我發現，要學習和適應的事情遠遠超過了我的想象。我認為，如何接受彼此的差異，如何適應新觀念、新思想和新的生活方式，決定著一段跨文化的戀情是否能夠成功。不管怎樣，這種跨文化的戀情頗具挑戰性。現在，我與約翰已經分手了，這或許與你猜想的結局一樣。那次拜訪表現還不錯，可我覺得自己把蘋果皮削得太厚了。
記憶填空
1. I was born in___ ， but I moved to the United States when I was 5 years old. I know how to， read____， and write Korean and I thought I had learned____ from my family and watched enough TV programmes to know about Korean_____ .
2. I had to constantly recap the stories of the____ we just saw. But the toughest obstacle was trying to describe our___ or thoughts to each other， trying to learn about our____ worlds with our_____vocabularies.
佳句翻譯
1. 我漠然地看著窗外，約翰繼續念叨。
譯________________________________
2. 我們接觸到了不同的世界，我們教會彼此如何從不同的角度處理、接受和學習事物。
譯________________________________
3. 然而，我們的愛情讓我意識到，即使很細微的文化差異，也會讓我們產生很大的分歧。
譯________________________________
短語應用
1. It was hard for him to blend in with my Asian-American friends.
blend in：混合；加入
造_______________________________
2. There were little things that I eventually became accustomed to.
become accustomed to：習慣於；對……覺得習以為常
造_______________________________
如意郎君
Mr. Right
佚名 / Anonymous
When I was younger， I used to dream of finding Mr. Right.
After each heartbreak， I would wonder how long it would take me to find him. I didn’t realize it then， but each relationship taught me a lesson and brought me one step closer to true love. It went something like this：_