5 Travel World

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1 CULTURE
Culture shock, the emotional and physical distress you may feel when you
visit a foreign country or culture, has three stages. The first stage, sometimes
called the “honeymoon” stage, is characterized by exaggerated happiness and
excitement. In the second stage, you might feel angry or sad at not being able
to communicate or understand the other culture. You might even get physically
ill. Finally, in the third stage, you realize that the new culture offers rewards as
well as challenges, and you feel ready and able to adapt to a new lifestyle.

Have you ever seen a visitor to your country experiencing culture shock?
What kind of person do you think experiences culture shock the most severely?
the least severely? Have you ever experienced culture shock? Describe
your experiences.

2 VOCABULARY Travel abroad

Put the words below in the word map. Add at least one more word to each list.
Then compare answers with a partner.

✓afraid to make a mistake eating a huge meal at lunch shaking hands

beautiful kissing in public spectacular
confused picturesque surprised

Feelings
afraid to make a mistake

Customs

Scenery

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 3 GUESS THE FACTS
What things do you think cause people to experience culture shock?
climate families greetings language
clothing food hotels transportation

Watch the video

4 GET THE PICTURE

A Check your answers from Exercise 3. Then compare with a partner.

B Complete the information for each person.

Camilla Andrew Delfino

Lives in: Is from: Is from:

Visited: Lives in: Lives in:

5 GUESSING MEANING FROM CONTEXT

Read these sentences from the video. Guess the meanings of the underlined words.
Check (✓) your answers. Then compare with a partner.
1. When you get home, you often have some 3. You’re invading my space.
interesting and perhaps humorous stories to tell making me uncomfortable
about your cross-cultural experiences. taking too much of my time
experiences that made you angry causing me pain
✓ experiences in different cultures
4. It is customary in my culture to have a huge meal
experiences in similar cultures
in the middle of the day.
2. Rio de Janeiro – that picturesque city of beautiful rare
beaches, Carnaval, and the samba. polite
old-fashioned usual
expensive
pretty

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