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Universidad Autónoma del Carmen

Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnología


Tarea No. 6
Presentada por:
Darwin Ulises Monteros Duran
171070
Profesor:
Ambrosia Chan Damián

Cd. Del Carmen, Campeche a 23 de


junio del 2022
5 Expanding your horizons

1 complete these sentences. Use words from the box.


Confident Depressed Fascinated Uncomfortable
curious Embarrassed uncertain Worried

1. In my country, people never keeve tips. So when I first went abroad, I


kept forgetting top tip servers. I felt really embarrassed.
2. The first time I traveled abroad, I felt really worried I was alone, I didn´t
speak the language, and I didn´t make any friends.
3. I just spent a year in France learning to speak French. It was a satisfying
experience, and I was fascinated by the culture.
4. At first really didn´t like shopping in the open-air markets. I felt
uncomfortable because so many people were trying to sell me something at
the same time.
5. When I arrived in Lisbon, I was nervous because I couldn´t speak any
Portuguese. As I began to learn the language, though, I became more
confident about living there.
6. Before I went to Alaska last winter, I was very depressed about the cold.
But it wasn´t a problem because most buildings there are well heated.
7. When I was traveling in southeast Asia, I couldn´t believe how many
different kinds of fruit there were. I was curious to try all of them, so I ate a lot
of fruit!
8. It was our first trip to Latin America, so we were uncertain about what to
expect. We loved it and hope to return again soon.
2 imagine you are going to travel a country you have never visited before.
Write sentences using the factors and feelings given. Then add another
sentence explaining your feeling

Factors Feelings
Public transportation Anxious(about)
Shopping Comfortable(with)
The climate Curious(about)
The food Enthusiastic(about)
The language Fascinated(by)
The money Nervous(about)
The music Uncertain(about)
The people my age Uncomfortable(with)

1. Public transportation is something that would concern me. I am afraid of


losing myself.
2. The climate is something that I like a lot and it would make me feel
comfortable with the place where I visit.
3. food is something that has me enthusiastic about how it will taste, how its
texture will be.
4. Language is something that makes me nervous since I don't know the
language they speak very well.
5. Music is something that fascinates me because I can sing my favorite
songs.
6. people my age is too curious unlike other people of other ages.
7. moneys are somewhat uncertain about it being a national problem
8. Going shopping is something that bothers me because there are always a
lot of people in the supermarket.
3 culture shock!
A make a list of four pieces of advice to help people feel comfortable about
traveling abroad.

1. Always look around you for precaution and your safety


2. Never put your wallet in your back pocket as it can be easily stolen.
3. Avoid carrying any type of drug as this can get you into big trouble with
the law.
4. Close the door of the place where you stay as a precaution.
B scan the article about cultural differences. Where can you find articles like this?
Who was it written for?
C read the article. Use your own words to write definitions for these words.
1. Culture refers to the set of material and spiritual goods of a social group
transmitted from generation to generation in order to guide individual and
collective practices. Includes language, processes, ways of life, customs,
traditions, habits, values, patterns, tools and knowledge
2. Culture shock is an experience that a person may have when moving to a
cultural environment that is different from their own; it is also the personal
disorientation that a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life
due to immigration or a visit to a new country, a change between social
environments or simply the transition to another type of life
3. Appreciate. To feel affection or esteem towards someone.
4. Stereotypes the exaggerated perception, with few details and simplified, that
one has about a person or group of people who share certain characteristics,
qualities and abilitie.,
D after reading the article, would you make any changes to the pieces of advice
you listed in part A?

4 complete these sentences by giving information about


customs in a country you know

1. If you go for a long ride un a friend´s car, it´s the custom to offer to pay for
some of the expenses.
2. When a friend graduates from school or college
3. If you borrow something a friend,
4. When a friend invites you to dinner
5 Contrasting customs
A Read the information about the different customs and find four Paris of
countries with contrasting customs. Write the countries on the lines below.
Country Custom
Brazil Friends kiss each other three or four times on the cheeks as a
greeting
Demark People generally arrive on time for most occasions.
Egypt People allow their hosts to treat them to meals in restaurants
France Service is usually included in the price of a meal in
restaurants
Japan People bow when they see or meet someone they know
New Zealand People usually pay for their own meals in restaurants
Spain People usually late for most appointments
United State People leave a tip of 15-20 percent in restaurants

1. Brazil and Japan


2. Egypt y New Zealand
3. demark y united state
4. France y Spain

B Read these five cross-cultural situations. Write sentences


describing what the visitors did wrong. Use the expressions in
the box.

You´re(not) supposed to
You´re(not)expected to
It´s(not)the custom to
It´s(not)acceptable to
1. Ennis is from Denmark, when she was on vacation in Spain, some Spanish
friends invited her to dinner at 9:00 she arrived at exactly 9:00, but her
friends had not even arrived home yet.

in Spain you´re expected to

2. Kayla is from the united states. During her first week, in Paris, she went to
a restaurant with some new friends. She was so happy with the service
that she left a tip of 20 percent. Her friends were a little embarrassed.

in France it is not customary to tip


3. James is from New Zealand. Went to Egypt he was invited to dinner at a
restaurant. When the bill came, he offered to pay for his dinner. His
Egyptian friend was kind of upset.

it is not acceptable for Egyptians for the guest to pay the bill

4. Brian is from Canada. He was on vacation in Bali Indonesia and some new
friends invited him to a temple watch a special dance performance. He
arrived on time wearing a clean T-shirt and short, but they said couldn´t go
inside the temple because he wasn´t dressed properly.

You are (not) supposed to arrive badly dressed to an invitation

6 complete these sentences with information about


yourself (1-4) and about a country you know well (5-8)
1. One of the reasons why I would feel homesick abroad is to miss the food
of my country.
2. Something that would fascinate me would be to visit other places outside
of Mexico.
3. Traveling alone is something incredible since you can enjoy the trip and do
what you want.
4. Getting used to hot weather is a very easy thing for me since I like it a lot.
5. In the United States it is customary to tip
6. If you have good service in a restaurant, you have to leave a nice tip for the
person who served us
7. It is expected that any business that provides any service
8. It is simply not acceptable for them to treat people poorly if they are low-
income
7 write about living in a foreign country. In the first
paragraph, write about two things you would enjoy. In
the second paragraph, write about two you worry
about.

to be able to eat the typical food of the place where you are going to travel
and the other would be to be able to get to know the whole place and be able
to take many photos.
One of the things that worries me is the security of the place, how well is its
security, and the other that worries me is the weather, since I would not like
the weather to be ugly and not be able to enjoy the place

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