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　　When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong，China,we brought not only our luggage,but also our village rules,customs and culture.One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬)elders.Unluckily,this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

　　I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant.One time,when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple,the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly.I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly.As soon as I said that,her face showed great displeasure.My manager,who happened to hear what I said,took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感的)Americans are and how they dislike the description“old”.I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife.After the couple heard my reason,they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences.so they laughed and were no longer angry.

　　In my village in China,people are proud of being old.Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty,and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience.Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

　　However,in the United States,people think“growing old”is a problem since“old”shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well.Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercise or jogging,and women put on makeup,hoping to look young.When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly,they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young.I had told them something they didn't want to hear.

　　After that,I changed the way I had been with older people.It is not that I don't respect them any more;I still respect them,but now I don't show my feelings through words.

　　By Jack

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　　When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture．One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬)elders．Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States．

　　I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant．One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly．I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly．As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure．My manager, who happened to hear I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感的)Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”．I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife．After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry．

　　In my village in China, people are proud of being old．Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience．Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience．

　　However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well．Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young．When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young, I had told them something they didn’t want to hear．

　　After that, I changed the way I had been with older people．It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words．

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　　My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlantic City．I say he"used to"live there 　　1　　 he doesn't live there any more．He was killed two years ago．

　　Uncle John wrote novels．He not only 　　2　　 his job, but also made a lot of money doing it．When he died, he had ＄60 million in the bank．

　　After Uncle John's death, I came to stay in his house for a while．I had been there for two days when I 　　3　　 a message on the screen of the old computer．I was very surprised, because I thought the computer had been 　　4　　．The message said,"You have new 　　5　　!"When I read it, I thought it looked like the 　　6　　 of a novel．"This looks interesting．"I thought,"It must be 　　7　　 one of Uncle John's friends．"I decided I should make an answer to the e-mail to tell him or her that Uncle John was 　　8　　．However, the computer would not let me 　　9　　．

　　Every day for the next three weeks, more e-mails kept arriving．I printed 　　10　　 of all of them．The story was about Jane Winterbourne, a young writer working on her first novel．She sent her novel to Jack Tanner, an old writer and asked him to 　　11　　 her to publish it．However, he cheated her, and published the novel himself－pretending that he had 　　12　　 it．The novel was very 　　13　　．Tanner made a lot of money, and bought himself a house by the sea in Atlantic City．It was then that I realized that"Jack anner"and"Jane Winterbourne"were 　　14　　 names．"Jack"was 　　15　　 to be Uncle John．

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