Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. torn             B. context       C. culture        D. fluent            E. confused        F. seller G. delivered       H. signal        I. translated     J. reflection        K. understanding

“The confusing way Mexicans tell time” is a story about how a foreigner got 【小题1】 about a Mexican word even though she could speak 【小题2】 Spanish. It happened when she set foot on Mexican soil for the first time. She asked an ice-cream 【小题3】 for an ice-cream, and he said “ahorita.” She thought it would be 【小题4】 immediately because the word can be directly 【小题5】 to “right now.” But she waited for half an hour and still no ice-cream came. When she asked the seller about it, he said “ahorita” again, with his face showing confusion. She felt 【小题6】 between waiting and walking away. Finally, she had to go home, so she signalled to the seller that she could not wait any longer. Years later back in Mexico, she came to realise that the meaning of “ahorita” changes according to its 【小题7】. It could mean “tomorrow,” “within five years,” “never,” or even “no, thanks” when one wants to refuse an offer. “Ahorita Time” is a 【小题8】 of different cultural understandings of time. That is, 【小题9】 “ahorita” takes not a fluency in the language, but a fluency in the【小题10】.