Culture Shock
You can use the verb 'to be' when talking about feelings.
How are you? I am happy.
You can also use the action word feel when talking about feelings and emotions.
How do you feel? I feel happy.
Everyone who goes to live in a new country, experiences culture shock. Life in the new country is different and it takes time to feel comfortable living in it. They experience different feelings. This is normal!!
1.) Read the article.
Read it 2 times without your phone or translator. Then, you can read it again and translate new words. It is OK if you don't understand every word!
Culture shock for Amazon chief's son who left rainforest for New York
Nilson Tuwe Huni Kui lives a long way from New York City. In fact, the 29-year-old lives a long way from anywhere.
His village in the Amazon rainforest has a population of only 600 people and it takes five days of travelling by boat to reach the nearest town.
Yet the son of the traditional chief of the Huni Kiu Kaxinawa tribes in Brazil has swapped the rainforest for the concrete jungle, and now calls the Big Apple home.
"My father is what Obama is for you," he explains.
As a youth leader, Tuwe carries the responsibility of making his people's culture and problems known to the world.
After being sent to a summit in Rio de Janeiro last summer he was given an opportunity to study in New York thanks to Tribal Link's Indigenous Fellowship Program and the Nataasha van Kampen Foundation. The Post Factory in Manhattan has been helping him learn to edit so he can pursue his dream of becoming a documentary film-maker.
The BBC spoke to Tuwe about getting used to the city's subway and fast food as well as the challenges indigenous communities face from loggers and drug cartels.
Produced for the BBC by Anna Bressanin; images by Ilya Shnitser.
Video from the Amazon by Nilson Tuwe Huni Kui.
New Vocabulary from part of the story and video
From the rainforest to the concrete jungle......
New York is where the son of the traditional chief of an indigenous community in Brazil has come to study. His dream is to speak English well and become a documentary film-maker.
It is a far cry from the village in the Amazon where Nilson Tuwe Huni Kui's people live.
Tuwe carries the responsibility of making his people's culture and problems known to the world.
- rainforest - a tropical area where it rains a lot, and there are lots of trees
- concrete jungle - city with many tall buildings
- chief - leader of a group
- indigenous community - group of people who come from a particular area, and lived there before any other people
- a far cry from - very very different from
- village - smaller than a town, has only hundreds of people
- responsibility - what you must do/required to do
- illegal loggers - people who cut and take trees out of the forest, but it is not with the laws;they don't follow the rules
- drug (narcotics) cartels - people who buy, sell, and bring drugs from other countries. The drugs are not with the law=illegal.
2.) Watch the video
3.) Write.
Email the teacher. Answer these questions in the email:
1.) What shocked Tuwe about New York?
2.) What was different about the people?
3.) What was different about the weather?
4.) How long will he be in New York?
5.) Why did he come to the USA?
6.) How long have you lived in the USA?
7.) How did you feel when you first came to the USA?
8.) How do you feel about the USA now?
9.) What was different about America when you first came here?
