When asked if they had experienced any culture shock in the past two weeks, most smiled and said they were treated very well. |
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To many of the returnees, culture shock found in a corporate context is more frustrating than that in a societal context. |
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Living by a prison was a culture shock at first for many of the families, but as time rolled on, everyone became desensitized by it. |
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It was culture shock and a nightmare for a Filipina who used to be wooed extravagantly by Filipino bachelors back home. |
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In the beginning I had a hard dose of culture shock and left all things that reminded me of home fall into desuetude. |
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It beautifully illustrates culture shock and the utter uselessness of guide books. |
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Linda, in some ways more than me, has been suffering terrible culture shock. |
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A visitor from Communist Eastern Europe would have suffered only the mildest culture shock. |
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If you're looking for a more literal experience of culture shock, I've got that too. |
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He overcame the culture shock from the cosmopolitan, colourful world he saw there, and stayed for six years. |
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She merely smiled when asked whether she had undergone any culture shock during her two-week visit. |
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She is returning for a family wedding in November and wants to know whether she will experience culture shock. |
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They still have those moments of culture shock that I'm sure you can identify with. |
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Arizona fans could be forgiven for experiencing spasms of such culture shock. |
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For those who don't understand, these students would have faced extreme culture shock. |
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The adaptation to a new culture can be so profound that most students feel reverse culture shock. |
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The culture shock for boys and girls who had known only the lifestyle they left behind in rural Ireland was undoubtedly great. |
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It would be very normal for Westerners to experience some culture shock in Korea. |
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We entered the 450,000-acre park in company with a busload of backpackers, whose presence was something of a culture shock. |
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To say I'm suffering from a combination of culture shock and stomach churning homesickness would be understating it. |
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Suddenly being thrust on to the opposite side of the fence was something of a culture shock. |
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He anticipates a degree of culture shock and sees such a jolt as an opportunity for exchange of ideas. |
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As you read, please excuse me, for what I experienced was more culture shock than I did so many years ago. |
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He recalls experiencing his culture shock back in the 1990s during his first visit in the country. |
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He spoke eloquently of the difficulties and culture shock he experienced upon his release. |
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The sudden culture shock at being thrown among those with very different work ethics and other attitudes can even be frightening. |
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When did you start getting attention from guys, and was that a sort of a culture shock for you? |
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Many elders experience culture shock, loss of family and friends and as such, many elders would prefer to die at home. |
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While learning Arabic, people can experience a degree of culture shock. |
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Nokuthula received her first minor culture shock when she stepped into the underground train. |
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You can watch a rock band on television and then come to one of our performances without suffering culture shock. |
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It can sometimes exacerbate culture shock and aggravate economic, social and political confrontations. |
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Students may experience culture shock on the first day of class and think, 'this is impossible! |
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So if the issue was an issue of culture shock, what he did find out was if you keep people to week five, in all likelihood many will stay. |
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While culture shock is extremely painful, it should not be viewed negatively, for the end result is profound learning. |
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Because of the culture shock of moving from reserve communities, these youth were often homeless and had feelings of cultural alienation. |
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Other participants named the high cost of children's activities in the city, stress as a single parent and culture shock. |
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Other negative changes included culture shock, loneliness, unemployment and racism. |
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With Jaak, you are truly set for an Afrikaans overdose and a real culture shock to the system. |
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Even before facing the drastic culture shock awaiting them in Hamilton, they were required to negotiate the challenges of the refugee camp. |
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What follows is culture shock, heartache, romance, rejection and even a Richard Gere-inspired twist. |
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The culture shock was huge when I went first but the weather is terrific. |
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One has to learn how to deal with unexpectedness, ambiguity and otherness as well as the resulting culture bumps or culture shock. |
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The fact that the two entities were of such disproportionate size, in some sites, contributed to the sense of culture shock. |
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Having grown up in rural Arkansas, I experienced tremendous culture shock on moving to Harlem. |
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In all the training I have received over 21 years of military service, nothing prepared me for the culture shock I faced during my first long-range patrol in southern Sudan. |
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It will be a big culture shock, especially as the city of X'ian won't have the same ex-pat community or westernisation as Beijing or Hong Kong. |
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Symptoms of culture shock are predictable and common. |
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I believe that, in the West, we cannot appreciate the culture shock represented by a shift from a centrally-planned Communist economy to a market economy. |
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The symptoms of culture shock can be reduced if you talk about how you are feeling, and the more you try to engage yourself in the new culture, the better you will understand what is happening around you. |
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Films have also been made about the subject, often dealing with issues of culture shock experienced by expatriates. |
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So recognizing the fact that there might be a culture shock, that some might need some additional education and training, we began that last year. |
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Spouses may have trouble adjusting due to culture shock, loss of their usual social network, interruptions to their own career, and helping children cope with a new school. |
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I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock. |
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The culture shock was quite strong, especially due to the fact that Europeans were not able to understand the Japanese writing system nor accustomed to using chopsticks. |
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