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ronment, and not knowing what is appropriate or inappropriate. The feeling of culture shock generally sets in after the first few weeks of ing to a new place. B T L E W Lesson 10 – The Green Banana IV. Culture Shock __ __ To be continued on the next page. We can describe culture shock as the physical and emotional disfort one suffers when ing to live in another country or a place different from the place of origin. Often, the way that we lived before is not accepted as or considered as normal in the new place. Everything is different, for example, not speaking the language, not knowing how to use banking machines, not knowing how to use the telephone and so forth. B T L E W Lesson 10 – The Green Banana IV. Culture Shock __ __ The end of Cultural Shock. The symptoms of cultural shock can appear at different times. Although one can experience real pain from culture shock, it is also an opportunity for redefining one39。s life objectives. It is a great opportunity for learning and acquiring new perspectives. Culture shock can make one develop a better understanding of oneself and stimulate personal creativity. B T L E W Lesson 10 – The Green Banana V. Tower of Babel Click the picture for more information. To be continued on the next page. B T L E W Lesson 10 – The Green Banana V. Tower of Babel __ __ To be continued on the next page. This allusion is from Old TestamentGenesis 11, indicating a sheer illusion. The whole world had one language and a mon speech at the beginning. When people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. B T L E W Lesson 10 – The Green Banana V. Tower of Babel __ To be continued on the next page. They said to each other: “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly, and build a city with a tower that reaches the heavens, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” They used bricks instead of stone, tar for mortar to build the city. B T L E W Lesson 10 – The Green Banana V. Tower of Babel __ __ To be continued on the next page. The Lord came down to see the city and the tower that people were building. The Lord said: “If people speak the same language as they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible. I have to go down and confuse their language so that they cannot understand each other.” B T L E W Lesson 10 – The Green Banana V. Tower of Babel __ The end of Tower of Babel. So the Lord scattered them from there over the whole world, and they stopped building the city. The tower intended to reach heaven was left unfinished and is hence called Tower of Babel. Thus, people should “understand each other”, as it was the case long before