WhenChinesestudentDuJuanbroughtherAmericanboyfriendhometwoyearsagotousethetoiletherJapaneseroommatebecamesoupsetthatsheshoutedinEnglish:"Ihateyou."Duthen21andanundergraduateatBridgewaterStateCollegei
WhenChinesestudentDuJuanbroughtherAmericanboyfriendhometwoyearsagotousethetoiletherJapaneseroommatebecamesoupsetthatsheshoutedinEnglish:"Ihateyou."
Duthen21andanundergraduateatBridgewaterStateCollegeinMassachusettswasshocked.Sowasherboyfriend.
"LaterIrealizedthatshedidn'tliterallymeanwhatshesaidandthatshewasnotawareofthefullmeaningoftheword'hate'inEnglish"saidDu."Itwasmoreaproblemwithtranslation"sheadded.
CulturaldifferencescancauseconfusionaboutwhatwordsorevenactionsmeananissuethathascometotheforefrontrecentlyfollowingthearrestofaChinesedoctoraldegreestudentinNewJersey.
ZhaiTiantianwhostudiedattheStevensInstituteofTechnologyhasbeenaccusedoftryingtosetfiretoacampusbuildingandofmakingthreatstoaprofessorwhogavehimalowmark.NophysicalaltercationtookplacebutZhaireportedlysaidsomethingalongthelinesof"atworstIwillriskanythingontheline."Theprofessorcalledthecampuspolice.
Accordingtotheindictmentsheet（起诉书）Zhaiisfacingtheseriouschargeofmakingaterroristicthreat.
ForafewdaysChinesemediamistranslatedormisunderstoodthechargesandreportedthatZhaiwasbeingchargedwithterrorism.
Somelanguageexpertshavespeculated（推测）thatthedisagreementbetweenZhaiandtheprofessorcanalsobechalkeduptoculturalandlinguisticdifferences."WhatChinesepeopleregardasacceptablespeechmayberegardedbyAmericansasthreats"saidLuoGangtheChineseConsulate'sOverseasChineseAffairsconsul."Thisisanunfortunateincident.EventhoughZhaiintendednoharmhehasdonehimselfagreatdealofharm."
Dunow23saidshesupportsZhai'sactionsinfightingtosavehisacademiccareerbutaddedheneedstolearnmoreaboutcommunicationinaforeignlanguage.
"Chinesestudentsinaforeigncountrymustpreparemoreintermsoflanguagesandconversationskillstoavoidmisunderstandings"shesaid.
小题1:Whatdoestheunderlinedword“altercation”mean？A．fightB．checkC．educationD．experiment小题2:Bysaying“Itwasmoreaproblemwithtranslation”whatdoesDuJuan