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,foreignstudentsarelikelytocomeacrosstheircounterpartsfromdifferentcoun