Some years ago, I (1 - to hire) by an
American bank. I (2 -to receive) a letter from the head of the Personnel
Department that (3 - to start), "Dear John, I (4 - to be pleased) quite
that you (5 - to decide) to join us". That "quite" (6 - to
depress) me. Then I (7 - to discover ) that in American English
"quite" sometimes (8 - to mean) "very", whereas in British
English it (9 - to mean) "fairly".
So the first lesson about working in other
countries (10 - to be) to learn the language and by that I (11 - not/to mean)
just the words people speak. It (12 - to be) body language, dress, manners,
ideas, the things that people (13 - to do) - their behaviour. The way people
behave (14 - to highlight) many of the differences we (15 - to see) between
cultures.
Some of these differences may (16 - to be)
only on surface -dress, food, hours of work - while others may (17 - to be)
deeper and (18 - to take) longer to deal with.
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