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Everyone loves receiving gifts, and across cultures, presents are an important way to show care and love. However, traditions are not the same in every country.
As a European living in China, I have seen some interesting differences. For example, while fruit and milk are common gifts here, in my culture, they might be a better choice when you are visiting someone in the hospital. When you get invited to a dinner party, a bottle of fine wine is also a good gift. Still, it’s best to check whether your hosts drink wine in their daily life. Many Europeans will usually open their presents right away, except in places like Germany. It’s also important to take off the price tag before giving gifts.
What can you do if you don’t like your gift? In Spain, you still need to say you love the gift to avoid hurting the other person’s feelings. But if
they remember to leave the receipt(收据) inside the gift, which is a very common practice in Spain, you can just exchange it for something else.
Regifting is another good idea, as long as the present looks new. “Jennifer Molski from Chicago has turned regifting into a nice project, collecting gifts people didn’t want for those in need,” CBS News reported.
How the present looks is also important. However, by using wrapping paper for every present we buy, we produce a lot of waste. Many Germans use high-quality wrapping paper, but some of them are now choosing newspaper or maps to help the environment.
Do Europeans give money as gifts? Yes. Polish couples, for example, often request cash at weddings to cover the cost of the venue and meals. Finally, remember: It’s the thought that counts, not the size or the cost of the gift.
1. Where does the writer come from?
2. What do most Europeans usually do after receiving gifts?
3. Why do the Spanish people leave the receipt inside the gift?
4. How do many Germans make their presents look so important?
5. Do you agree with regifting? Why or why not?
Everyone loves receiving gifts, and across cultures, presents are an important way to show care and love. However, traditions are not the same in every country.
As a European living in China, I have seen some interesting differences. For example, while fruit and milk are common gifts here, in my culture, they might be a better choice when you are visiting someone in the hospital. When you get invited to a dinner party, a bottle of fine wine is also a good gift. Still, it’s best to check whether your hosts drink wine in their daily life. Many Europeans will usually open their presents right away, except in places like Germany. It’s also important to take off the price tag before giving gifts.
What can you do if you don’t like your gift? In Spain, you still need to say you love the gift to avoid hurting the other person’s feelings. But if
they remember to leave the receipt(收据) inside the gift, which is a very common practice in Spain, you can just exchange it for something else.
Regifting is another good idea, as long as the present looks new. “Jennifer Molski from Chicago has turned regifting into a nice project, collecting gifts people didn’t want for those in need,” CBS News reported.
How the present looks is also important. However, by using wrapping paper for every present we buy, we produce a lot of waste. Many Germans use high-quality wrapping paper, but some of them are now choosing newspaper or maps to help the environment.
Do Europeans give money as gifts? Yes. Polish couples, for example, often request cash at weddings to cover the cost of the venue and meals. Finally, remember: It’s the thought that counts, not the size or the cost of the gift.
1. Where does the writer come from?
Europe.
2. What do most Europeans usually do after receiving gifts?
Open their presents right away.
3. Why do the Spanish people leave the receipt inside the gift?
To make it convenient for the recipients to exchange the gift for something else.
4. How do many Germans make their presents look so important?
By using high-quality wrapping paper.
5. Do you agree with regifting? Why or why not?
Yes, because it helps reduce waste and benefits those in need.
答案
1. Europe.
2. Open their presents right away.
3. To make it convenient for the recipients to exchange the gift for something else.
4. By using high-quality wrapping paper.
5. Yes, because it helps reduce waste and benefits those in need.
2. Open their presents right away.
3. To make it convenient for the recipients to exchange the gift for something else.
4. By using high-quality wrapping paper.
5. Yes, because it helps reduce waste and benefits those in need.
