美国公司帮助家庭适应海外生活

短语讲解：

1. Richard works for an American automaker which transferred the couple and their three children from Miami to Shanghai almost three years ago.

transfer to转移; 迁移
例句：The company has transferred to an eastern location.
这家公司已搬到东部某地。

2. A trip to the grocery store can still bring surprises.

grocery store小卖部
例句：He opened a grocery store last month.
上个月他开了一间杂货店。

3. "So they stay nice and fresh because people like to eat them," his mother answers, while also pointing out bagged turtles which are used for turtle soup.

point out 指出
例句：When the mistake was pointed out to him, he hastened to correct it.
当有人向他指出错误时, 他赶紧纠正。
be used for 用来做…
例句：Tallow can be used for making soap .
动物脂可以用来做香皂。

4. Hanson and his sisters are both grossed out and fascinated by the turtles, hairy crabs, snakes, eels and jellyfish writhing nearby.

gross out冒犯，触怒，侮辱；使作呕
例句：You are going to gross out people if you continue talking like that.
如果你继续像那样说话，就会引起人们的反感。

5. At least the Chois knew what to expect. Richard’s company hired a consulting firm to prepare them for the cultural shift.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：We should prepare well for the negotiations.
我们应该为这次谈判做好准备。
cultural shift文化转型

6. “There was a very large section on the corporate culture and how to behave in the workplace,” says Richard, who had to take a survey to see how well his work style would mesh with the Chinese one.

mesh with 一致；适合；符合
例句：This doesn't mesh with the idea that I was given of the work in this office.
这个办公室的工作情况和过去告诉我的不一样。

7. "And if you think that international assignments can be in excess of a million dollars for companies, they are going to need to mitigate that opportunity for failure.”

in excess of 多于, 超出
例句：He advised his son never to spend in excess of his income.
他劝儿子开支不可超过收入。

8. It’s often the employee’s spouse - usually a wife - who has to deal with day-to-day problems. Some consulting firms devote themselves entirely to supporting the spouse.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

9. But you also, sometimes like, ‘I don’t really want to hear about everything right here anymore, either.’

hear about得悉, 听说
例句：You always hear about planes being delayed because of technical faults.
你总能听到由于技术事故而使飞机迟期起飞的事。

10. Richard says they’ve pretty much adjusted to life there, especially now that he's stopped worrying about paying $8 for a bag of tortilla chips - something that costs about $3 in the United States.

adjust to调整, 调节
例句：It is difficult to adjust one's habits to someone else.
一个人很难使自己的习惯适于他人。