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阅读理解。
You
want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, studying
here is really an eye—opening experience.
In
China, I had English classes five times a week since the fifth grade. However, I
didn't know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until
I came to a school in Connecticut. When I first studied English, I was told to
say "I am fine" when people say "How are you?" But in the
Us, I found that people say "I am good" or "I am tired". One
day, someone greeted me with "What's up?" It made me confused. I
thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn't know what to say.
Since
then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US
cultures. To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to
get a tan. However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their
skin paler, or "whiter". I'm also surprised by how hard-working Us
students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard. But
here, a "good" student gets good grades, does a lot for the public
and plays sports or music.
The
kids here are so talented. I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the
piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.
