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1、Gift-givingVaries AmongDifferentCulturesGiftgivingisabigpartofanyculture.NomatterinWesterncountriesorinEasterncountries,peopleallpayattentiontogiftgivingandgiftreceiving.Theyallbelieveetiquetterequiresreciprocityandexchangeofgiftscanleaveadeepimpressiononeachothera
2、ndrenewfriendship.Differencesofgift-givingandgift receivinginWesterncultureand Chineseculture!InChinaGIFTGIVINGAsforChinese,weoftenpayattentiontothegiftofusevaluebutnotthememorableorspecialmeaning.Therefore,Chineseusuallychoosesomethingexpensiveasagift.What’smoreth
3、emoreexpensivethegiftis,theclosertherelationshipbetweenthegiverandthereceiveris.Thegiftisofferedusingbothhandsandmustbegift-wrapped.InChineseNewYear,Moneywillbegiveninaredenvelope.Itisusuallyusinganevennumberofnewbills.TaboosinChinaDonotgiveclocksasgifts.Thewordfor
4、"clock"inChineseissimilartothewordfor"death."Itisimpolite.Colorssuchaswhite,blueorblackareassociatedwithfunerals.Donotwrapgiftsinthesecolors.Red,yellowandpinkareseenasjoyfulcolors,whicharemoreacceptableforgiftwrap.GIFTRECEIVINGChinesetraditiondictatesthatapersonsho
5、uldnotappeargreedy,sotherecipientwillrefusethepresentwhenthefirstoffer.Thegivershouldpolitelycontinuetoofferthegiftuntilltheoppositesideacceptit.Iftherecipientdidnotopenyourgift,itdoesnotmeanthatheorsheisnotinterestedinit.Wealwaysopenthegiftafterthegiverhasleft.Nom
6、atterwhetherwelikeitornot,wealwayssay"Ilikeitverymuch".Sharpobjectsarenotsuitablesuchasknives,letteropeners,orscissorswhichimplytheseveranceofarelationship.Donotbragaboutyourgiftinfrontoftherecipient.Westerncustomofgiftgiving西方送禮習(xí)俗AmericaSmallgiftssuchaspens,busine
7、ssdiaries,andmementos(紀(jì)念品)withcompanylogos（商標(biāo)）areusuallysufficient.InAmerica,lavish（浪費的）,extravagantgiftsaredefinitelyout.Anappropriatealternativetoagiftistotakethedeservingpersontodinner,ortoanentertainmentorsportingevent.在美國，贈送貴重的禮物是行不通的，比較合適的禮物是帶上你要感謝的朋友去赴宴或參加娛樂
8、體育活動。Whenvisitingthehome,itisnormallyappropriatetopresentagifttothehostess.Agiftcanbesomethingsmallbutelaborate（精心制作的）forapersonwithwhomyouareclo
