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根据以下内容回答题:“CuIture shock”occurS as result of total immersion in a new culture.It happens to“peo-Dle who haye been suddenly transplanted abroad.”Newcomers may be anxious because they do not speak the language,know the customs,or understand people’s behavior. in daily life.The visitor finds that“yes may not always mean“yes”,that friendliness does not necessarily mean friendship,or that statements that appear to be serious are really intended as jokes.The for-eigner may be unsure as to when to shake hands,when to start conversations,or how to approach a stmnger.The notion of“culture shock”helps explain feelings of bewilderment(困惑)and disorientation.Language problems do not account for all the frustrations(挫败)that people feel.When one is deprived of everything that was once familiar,such as understanding a transportation system,knowing how to register for university classes,Ot knowing how to make friends,difficulties in coping with the new society may arise. “…when an individual enters a strange cuhure,he or she is like fish out of water.”New-comers feel at times that they do not belong to and feel alienated from the native members of thecuhure.When this happens visitors may want t0·reject everything about the new environment and may glorify and exaggerate(夸大)the positive aspects of their own culture.Conversely visitors may scorn their native country by rejecting its values and instead choosing to identify with(if only temporarily)the value of the new country.This may occur as an attempt to over—identify with the new culture in order to be accepted by the people in it.

The expression“he or she is like fish out of water”suggests__________ .

  • A.people away from their cultures can hardly survive in a new culture
  • B.a fish can not survive without water
  • C.people away from their culture experience mental isolation
  • D.people away from their culture has difficulties in new environment
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