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ends. Mothers may meet while dropping their children off at nursery school and remain friends until their kids go to different schools. The same holds true for neighbors who are closest of friends until one moves away. These friendships are not deep but are based upon shared daily experiences. Many Americans, in general, do have enduring friendships, but at certain points in their lives can be satisfied with transient relationships. In cultures where people have only lifetime friends (i n part because they do not move from city to city), these temporary relationships are hard to understand. But many Americans move so often that learning to make friends quickly becomes a necessary survival skill.
16. Why do Americans like to move a lot
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much of part of the language, it is more important for us to be able to read into them to get the real meaning from them. Since the purpose of using euphemism is to reduce the unpleasantness of a term or notion, it is natural to find many euphemistic terms used in governments' announcements, in international relations, and in the military. For example, the former President of United States Ronald Reagon who had promised the American public to cut taxes called for revenueenhancements instead of"tax increases". The term for the third world countries was at first underdeveloped nations, then developing countries and then emerging nations took its
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or more succesSful communication or cultural understanding in each case by answering Questions26一28
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answers on the Answer Sheet. Note! Your writing ability will also be assessed in this section of the test. Case 1 (1 0 points) I have an American friend. I have invited him several times, and at long last he invited me to his home one day. He told me to get there at 3 pm. I thought we could chat and have a meal together. I gave him a Chinese calendar, a woman's scarfand a bottle of Chinese white 227
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