时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:新视野大学英语:视听说教程 1


英语课

Task 2: Culture Shock

(D=Doctor; S=Student)

D: Hello, I’m Dr 1. Black. How’re you feeling?

S: I’m not feeling well, doctor.

D: What seems to be the problem?

S: I don’t know. I just feel tired all the time. I want to sleep all day. I’m not interested in studying or being with people.

D: How long had this been going on?

S: Almost one month now.

D: Are there any other symptoms 2?

S: I’m just tired.

D: Do you have many friends?

S: I don’t really have many here. I’m an international student.

D: I imagine that many things about your life here are different from your home.

S: Yeah, my life’s changed a lot. Foods, customs 3, socializing…even body language and gestures are all different from those in my own country.

D: How long have you lived here?

S: Almost three months now. It seems much linger 4; it’s a struggle for me to get used to the new way of life here.

D: Hmm. Well, let’s check you over. (a few minutes later) Well, I don’t see anything physically 5 wrong with you. Your heart is strong. Lungs are clear. Your blood pressure is normal.

S: Then what do you think is wrong with me, doctor?

D: Your problem seems to be culture shock. Sometimes when people move to a new location 6, especially a new country, they experience culture shock. Sometimes this culture shock can be serious, and people become very depressed 7. I suggest that you try to spend some time each week with people from your own culture.

S: But my teachers tell me to speak English all the time.

D: I understand, but right now we need to deal with your symptoms. Follow my advice, and you’ll feel better.

S: How long does this last?

D: Culture shock lasts for a while and then begins to disappear. The length of time varies 8 from person to person. If you aren’t feeling better in two or three weeks, please call me again.


1. The student feels tired all the time, wants to sleep all day, and is not interested in studying or being with people.

2. Many things in the student’s life have changed, such as foods, customs, socializing, and even body language and gestures.

3. Because the student’s heart, and blood pressure are all normal.

4. Sometimes when people move to a new location, especially a new country, they experience culture shock.

5. The doctor suggests that the student try to spend some time each week with people from her own culture.

 



n.医生,大夫;博士(缩)(= Doctor)
  • Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
  • The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。
症状( symptom的名词复数 ); 征兆
  • Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
  • The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs. 这些症状可能会因为某些药物而加重。
n.海关,关税
  • The customs officials turned the man over to the French police.海关官员把那个人移交给了法国警察。
  • They are collecting customs.他们正在收缴关税。
vt.消磨,无所事事;vi.逗留,消磨,徘徊,漫步
  • Don't linger away your holidays,try to find something useful to do.不要虚度假日,尽量找些有意义的事做。
  • His last words still linger in our ears.他的临终嘱咐仍萦绕在我们耳际。
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
n.地点,位置,定位
  • It is a suitable location for a new school.那是建一所新学校的合适地点。
  • I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。
adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的
  • When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
  • His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
变化( vary的第三人称单数 ); [生物学]变异; 相应变化; 呈现不同
  • The need for sleep varies considerably from person to person. 不同的人对睡眠的需要差异相当大。
  • the stultifying effects of work that never varies 一成不变的工作造成的使人呆滞的后果
学英语单词
a kind of thrush
abranchialism
adjutrices
aguas
al-hamids
amanita toxin
analizer
artexed
B wave
bank of circulation issue
benign prostatic hypertrophy
carburizing medium
central gallows for antenna
Chalabre
clean-plate
contragradence
Coueron
crackdown
dextromethorphan hydrobromide
Dilikauri
disk angle
diving brake
echoey
edible part
enamel brush
erosion of state assets
excusations
financial protection
forechoice
four dimensional geometry
Geddes R.
gracilizing
guiding axle
Hanzi utility program
Haystack antenna
hefcs
heliopores
high temperature conversion catalyst
higher than high-level language
Holleben
hydrographical sextant
inlands
inn it
joint air attack team tactics (jaatt)
keying system
King Ferdinand
lake dwellings
lens capsule rupture
leucocytotoxicity
lyophilisation
maladie du coit
malefern oleoresin
Maria van Diemen, C.
mean lower hemispherical candle power
memoires
mixed metal thermo-reduction
musculi flexor digitorum brevis
myohaemation
natural enemy microoganism
nivation glacier
no grind gate
non-inverted
nontroublesome
outer cover
over-synchronous braking
paid-in value
pallings
pan-magic square
pareto-efficiencies
philip vis
phosphuria
photocarrier
piggyback distribution
pure cinema
quarrying
reduced pressure coefficient
self maintained discharge
Senna knot
situs rules
snarl effect
social analysis
soll
solothurns
SPACstation
Sparganum proliferum
sparrow-mouth
spasmodic mydriasis
sprue bushing guide
st.nicholas
stop shaft
substrate materials
syringectasia
terrifie
tool core
United States Signals Intelligence System
Vaeroya
vertical load on trestle
volume number of molecules
waste meterial
witches milk
word has it
workingwomen