我发现，要学习和适应的事情远远超过了我的想象。我认为，如何接受彼此的差异，如何适应新观念、新思想和新的生活方式，决定着一段跨文化的恋情是否能够成功。不管怎样，这种跨文化的恋情颇具挑战性。现在，我与约翰已经分手了，这或许与你猜想的结局一样。那次拜访表现还不错，可我觉得自己把苹果皮削得太厚了。
记忆填空
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.
佳句翻译
1. 我漠然地看着窗外，约翰继续念叨。
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2. 我们接触到了不同的世界，我们教会彼此如何从不同的角度处理、接受和学习事物。
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3. 然而，我们的爱情让我意识到，即使很细微的文化差异，也会让我们产生很大的分歧。
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短语应用
1. It was hard for him to blend in with my Asian-American friends.
blend in：混合；加入
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2. There were little things that I eventually became accustomed to.
become accustomed to：习惯于；对……觉得习以为常
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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：_