Contact across cultures. Problems in international business relation-

ships are not always caused by language difficulties. Fill each of the blanks in 

the following text. Use one word only in each space.

We _______ find out about other cultures _______ 

reading and talking to _______ with experience. When we _______other countries, 

it is important to _______ good observers and listeners. We _______ avoid criticis-

ing other cultures and realise that we all have similar problems but different ways 

of dealing with them.