It is very for me to have conversations with friends in English every day． My speaking skills have certainly improved． （help）
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An old saying goes，"When in Rome（罗马），do as the Romans do．"I learned the （1） of this when I studied in Russia．
One day I invited some of my Chinese friends to a famous local restaurant in Moscow．My guests and I were（2） from visiting Red Square and happy about our meeting．We had a warm chat until the waiter told me that we were being too loud．We turned our voices （3） ．But this didn't last long．The waiter came over to us two more （4） with the same message．
How bad an impression（印象）we must have left on the local people!In China，it's （5） and important for a host to make a （6） atmosphere（气氛）．However，in Russia and（7） countries，having a meal in a public place means you must keep your voice low．You need to be polite to others．
I felt bad about this．Even though we tried our （8） ，it's very difficult to develop a new habit．
Russians have their own special habits．My Russian friend，Andrey always looks around and thinks for a while before leaving home．I asked him why he did this．"Aha，"Andrey said，"in Russia，people always take about a minute（9） over things and plans in their minds before leaving．So they won't leave anything necessary behind．"
Finding the （10） between cultures is much fun．I'd like to keep my eyes and mind open．
J﹣Jack D﹣David
J：Christmas used to be my favorite time of year，but right now I feel terrible．
D：No wonder，Jack．It's our（1） Christmas away from home to study here．A （2） of situation would easily affect people's feelings．
J：What do you （3） most as Christmas is coming，David？
D：Of course，my family．I spent every Christmas with my family before this year．
J：Me，too．（4） in the world is better than being with my family at Christmas time．
D：At least，your brother is here with you．
J：That's true．Sometimes he can be boring to me，but now，（5） I do feel great to have him （6） on this special day here．
D：Maybe he'll be here soon．I hope he will like the gift we bought for him．
J：I'm sure he will．He's always wanted a （7） so that he can record every （8） that moves him deeply here in Beijing，and he can （9） what's recorded with my family．
D：Perfect．In this way，your parents can see people's happy life in Beijing and understand China better．One more thing，our Chinese classmates are going to hold a Christmas party for us，and they want to spend Christmas with us．
J：They are friendly．I'm very glad to get their （10） ．I will go to the party with you．
Some parents often tell their kids not to believe s words．
Don't worry．If you keep on studying hard，g you will make progress．
You'll be p if you break the traffic rules．