkedbacktothetableandapologizedtothewife.Afterthecoupleheardmyreason,theyunderstoodthattheproblemwascausedbyculturaldifferences,sotheylaughedandwerenolongerangry.
InmyvillageinChina,peopleareproudofbeingold.Notsomanypeoplelivetobeseventyoreighty,andpeoplewhoreachsuchanagehavethemostknowledgeandexperience.Youngpeoplealwaysrespectolderpeoplebecausetheyknowtheycanlearnfromtheirrichexperience.
【篇二】初中英语阅读理解短文
Jeanisabrightyoungwomanwhocomesfromarich
andfamousfamily.Shegoestoagooduniversityandhas
everythingthatmoneycanbuy.Well,almosteverything.
busythattheycanhardlyfindtimetobewithher.Infact,
Jeanisquitelonely.
ikesbeinganonymous(匿名),talkingtopeoplewho
donotknowaboutherfamousfamilyandherrichl
alotoffriendswhoshekeepsintouchwithquite
often.
LastyearJeanmadeaveryspecialfriendonQ
Q.HisnamewasDavidandlivedinSanFrancisco.
【篇三】初中英语阅读理解短文
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LindaEvanswasmybestfriend—likethesisterIneverhad.Wedideverythingtogether:pianolessons,movies,swimming,horsebackriding.
Shecalledassoonasshegotmyletter.“MrsTobin!”shesaidexcitedly,“LindaEvansWagmanismymother.”