【Re-giftingonlywithcareAtthisbusiestgift-givingtimeoftheyear,manyofuswonderwhattodowiththeunwantedpresentsweget.Isitallrighttore-gift--togivetheunwantedpresenttosomeoneelse?Agiftisasymbolofwhatarelations】
Re-giftingonlywithcare
Atthisbusiestgift-givingtimeoftheyear,manyofuswonderwhattodowiththeunwantedpresentsweget.Isitallrighttore-gift--togivetheunwantedpresenttosomeoneelse?
Agiftisasymbolofwhatarelationshipmeanstous.Thebestgiftsmeettheneedsorsatisfythedesiresofthereceiver.Agiftshouldbeaboutpleasingtheotherperson,notshowingoffthetaste,wealthorpowerofthegiver.Weshouldgivewiththeotherperson,notourselvesinmind.
Still,afriend,colleagueorfamilymemberwhoknowsuswellmightnowandthenbuyussomethingthatisthelastthingwe'dbuyforourselves.Peopleinlong-termrelationshipscanbesurprisedatthechoicesinclothes,musicorgadgets(小玩意)madebytheirfriendsorrelatives.
Re-giftingcreatesadilemmabecausewedon'twanttohurtthefeelingsofthegift-giver,butwealsofeelit'swastefulnottousesomethingthatmightbenefitsomeoneelse.
Re-giftingavoidswasteandrepaysadebtofgratitudeweowetosomeoneelse,butitpresentstheriskthattheoriginalgiverwillbehurtifsheorhediscoverswhatwedid.
Followingareafewguidelinesforre-gifting:
--Don'tusethegift.
--Re-giftsoon,soyoudon'triskre-giftingtotheoriginalgiver.
--Makesurethatthenewreceiverdoesn'tknowtheoriginalgiverorisunlikelytoruninto
himorher.
Ifthere'sapossibilitythattheoriginalgivercouldlearnaboutthere-giftorifheorsheexpectstoseeyouwearingthegift,consideraskingforpermission.Lethimorherknowhowmuchyouappreciatethethoughtbehindthegift.Apersonwhounderstandsthatagiftisintendedtobepleasingwillunderstand.Aslongasthepersonwhogavetheunwelcomegiftdoesn'tmindorwon'tfindout,youcanre-giftwithaclearconscience.Besides,youcanbesurethatatleastoneofthegiftsyou'vereceivedwasgivenoriginallytosomeoneelse.
63.Accordingtotheauthor,thegiftthatyouwanttobuyforyourfriendhadbetterbetheone___.
A.thatcanbenefitsomeoneelse
B.thatyouwanttobuyforyourself
C.thatisanecessityforyourfriend
D.thatwillsurpriseyourfriend
64.Inthethirdparagraph,theauthorwantstotellread

