F2F Class Notes March 15th (Joseph)

Vocabulary

Segregate – to separate yourself from people (e.g. It is common for Chinese exchange students to segregate themselves from the locals and only hang out with other Chinese students when they go abroad to study.)

Edited:

When we go to another country we can choose to follow the local customs or just keep our own. If people choose to adapt their lifestyle or habits into the local lifestyle, maybe they will feel a little bit uncomfortable in the beginning, however, the advantages are that after some time they can easily get used to the local environment and make friends with the locals. If we choose to keep our own customs, the positives are that we can keep our traditions alive but the problem is that you might become segregated. For me I prefer to follow the customs of the new country because when I went to paris for an exchange program, at first I lived the same life I had in China. However, I soon felt that it was really hard for me to make friends with French people, so I chose to hang out with more French students and try to follow their lifestyles. Then, I found that I was improving my French speaking and I quickly felt that my life was much more comfortable in Paris.

Original:

When we go to another country we can choose to follow the local customs or just keep our own customs. If people chose to change their lifestyle or habit into the local style maybe they will fell a little bit uncomfortable in the beginning but the advantages are that they can get used to the local environment and make friends with the local people. If we chose to keep our own customs the good things is that we can keep those traditional things to make sure that we will not forget precious traditions but the problem is that it will make us not so easily to get with. for me I prefer to follow the customs of the new country because when i went to paris for the exchange program in the beginning I live the same life like I was in China but then I felt that its really hard for me to make friends with French so I choose to hang out with French friends and live their lifestyles then I found that I can talk better with them and I feel my life was much more comfortable in Paris.