1. I've always wanted to move to China and around 4 years ago my family decided to move back. So, right now i don't really want to move to any other countries since i've already been to the country i wanted to move to.
2. I think the author chose this title because of her lack of Chinese when she first moved there. Language plays a big role in this story because it's something she needed to communicate with.
3. Yes, i think that it is true that the younger one has to live up to the perfection of the elder. Chinese American parents have way more and different expectations than American parents.
4. Isabelle noticed that learning about her culture and language was very important. I think the best way to understand a foreign place is to actually go/live there.
5. I felt like a fish out of water the first year i went back to China because I only knew the basics of mandarin so it was hard to communicate with people. Even though i went to an International school, almost all of them spoke Chinese and i was like the only one not knowing. It took me pretty long to adapt to this but i learned to adapt by learning the language and practicing how to speak mandarin.
6. Yes, Americans having "yellow hair and big noses" is a widespread stereotype. Americans are known for being fat more than having "yellow hair and big noses". I know this because when i was in China there were people asking " Are all Americans fat? " I form my opinions of other people on how they act.
我同意，你的见解很不错。
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ReplyDelete请问你的中国住了多久？你现在搬回来得原因是什么呢？从你写的帖子里可以推断你是在美国出生的吗？对呀，文化冲击可以是多方面的。有没有听说过”反文化冲击“或者”文化反冲击“？是说当一个人在一个不同的文化生活很久了，当他/她回到他/她的故乡，他/她对于母文化倒有不适。我认识一个美国人他曾在UWM学过中文，爱上了中国的语言和文化，在中国住了几年回来后反倒对美国的一切都不适应。现在又回到了中国。
当你刚刚反美的时候，有哪些不适应吗？你觉得”stereotype"该怎么用中文来表达？
I agree with you that many people in China thinks that American peopel are fat, yellow hair and big noses.
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