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阅读理解
You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here．
In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade．However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut．
When I first studied English, I was told to say,” I am fine” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good” or “I’m tired”．
One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused．I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say．
Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures．
To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑)．However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”．
I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are．
In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it．But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot of for the public and plays sports or music．
The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports．
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