Fluency(流利)inanotherlanguageisoneofthemostimportantaimsofanewcomertoanothercountry.Inadditionunderstandingthecultureandlearningtocommunicatecomfortablywithpeopleofthatcultureareasimportantaslearningtherulesofthelanguage.Languagelearningandculturelearninggotogetherandmaytakealongtime.

Sometimespeoplefeelthattheyunderstandacultureafterafewweeksormonths.Peopledolearnalotwhentheyfirstbeginlivinginanotherculturebutthisisonlythefirststageoflearning.Itusuallyinvolves(含包)thingslikelearningeverydayactivitiesandsomebasiccustoms.

ToreallyunderstandanotherculturepeoplehavetogobeyondthefirststageThisischallengebecauseitisoftendifficulttoknowwhattolearn.Muchofwhatwecall“culture”ishardtosee.

Cultureislikeaniceberg.Pictureinyourmindahugeicebergintheocean.Theonlypartoftheicebergthatyouseeisthetip.Youdon’tseetherestoftheicebergbecauseitishiddenfromsightinthewater.Itiseasytoforgetthatitisthere.Mostoftheicebergisdeepwithintheoceanjustasmuchofacultureisdeepwithinitspeople.

Whenyoumeetsomeonefromanotherculture，certainculturedifferencesareobvious:Youhearanotherlanguageoryouhearyourownlanguagespokenwithanaccent.Youseedifferentfoodsclothesandsometimesphysicalcharacteristicsofpeople.Youobservenewcustomsorhabitssuchastheuseofchopsticksandbowingorkissingonbothcheeksasagreeting.Thesedifferencesareinterestingandimportantbuttheyareusuallynottoodifficulttounderstand.Theyarevisiblesotheyareseeneasilyandquickly.

Thepartofculturethatisliketheunderwaterpartoftheicebergconsistsofassumptions(设想)communicationstylesvaluesandbeliefsaboutwhatisrightandwrong.Thehiddenpartofcultureaffectsmuchofaperson’swayofthinkingandcommunicating.Itisthemeaningbehindhisorherverbal(言语的)andnonverballanguage.Learningtocommunicatewellwithpeoplefromanothercultureinvolvesbecomingawareofthehiddenpartofculture.

1.What’sthesubjectofthispassage?

A.Learningaboutculture.

B.Languagelearning.

C.Thehiddenpartoftheiceberg.

D.Fluencyinanotherlangu