Now I’m a college student. Like others, I am very excited about 1 . This is because we have a language teacher 2 . Her name is Irene. Irene takes much interest in our 3 and likes to share funny things about how foreigners think about China. Her stories and experiences are 4 that we laugh a lot and loudly in her class. In her class, I learn how and why 5 misunderstand our Chinese culture. Before they come to China, they learn about 6 merely from the media. And the western media, as we know, tends to hold biases(偏见) against us Chinese people in some aspects, such as living conditions, life style, 7 , and environments. When they arrive in China 8 , what they see is quite different. Chinese people are not as poor as 9 . We are friendly in general. Foreign visitors are particularly impressed by the improved traffic conditions and the booming cities 10 .