There are usually at least four stages
 that exchange students experience:
交換學生體會到的文化衝擊，
通常至少有下列四個階段：

1. Excitement and enthusiasm. This is the feeling that accompanies travel to a new place, seeing and doing so many new and different things, and meeting new people.
1.興奮與熱情：這是隨著抵達新地點、眼見耳聞並親手從事諸多嶄新或不同於以往的事物，再加上見到陌生人而浮現的感受。

2. Irritability. No matter how understanding and accepting the student may try to be, there will be many times when they just don't like or understand why their host culture is the way it is, and they can't seem to make the feeling go away.
2. 焦躁：無論學生試著表現出多麼理解與接受的態度，還是會碰到多次完全不喜歡/瞭解接待文化為何有此風格的情況，而且，他們似乎無法擺脫這種感受。

3. Adaptation. This is when students learn to accept that they will have to adapt if they are going to be successful in their host culture. 
3. 適應：學生若想順利融入接待國文化，就得在此時學著適應必須適應之事。

4. Biculturalism. This is when they realize that they have become competent in another culture and can see the world and function from another, very different point of view.
4. 二元文化：此時，學生瞭解到自己能勝任另一種文化，並從另一種截然不同的角度，來觀看整個世界和運作。

The lowest point comes at about four months, or near the middle of December. What exactly is the student experiencing at this point? Most tell us that this is where the feeling of irritability is at its greatest, because they do not see an easy way to feel better. They have not necessarily figured out how to get along better with a host family or to be included more in school activities.
最低潮的時間點約是四個月、或是接近十二月中旬時出現。學生在這個時間點，到底會有何種體驗？大多數學生告訴我們，由於找不到簡單方法讓自己好轉，此時的焦躁感最為嚴重。他們不一定能找出如何與接待家庭相處得更好，或是進一步融入學校活動。

Most probably, and certainly most important, they may have not yet learned enough [of the] language to really understand what is going on, or to communicate what they want to say to others. After a few months of this, it is very natural to get very frustrated and wish that everyone and everything just made more sense. They may just experience it as a global feeling of discomfort and dislike of the culture.
最常見且最重要的一點是，學生尚未學到充分的語言來實際理解現況，或是向他人表達出自己的真正想法。幾個月後，他們自然會深感沮喪，所有人事物只讓他們變得更敏感。學生或許對文化只感到全然不快且厭惡。

Following this period, they are entering the longest but most rewarding of the four stages of culture shock. This is where the students not only learn much more language and understand the culture much more, it is where they begin to learn much more about themselves. They get a better understanding of their own strengths and weaknesses. They learn new coping skills or use existing ones that they may never have known they had. It can be helpful if Youth Exchange officers/counselors and parents understand that this is what many students are going through at this time. It can be extremely helpful to a student in this stage to just have someone with whom they can express their feelings without fear of getting in trouble or offending anyone. It can also be helpful to point out to students that this is probably the lowest point they will experience, and that things will begin to get better as they continue to work at adjusting.
這段時期之後，學生遂進入文化衝擊的四個階段中，最為漫長卻最具價值的階段。學生在這個階段，不僅學到更多語言，更深入瞭解文化，並開始深入理解自我。他們更瞭解自己的優缺點所在。學生學習到新的應對技巧，或是運用自己不曾知道具備的既有技巧。青少年交換委員/輔導員和家長，若能瞭解到這是許多學生在此時會經歷到的情況，對他們將甚有幫助。對這個階段的學生而言，有人能讓其坦率表達自我感受，無須畏懼陷入麻煩或冒犯他人，將有極大的幫助。此外，向學生指出此時或許是他們經歷到的低潮期，情況將在他們繼續努力適應後好轉，同樣有所幫助。