CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN SMILING

    Smiling is an expression which occurs when somebody flexes the muscles around his/her mouth.
    When somebody smiles,it is generally understood that he/she is happy.It reflects positive emotions such as joy,pleasure,etc in most of the countries in the world,including our country.
    It is an interesting  fact that there are countries perceiving smiling as an expression which shows sadness,anger,embarrasment,etc.For example,in Japan,it means someone is confused or angry when smiling.In some parts of the Asia,it reflects embarrasment.In Southern Asian cultures,it shows emotional pain or embarrasment.Vietnamese people smiles when someting bad happens.Russian people think it is a suspicious behaviour to smile at a stranger person in public.Americans,unlike what Russians do,smiles whenever and wherever they want.This creates conflicts between these two countries.

    Cultures make differences even in terms of smiling.I was shocked when i learned about this for the first time.I had never thougth there would be such a difference.It would be funny to go these countries and experience this :D

PARAPHRASING THE PARAGRAPHS

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    Our little dog enjoys hunting.She moves into the garden whenever somebody opens the back door for her.She      runs back and forth across the grassy area marrily.Her nose cruises the wet grass for the smells of the creatures such as cats,rabbits,etc.Their smells are too unnoticable for human to detect.She enjoys the smell.She turns round her tail quickly in both clockwise and counter clockwise.She makes these on every occasion together.They are sniffing and spinning.It seems that they actuate her along.

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    The Government Printing Office in Washington D.C.,is a source of much beneficial information.The number of  the people whp knows about it is not that much.This official printing house belongs to the federal government.Leaflets and books on a huge number of subjects,including the dangers of X-rays from TV sets,identification of mushrooms,etc are brought out there.Approximately 27000 publications are provided through the Superintendent of Documents,many of which are inexpensive.Some are free.

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    A German immigrant called John Jacob Astor obtained first fortune of America.Indian fur trade led him earn his initial money.He was a member of low social class and was lacking of education.He never had a proper English.His business improved by the help of his accent.It was redolent of the Hamburg gutters.

STUDYING ABROAD

    The students in video are contented with studying in USA. They think it means much more things than studying.They met new people and knew the culture better by this way. They also had a lot of experiences.

     The education system in their own countries are not so good as the one in USA according to them.USA education system is based on creativity,practice and teamwork.It is also easy to communicate with faculty members.This is so supportive for the students. Japanese student talks about the technical knowledge they learn in the school.They do almost no practice. But, in USA ,they have opportunities to practise.Also,they cannot change major in Japan while they can in USA.Chinese student complains about the difficulty of entering a college in China.They need to get high grades for this.It is quite strict system when compared to the one in USA.Netherlander student says that they have an ordinary education without practising or using their creativity in Netherland.

    Chinese student learned about studying abroad by agencies.Netherlander student took advices from her environment.Japanese one studied high school abroad.So he got used to this situation.

    The students talk about their culture shock.Chinese student mentions the short clothes worn in winter.She also says that they hang up the clothes outside in her hometown instead of using drying machine.But American people use drying machine.Japanese student mentions the difference of communication types between his country and USA.He says that people in Japan are not so outgoing as in USA.They communicate indirectly while American people communicate directly.Also Americans don't get embarressed when they burb.It is something ordinary in USA.

    When it comes to financial side of studying abroad,the students says that it depends on the department studied,meal and accommodation.It costs approximately 35000 dollars.They think that it is not too much considering the advantages.

    I'd like to study abroad as these students did.I think it would help me develop my language skills.Also I would learn more about the culture of that country.But,I would have difficulties at first.Because it is quite difficult to get accustomed to new place,new people,different life style,meals,etc.However,it is not so important considering the advantages I would get.