Welcome back to the hot topic of studying abroad！ Last time, we talked about the general "soft- ware" needed to havea{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(success)  studying experience overseas, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}refers to the ability to understand western culture,  and problem solving skills when {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(face)  critical situations, etc.

      Now,1 will dig deeper into the concept of software".Everyone is talking about culture shock nowa-days, but you may wonder what itactually {#blank#}4{#/blank#}_(mean). Simplyput:  culture shock is the diffi-cultypeople may experience when being exposed and adjusting to a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (remarkable) different new culture. Usually, people often go._{#blank#}6{#/blank#} four distinct phases: the honeymoon phase, thene-gotiation phase, the adjustment phase and the mastery phase. Culture shock can happen immediately upon your {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(arrive) in the country.

For international students, perhaps the most direct impact of culture shock is the variety of accents, especially in multicultural countries {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the U.S. Canada or Australia.There are two main reasons: Firstly, these countries have highly diversifiedgroups of residents from different cultural{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(background). Secondly,  there are many international students fromall around the world every year studying in these countries, so you shouldn'tbe surprised {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(find) allkinds of unfamiliar accents around the university campus.

    A Chinese traditional cough syrup, called Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, is becoming even {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (popular) among New Yorkers in this flu season, following a US news report.according to an article published by the Wall Street Journal last week, Alex Schweder,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}architect and professor of design at Pratt Institute {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(suffer) a cough about-ten days, felt better only in 15 minutes after he drank a bottle of Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, which{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (recommend) by his girlfriend.

      Here is a selection of the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (comment) online:

    This cough syrup is effective to me. I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(use) it whenever I have minor coughing since the flu broke out. It helps sooth the coughing. I like to take a soup spoon full of the syrup in my mouth and let the syrup melt down my food pipe {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(effort). I take it as much as I need. This is great stuff. Mostly it's the honey in {#blank#}8{#/blank#}that helps you talk again, but it tastes delicious too.

      A Chinese market in New York City where the syrup is sold {#blank#}9{#/blank#} $7.80. That's the price of a Chinese pharmacy;{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the syrup is sold as much as $70 online through third parties, the Wall Street Journal said.

    I'm not sure {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is more frightened, me or the female gorilla(大猩猩）that suddenly appears out of nowhere. I'm walking on a path in the forest in the Central African Republic. Unexpectedly, I'm face-to-face with the gorilla, who begins screaming at {#blank#}2{#/blank#} top of her lungs. That makes her baby scream, and then a 400-pound male appears. He screams the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(loud)of all. The noise shakes the trees as the male beats his chest and charges toward me. I quickly lower myself, ducking my head to avoid {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(look) directly into his eyes so he doesn't feel{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(challenge).

My name is Mireya Mayor. I'm a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(science)who studies animals such as apes and monkeys. I was searching {#blank#}7{#/blank#} these three western lowland gorillas I'd been observing. No one had seen them for hours, and my colleagues and I were worried.

    When the gorillas and I frightened each other, I was just glad to find {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(they) alive. True to a gorilla's unaggressive nature, the huge animal {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(mean)me no real harm. He was just saying: "I'm king of this forest, and here is your reminder!" Once his message was delivered, he allowed me {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (stay)and watch.

    The movie, directed by Stephen Chbosky {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(praise) by audiences for hitting the soft spot as a heartwarming story that manages to avoid {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(turn) too sentimental.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(base) on the best-selling novel of the same name, Wondertells the story of a 10-year-old boy named Auggie {#blank#}4{#/blank#} was born with {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(face) problem, and he begins fifth grade after {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(year) of being home-schooled by {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(he) mother.

    Not {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(expect), Auggie's unusual appearance is laughed at by many peers. But with the strong support of his parents and sister, Auggie eventually inspires the people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} him with courage, kindness and wisdom to earn their {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(friend), respect and love.

    China's most famous wall may have been built to keep people away, but a new kind of wall is bringing people a lot {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (close) together.

    On January 29, hooks and hangers appeared on the side of a Qingdao building under the words: "If you need it, take it." This "wall of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (kind)", the creation of local charity Chuangyi Workshop, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (invite) passers­by to leave their spare warm clothes and encourages those {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are in need to take them.

    "It is just like what you do at home. You hang your clothes when you get home. You take them down {#blank#}5{#/blank#} put them on when you go out," said Wang Lei, director of Chuangyi Workshop. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (inspire) by a similar plan in Iran, she put it into practice in China as the country experienced {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (it) coldest winter in decades.

    Wang and her colleagues receive lots of clothes from people, especially in winter. She {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (touch) by people's generosity. "Some of the clothing is almost new. I don't even have to wash my hands {#blank#}9{#/blank#} sorting it."

    Many such walls have also appeared in several other Chinese {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (city). This simple way of helping people is now making a big difference to society.