1. You learn how to interact with other people, and you learn a considerable amount about life in a culture that is not your own.
    你学会了如何和他人交流，而且你还了解了大量与自己不同文化背景的人们的生活情况。

2. You begin to see that even though the distinctions of the culture are different from your own, it has elements that you can learn to appreciate.
    你开始明白，虽然这种新的文化的特点和你自己的文化的特点有所不同，其中也必定有着值得你学习和欣赏的东西。

3. You must be cautious, however. These mechanisms can really hurt you because they prevent you from making necessary adjustments to the new culture.
    但是你必须谨慎，这些办法可能会真的使你受到伤害，因为它们会阻碍你对新的文化作出必要的调整。

4. You become tired of many things about the new culture.
    你会对新的文化里的许多东西都感到厌倦。

5. She is a woman of considerable culture.
    她是个文化修养很高的女子.

6. You may have difficulty adjusting to a new culture and to those parts of the culture not familiar to you.
    在适应一种新的文化及该文化中你不熟悉的那些部分时，你也许会遇到困难。

7. Usually at this point in your adjustment to a new culture, you devise some defense mechanisms to help you cope and to protect yourself against the effects of culture shock.
    通常在你适应一种新的文化的过程中步入这一阶段时，你会想出一些帮助你对付和保护自己免受文化冲击的影响的保护性办法。

8. Our forefathers have handed a rich national culture down to us.
    我们的祖先给我们传下来丰富多彩的民族文化。

9. It is well known that where the white man has invaded a primitive culture, the most destructive effects have come not from physical weapons but from ideas.
    众所周知，凡是白人侵入原始文化的地方，破坏作用最大的不是杀人的武器，而是思想。

10. In traditional Chinese culture, parents made marriage decisions for their children.
    在传统的中国文化里，孩子的婚姻是由父母作主的。