【正文】 builder.11. The first group of foreign students came from East Europe in 1950.Since then over 60,000 students from 160 countrieshave e to China for further studies.The first group of foreign students came from East Europe in 1950.12. China is politically stable and economically optimistic,which is the main reason why so many foreign students are attracted.13. People living together in a society share a mon culture.For example, almost all people living in the US use the English language,dress in similar styles, eat many of the same foods,and celebrate many of the same holidays.14. Exchange can provide many benefits for all societies.Different societies can exchange ideas,people, manufactured goods, and natural resources.15. International education improves the relations among peoples of different culturesand encourages crosscultural munication.16. Culture shock is the anxiety and feelings of surprise,disorientation, uncertainty, confusion, etc.felt when people have to operate within a different and unknown culturesuch as one may encounter in a foreign country.17. Culture shock grows out of the difficulties in assimilating the new culture,causing difficulty in knowing what is appropriate and what is not.This is often bined with a dislike for,or even disgust (moral or aesthetic) with certain aspects of the new or different culture. 18. Culture shock is something that many international students experiencein the course of adjusting to a new culture.19. Many things may bring about culture shock — different foods and ways of eating,different learning and teaching methods,the peculiar attitudes of people in a certain place, etc.20. According to the Chinese Ministry of Education,Chinese students are currently studying in more than 100 countries.The top five destinations are the US, Japan, the UK, Canada and Australia.NonEnglishspeaking countries like Italy,Germany and France are also being popular destinations.21. Across the country, a total of 98,510 Chinese graduate and undergraduate studentswere enrolled at US institutions in the 20082009 academic year,meaning that roughly 15 percent of international students were from China.These numbers also signify a staggering 60 percent increasefrom the previous academic year in the number of Chinese students studying abroad in the US.22. Official statistics show that from 1978 to the end of 2005,Chinese students studying abroad are over 930,000 and 230,000 of themare employed in China upon return,an evidence that the policy of encouraging studentsand scholars to study abroad is very successful.23. There is a whole emerging middle class of Chinese,well over 300 million, many of them with onechild familieswho are interested in sending their son or daughterabroad for higher educational experience.24. International students and their families contributemore than $15 billion annually to the US economy,according to a separate survey by NAFSA(美國國際教育工作者協(xié)會).UNIT 4Laughter: the Best Medicine 1. Humour is the tendency of particular cognitive(認知的) experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. 2. People of all ages and cultures respond to humour. The majority of people are able to experience humour, ., to be amused, to laugh or smile at something funny, and thus they are considered to have a sense of humour. 3. Though there are many ways to laugh, from giggles to guffaws(大笑) and from chuckles to cackles(咯咯的笑), it turns out that we humans laugh at the strangest things. 4. Laughter is rightly called the best medicine as it relieves not only the one who laughs, but all those around him too. 5. A healthy sense of humour helps you to laugh at the worst situations and above all at yourself, a very positive sign of a happy life. 6. The world is certainly not worth crying over and little jokes show us the funny side of the gravest things. 7. A sense of humour makes you more acceptable in society. It makes you wele everywhere, especially at parties, piics and social gatherings. 8. If you can use humour to bridge the gap between people from different backgrounds, you can learn how to use diversity to enhance business objectives. 9. Laugh and make others laugh and get rid of nervousness and depression. A man who always sees the funny side of a situation can never be a pessimist 10. If you can learn to relax with a sense of humour you can keep away boredom and fatigue job pressures and domestic worries.11. It is proved that laughter enhances the level of hormones which stimulate the heart and act as natural painkillers.12. As a Chinese saying goes, A smile can make you ten years younger. Doctors say laughter removes stress, burns calories and improves one39。UNIT 1Strangers1. The stranger looked at me skeptically for a few minutes and then drove away from the parking lot without a word.2. Though she39。s digestion. 13. Laughing at yourself is of immense benefit for your puffedup pride. If you learn to laugh at yourself it will ease all your tensions and worries. 14. Laughter has been known to have cured serious illnesses and helped people get over bad phases in their lives.15. Science has proven that when we39。sum233。s studied in a foreign language university for several years, she is a stranger French.3. The little boy felt strange amid so many foreign children. 4. It seems odd that John could afford a new BMW,for he was laid off from his job a year ago.