TheBritishpeoplearefamousforbeingquitereserved(保守的).Weareknownaroundtheworldforhavingthebiggest"personal1"?thedistancebetweenusandthepersonweare2to.Ihave3beenmoreawareofthisthanoverth
TheBritishpeoplearefamousforbeingquitereserved(保守的).Weareknownaroundtheworldforhavingthebiggest"personal 1"?thedistancebetweenusandthepersonweare 2to.Ihave3beenmoreawareofthisthanoverthelastmonthsinceIarrivedinChina.GettingusedtoChinesecolleagues 4closebymeandevenplacingtheirhandsonmyarmisprovingquite 5.MynaturalBritishreactionisto 6backandmoveawayeventhoughIrealizeitisafriendlygesturebytheChineseperson.
Ihave 7manypeopleholdinghandsorputtingtheirarmsaroundeachotherastheywalkalongthestreetsofBeijing.ThiswouldrarelybeseenintheUKevenbetweenveryclosefriends.
And 8atsomeoneinBritainisconsideredvery 9.ButhereIfindmyselfbeingstaredatoften.It 10melongtorealizethiswasnotrudeinChinabuta 11ofcuriosity.
IvisitedDatonglastweekwherethelocalpeopleare 12usedtoWesterners.Anelderlywomancouldn'tbelieveher 13whenshesawme.And 14feeloffended(使不舒服)byherstaringatmeIwas 15toseehersmilebackwhenIsaid"Nihao."
WhenIvisitedoneofDatong'smiddleschoolstotalkaboutEnglishWeeklythestudentsaskedmeto 16theircopiesofthenewspaper.AndonegirlattheYungangGrottoesaskedtohaveherpicturetakenwithme.I 17likeacelebrity(名人)!
Ihave 18overthelastmonthhowtrueitisthattheBritisharevery 19.Wecanlearnalotabout 20fromChina'scultureandhabits.AndIamlearningmoreeveryday.
1.
A.feeling
B.secret
C.signal
D.space
2.
A.turning
B.talking
C.pointing
D.listening
3.
A.never
B.hardly
C.almost
D.always