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A: My name is zhangting.Nice to meet you. B: Nice to meet you too.My name is John. A: So, ah, I heard you are from USA. Are you an international student？ B:Yeah, I am studying here for my PhD.This is my second year in China. A:Oh, good for you. Are you getting used to your life in China, your know, some time it is a little bit hard for western student. B: Yeah, youre right, it is hard, because of the culture difference. I was growing up in US, and it is my first to study abroad, so I guess it still takes me some more time to get used it. A:what is the most difficult thing for you to live here? Perhaps I can help you out. B:Oh, really? Thats sweet. I guess the most difficult thing is the custom. Lacking of knowledge about Chinese custom sometime bing me troubles. B:for example？ A:In western culture close friends and even family members thank each other for the slightest help or favor.It seems very different from China! A simple task like opening a door or filling out a form is seen as expected behavior among friends.There is no need to thank! B:That’s ture.In china，a simple task like opening a door or filling out a form is seen as expected behavior among friends.There is no need to thank. A：I’m quiet afraid to do something unplite to my chinese classmates just because of custom difference. B：I can totally understand it, It happend to me when I learnt English before. I think you can read books about or search the internet to know more about Chinese customs. Also youd better to meet some chinese guys and talk to them，you can learn more by communicating A:Umm. Good idea！ B:by the way，showing respect for other culture is very important and will do for relationship between people of different culture. A: Exactly. Thank you for your advise. B:Oh, it is all right. Between good friends, parents and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, Chinese consider it unnecessary to stick to polite formulas. They seldom make compliments of each other and do not keep th