Unit12CultureShockTheotherdayIannouncedthatIwouldgoabroadforfurtherstudyrightaftermycollegeeducation.Mydecisionevoked(引起，唤起)theimmediateobjectionofmyfamily:Why?WhyshouldIborrowahugesumofmoneyforoverseasstudywhileImightreceivethesameeducationathomeatarelatively(相对地)lowcost?Myansweris:inadditiontoknowledge,Icangainexperiencethatthosewhostayathomewillneverhave.First,experienceistheopportunityforthereallifeuseofforeignlanguages.Whileapersoncanstudyaforeignlanguageathome,theeffectcanneverbecomparedwithconstantuseofthelanguageineverydaylife.Thereisnobetteropportunitytoimprovesecondlanguageskillsthanlivinginthecountryinwhichitisspoken.Second,livingandstudyingabroadoffersmeadifferentperspective(角度)oftheworld.Onauniversitycampus,foreignstudentsarelikelytocomeacrosstheircounterpartsfromdifferentcountriesandareasandareexposedtodifferentideasandvalues.Thishelpsmetohaveabetterunderstandingofdifferentsocietiesandinevitably(必然地)seemyowncountryinanewlight(以新的眼光)．Third,overseasexperience,disappointingandpainfulasitmaybe,ishelpful.Apersongoingabroadforstudyoftenexperiencesmuchmoredifficulty—difficultyinadaptingtoanewcultureandindealingwithallproblemsalone.Yet,thedifficulty,coupledwiththefrustrationbroughtonbycultureshock,isarewardingexperienceforone’sfuturelifeanddevelopmentofpersonality(个性)．Althoughgoingabroadisexpensiveandperhapspainful,thepayoff(回报)isworthwhile.Forthebenefitisnotmerelyknowledgegained,buttheexperiencedesirableinone’spersonallife.Section_ⅠWarmup&Lesson1—Prereading[原文呈现]DearAuntMei，Ican’tbelieveI’vebeeninLondonfor6monthsalready!Icertainlyowe①youanapology②fornotwritingmoreoften.I’vejustbeensobusystudyingandtrying③toabsorb④allthenewthingsaroundme—IthinkI’mstillexperiencing⑤cultureshock.Thereissomuchherethatisdifferentfromhome.Butyou’llsoonexperienceitallyourself!Iwish⑥yourvisitwasn’tgoingtobesobrief⑦butthere’salotwecandoandseeinaweek.I’mjustsogladyoucanafford⑧tovisitmeandIrefusetoletyoupayforanythingwhileyou’rehere!Idon’tknowwhatyourexpectations⑨areofLondon,butknowingthatyou’venevertravelledoutsideofAsia⑩，IthoughtI’dtellyouabitaboutwhatyoucanexpecttofind⑪.[读文清障]①owe//əʊvt.欠(情、债等)owe...tosb./owesb....欠某人……，把……归功于某人②apology/'pldi/əɒəʒn.道歉，认错makeanapologytosb.for(doing)sth.因(做了)某事向某人道歉③bebusydoingsth.忙于做某事④absorb/b'sb/əɔːvt.理解，掌握；吸收beabsorbedin全神贯注于……⑤experiencev．体验，经历；n.[U]经验；[C]经历⑥wish后接从句，从句要使用虚拟语气。表示与现在相反的假设时，从句中的谓语动词应使用过去式。⑦brief/brif/ːadj.短暂的，简短的brieflyadv.短暂地，简短地⑧affordvt.抽得出(时间)affordtodosth.抽得出时间做某事⑨expectation/ekspek'teIˌʃn/n.期待的事物，预期⑩现在分词短语作原因状语。⑪I'dtellyouabitabout...是thought的宾语从句，省略了that；该从句中又含有what引导的宾语从句，作介词about的宾语。[第1～2段译文]亲爱的梅姨：我简直无法相信我已经在伦敦待了6个月了！没有经常给您写信我的确应该向你道歉。我一直忙于学习，试着了解身边的新事物——我觉得自己还在经历文化冲击。这儿的很多事情与国内不一样。但不久您就会亲身体验到它了！我真希望您的来访不会这么短，但是一周内我们也有许多事情可做，许多地方可参观。您能抽时间来看我，我真是太高兴了。您在这儿的期间我不会让您花钱的！我不知道您对伦敦有什么期望，但是我知道您从来没有到亚洲以外的地方旅行过，所以我想告诉您一些您可能想知道的情况。Firsto...
