Friendship open doors to every heart in this world. Life without friends is meaningless. Happiness, laugh, jokes brings peace to everyone and makes our life brighter.
As for international students, they do face rough going while living in other countries. Diffrence between cultures cause misunderstandings between people. For example, anecdotes and jokes.
You can't judge me. You're white. You don't understand my culture.
Another example is anocdotes about blondes:
The assistant asked the blonde if she would like her pizza cut into six pieces or twelve. "Six please" she said, "I could never eat twelve!"If an Asian student tries to translate american anecdotes about blondes to his own language it won't be that much funny as it is in America. First, it is difficult to Asians to laugh at blondes. They don't used to laugh at them and they do not understand why do americans laugh at blondes. Secondly, people from different countries cannot understand jive talks of some other country. And it cause misunderstandings.
As for Liu, he prefered Chinese atmosphere rather than living with an American family, McKnight family. Liu can laugh and enjoy his time without worrying that he might say something wrong. However, as I said before, friendship open doors to every heart. If Liu tried harder to make friends and tried to be closer with Mcnight family maybe by cooking Chinese food, he might have stayed in Chicago with Mcnights. Nevertheless, Liu couldn't overcome difficulties and he needed support. And approval came from Chinese people.
Part 2:
Tempt v take foolish or unnecessary risks
Shabby adj mean or unworthy
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