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Follow-up

Answer these questions.

1. Why is it impossible to give guidelines that will be applicable in every culture?
2. When abroad, why should one place much more emphasis on the simple niceties of polite social intercourse than he might at home?
3. What qualities should one display in the host country for successful intercultural adjustment?
4. Do you consider yourself to be adaptable and flexible? What qualities of a flexible person do you possess?

Try to guess the meaning of the following words from the text.

1. to place emphasis on sth 4. adaptable
2. to keep in mind 5. regard for
3. in keeping with 6. to launch into

Choose the best answer.

1. Social customs ____ from one country to another.

A. do not differ

B. differ slightly

C. differ greatly

2. When abroad, be prepared ____ whomever you meet in your day-to-day activities.

A. to go at

B. to offer a formal word of greeting to

C. to kid

3. Keeping options open and judgmental behavior to a minimum describes ___.

A. an adaptable or flexible person

B. a shifty person

C. a weak person

4. ___is the demonstrated desire to know about other people, places, ideas, etc.

A. Impudence

B. Curiosity

C. Kindness

5. An important skill for successful intercultural communicators is the ability and willingness ___.

A. to impose one's feelings and thoughts upon others

B. to conceal one's feelings and thoughts from others

C. to communicate one's feelings and thoughts to others

State your views on the following points.

1. If we are different enough, people can be fearful of the differences.

2. It takes much work to get to know people who are different from us.

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1. Identify the one underlined word for the sentence to be correct.

1. You can be yourself as long as you remain friendliness, courteous, and dignified.

A B C

2. Your behaviour should be regulated pretty much in the same manner as if you will the

A B

guest in someone else's home.

C

3. Any modern nation is a complex society withcorrespondence variations in culture.

A B C

4. The ability to laugh off things will help to guard againstdespairs.

A B C

5. Persons with a strong sense of themselves stand up at what they believe.

A B C

6.The ability to tolerance failure is critical because everyone fails at something overseas.

A B C

Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B.

1. courteous a. dispirited

2.dignified b. patience

3.to err c. consent

4.gratitude d. imperious

5.flexible e. stick to

6.discouraged f. extremely

7.tolerance g. honourable

8.willingness h. do wrong

9.overbearing i. defend

10.to cling to j. polite

11. sorely k. adjustable

12. to stand up for l. gratefulness