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Reading: 1 Huihua, a Chinese student, and Mary, an American student studying Chinese in china, were on their way to a bookstore. As they got to the bookstore, they saw a young man walking down a flight of stairs. In his hurry, he missed the last tow steps, and fell on the ground. He struggled to get bake to his feet while people around him laughed. Fortunately, he seemed to ok. Mary was worried. She found Huihua smiling a little and was not comfortable about it. “tell me, Huihua, how could people laugh when someone fell like that? Do they care at all? Shouldn’t they go up and ask the young man whether he was hurt?” Huihua said, “They knew he wasn’t hurt too much.” “But I still don’t understand. A fall is a fall. In my culture, people would do anything but laugh!” This is another example in which the Chinese and the Westerner interpret a smile differently. As mentioned in the last case, Chinese people will laugh or smile when they fell embarrassed. Very often, the person caught in the embarrassing situation would also laugh or make a joke, to ease the embarrassment. However, if someone gets hurt seriously, it will not be a laughing matter any more. People will help him or her instead. This story happened_____. A. in America B. in China C. in England D. in Canada What’s wrong with the young man? He fell down from the stairs and hurt himself seriously. He was hit by a car and broken his leg. He fell down from the stairs but not hurt himself much. He fell down while climbing the stairs. Seeing huihua laughing, how Mary feel? She felt uncomfortable. She felt funny. She felt worried. She felt embarrassing. If a Chinese saw someone was hit by a car, what probably will he do? He will laugh. He will make a joke with him or her. He will go up to help him or her. He will laugh at him or her. Why did Mary and huihua perform differently? Because of the cultural difference. Because their characters were different. Because they were in dif