Do as the Romans Do
     The customs in different countries are rather different. If  I have dinner
with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plates as soon as
I have emptied it. That often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat the food
even if I don't want to, because it is considered bad manners in the West to
leave one's food on the plate. I have already noticed that when a Chinese
sits at an American's dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or
drink though he is in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners
in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the United States, it is impolite to
keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something.
Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will
ask for it. If not, they will say, "No, thanks." When an American is fed with
beer by the host, for example, he might say, "No, thanks. I'll take some diet,
Pepsy-Cola(百事可乐)if you have it. "That is what an American will do.
So when you go to the United States, you had better remember the famous
saying: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

2. When a foreigner has dinner with a Chinese host, he often feels _______.