During my stay at the University of Michigan, one of the senior professors asked me to join a seminar on culture and emotion. In a general1 of self-introductions, I introduced myself in a (an)2 way as one of those who are "interested in culture and emotion". The professor supplemented （补充） my self-introduction to3 American standards, saying I was one of the world's experts on the4 . In response, I looked down in5 and thought that "expert" was a big word.
When I lived in North Carolina, my new friends came over to6 . Conversations were full of interest and energy, and there was a lot of7 . At the end of the evening, when my guests left, they thanked me for the dinner. My heart8 , because I was born and raised in the Netherlands, where "thanking you for dinner" means the relationship is9 .
Emotions are different enough to feel out of10 when you move from one culture to another. The professor at the University of Michigan meant to make me feel11 , but instead made me uncomfortable. My friends meant to show12 , but they made me think they were distancing themselves from me.
We think about emotions as feelings deep inside us, but in13 , our emotions happen in interactions with others. In my own culture, it was hard to observe the14 emotions of others, but I was able to see them when I moved to the US—a different15 from where I was raised.
