When I first came to the USA，I made friends with a neighbor who used to live only two blocks away from my street.This friend taught me a lot about American __1__，but in some __2__I had to learn the hard way，because we didn't have enough time together for me to learn all about American customs from him.
One day this same friend invited me to a party.It wasn't a (n)__3__party，only some kind of informal gettogether.Since it was summer time he had a cookout where most of his American friends and relatives were known to me，but there were others I had never met before.
