During my first term as a teaching assistant(TA)，my students __6__they could ot understand me.I learned later from a study that this complaint was __7__among the US students with an international TA.It is called the “Oh，no！”syndrome(综合症)：“Oh，no！Not another international TA，and not that __8__again！”

　　So I imitated(模仿)the way __9__speakers talk and，over time，I made __10__good progress that American friends started to __11__my English as having“almost no accent”．I took this as a sign of my success.Ever since，people have often __12__me for someone from many __13__：the Midwest，the West Coast，China，Japan.Most frequently，people think I am from California.

　　But then suddenly，conformity(一致)was __14__a praise：If I talk like an American ，am I still Chinese？If I lose my Chinese accent，do I also lose my cultural identity？Am I denying my past by being __15__into a new culture?

　　Now I __16__that a person's accent is a permanent record of their past cultural experience and it is a(n) __17__of one's exposure to diverse cultures.

　　As a fourth­year student in the US，I am no longer a nervous foreigner.My nervousness has been __18__by a desire to hold on to my cultural __19__.Now I consciously add some Chinese “accent”when I speak.I do not wish to speak“__20__”English because I am proud of who I am.

　　1．A.before

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