An old saying goes, “When in Rome(罗马),do as the Romans do.” I learned the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of this when I studied in Russia.

    One day I invited some of my Chinese friends to a famous local restaurant in Moscow. My guests and I were {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  from visiting Red Square and happy about our meeting. We had a warm  chat  until  the  waiter  told  me  that  we  were  being  too  loud.  We  turned  our  voices {#blank#}3{#/blank#} .But this didn't last long. The waiter came over to us two more {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  with the same message.

    How bad an impression(印象) we must have left on the local people! In China, it's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  and important for a host to make a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  atmosphere(气氛).However, in Russia and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  countries, having a meal in a public place means you must keep your voice low. You need to be polite to others.

    I felt bad about this. Even though we tried our {#blank#}8{#/blank#} , it's very difficult to develop a new habit.

    Russians have their own special habits. My Russia friend, Andrey always looks around and thinks for a while before leaving home. I asked him why he did this. “Aha,” Andrey said, “in Russia, people always take about a minute {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  over things and plans in their minds before leaving. So they won't leave anything necessary behind.”

    Finding the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  between cultures is much fun. I'd like to keep my eyes and mind open.

    A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, "I am blind, please {#blank#}1{#/blank#}"

    There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned {#blank#}3{#/blank#} around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} words.

    Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot {#blank#}5{#/blank#} people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. The boy recognized (识别) his footsteps and asked," Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"

    The man said, "I only wrote the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. I said what you said but in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} different way. "

    What he had written was, "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it."

    Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

    Of course {#blank#}9{#/blank#} signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} he was blind.