Culture shock

終於「0+3」可以去旅行，體驗異地文化，接受文化衝擊（culture shock），豐富視野。

Culture shock一詞指因為身處不同國家的文化，而感到困惑和焦慮，shock一字用得很貼切。名詞shock解「震驚、令人震驚的事件」，有突然、意想不到之意，通常指不愉快的事件或經歷，引起負面的情緒或身體反應。例如，His sudden death came as a great shock to his family and friends.（他的突然離世讓他的家人和朋友都感到震驚。）It was a complete shock to her to find out her husband was cheating on her for years.（得知丈夫多年來一直有外遇，她非常震驚。）

Culture shock的程度或大或小，可以說a real culture shock、too much of a culture shock、a bit of a culture shock等。例句︰Moving from the country side to the city was a real culture shock to my family and me.（從鄉村搬到城市使我和家人感受到不小的文化衝擊。）I experienced a bit of a culture shock when I first arrived in Australia but quickly fell in love with it.（我剛到澳洲時經歷了一點文化衝擊，但很快就愛上了它。）

（本欄逢周三、五刊登）