Match the words from column A with their synonyms from column C and fill the column B.
A
B
C
Ex: environment
surroundings
dreamed
unpleasant
hobbies
perhaps
not enjoyable
specialist
embarrassed
culture
longtime
shock
surroundings
figure out
levels
bored
maybe
imagined
confusion
self-conscious
fear
disorientation
customs, traditions
role
make changes
wear off
pain
adjust to
position
paranoia
gradually stop
stages
understand
long-term
expert
pastimes
uninterested
Culture shock occurs when someone lives in a foreign country for an ………… period of time.
estranged
entranced
envied
extended
Living …………… can be a wonderful experience, but it can be difficult because you may have to adapt to a culture that is very different from your own.
kitty-cornered
crosswise
abroad
overboard
…………….. are people who have left their home countries to live as permanent residents in foreign countries.
Expatriates
Ex-cons
Extremities
Examiners
Many people ……………. from culture shock when they move to an exotic, foreign country.
infect
fall
suffer
come
At first, people who move to another country are usually ……………. by their new surroundings and the different culture.
tracked
communicated
ransomed
fascinated
However, after the initial stages, a person may begin to feel …………… and frustrated about his/her surroundings.
delegated
dignified
denominated
disoriented
In order to overcome culture shock, a person usually begins to ………….. himself/herself in the local culture.
invade
integrate
incase
imitate
People often travel and live in foreign countries in order …………… a new culture.
scan
translate
experience
embed
When people move ……………., he/she would be wise to familiarize himself/herself to with the country and the local language beforehand.
countries
foreign
overseas
distant
People often get frustrated when they reside in a foreign country because of the language …………….. that exist.
bridges
barriers
bans
bombs
Choose and underline the right word in each sentence. When moving to a new country, people often find it difficult to allot/adapt/allow to the cultural differences.
Being completely swallowed/gulped/immersed in a foreign language and culture can be very stressful at first.
Jamshid tried to develop a routine to further accept/annoy/acclimate himself to his new and foreign environment.
When you move to a foreign country, you will be viewing the world from a different perspective/perchance/pretense.
When you move to a foreign place, your mind will automatically construct/compare/contact the new and different things to what you knew beforehand.
Usually, people grow/make/attain in many ways from a cultural experience.
People who live in a country on a legal, permanent basis are often called android/adapted/alien residents.
Try to stay optimistic when you move to a foreign country or you will become very normal/negative/nominated and you will not get much enjoyment out of your experience.
After about six to twelve months, people often become annoyed/accustomed/allotted to their new surroundings and the culture begins to make sense.
Reverse culture shock is also called resolved/reentry/relocated shock and can occur when a person returns to his/her home country after having lived in another country for an extended period of time.
LESSON ELEVEN
MASS MEDIA
Match the words with their definitions:
Cartoon the title of a newspaperstory that is printed in largeletters
Caption the most importantstory on the front page of a newspaper, or the first piece of news on a newsbroadcast
Editorial a report in a newspaper that announces someone’s death and gives a short description of their life and achievements
Front page a newspaperreport about a shockingevent, or a report that describes something in a deliberatelyshocking way
Gossip column a separate part of a newspaper or magazine
Headline gossip newspapers
Lead a false report maliciously uttered and tending to injure the reputation of a person
Obituary a sentence or phrase under a picture to identify or describe the picture
Shocker the first page of a newspaper
Slender a humorousdrawing in a magazine or newspaper, often with wordswritten below
Broadsheet a newspaperarticle in which the editor gives their opinion on an issue in the news
Tabloids an article that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine and gives details of the private lives of famous people.
Fill in the gaps with the words which are given in exercise # 1:
I can’t understand why people buy ________________________, such as “Darakchi”, “Bekajon” and others, because they don’t contain the real news, just gossip.
Did you read about famous Uzbek writer Utkir Khoshimov in the newspaper who’s recently died? There was a wonderful article about his life in the ______________________ today.
The reason that many people only glance through the papers to read the ______________________ is that they are so busy and don’t have time to read the details in the articles themselves.
I quite like reading ________________________ because it’s interesting to read the views of the editor on particular issues.
One of my favorite parts of the newspaper is the comic strip because I find the message in the __________________________ so relevant to the major issues of the day.
Every Wednesday our students have to bring ______________________ like “Xalq so’zi”, “O’zbekiston ovozi” to read about the main events that happened in our country or abroad.
The ________________________ of the magazines should be eye-catching to attract the reader’s attention. For this reason the photos of famous people are printed there.
The ____________________________ of the 2016 was that Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Bradd Pitt and blamed him that he was fooling around with a French actress Marion Cotillard.
The __________________________ is the most interesting sections of the newspaper as people enjoy reading about celebrities and their relationship.
