对话哥大前面试官：中国学子如何转化美式思维，在申请中脱颖而出？-新东方前途出国

回答原文：

I think fundamentally, understanding English as a language is an important part of understanding the general ideas in the American way of thinking. 

For instance, in the course of learning English and going through example readings and stories, you might notice that the people you read about express their ideas in a direct way. 

This is a concept that many Chinese students may know about but may not fully appreciate unless they see examples of it or they experience it for themselves.

回答原文：

One way to do that is by watching American TV shows and movies—this is a way to both improve your English and learn about American culture and perspectives.

Depending on your English ability, you can start with cartoons, which contain more basic English but still embody some core ideas behind American culture as a whole. 

There are also adolescent TV series and movies, which may be particularly suitable for students to see what American teenagers are like. 

Then, we have other TV shows and movies which are directed at the overall population.

When you watch these, you can pick up on a lot of things besides directness in speaking things like body language, formality, cultural references, and mannerisms. You can also see examples of rhetorical questions and sarcasm, which are commonly used in conversations. 

And through understanding all of these aspects of how people interact with one another, you can start to understand things from the American perspective.