The topic of my talk today is gift-giving.
我今天演讲的主题是送礼。
You may think that gift-giving is a universal custom.
你可能认为送礼是一种普遍的习俗。
The tradition of gift-giving in Japan is very ancient.
日本送礼的传统由来已久。
So you may think that gift-giving is a universal custom.
所以你可能认为送礼是一种普遍的习俗。
Today we have seen some broad differences in gift-giving.
今天，我们看到了关于送礼的一些显著区别。
Maybe we should think about using this gift from Linda's father as inspiration for gift-giving.
或许我们应该考虑从琳达父亲的这个礼物中获得送礼的灵感。
The day of gift-giving finally came.
赠送礼物的那天终于到了。
Maybe my gift-giving deficiency is genetic.
也许我在送礼物方面的不足之处来自于遗传。
Do you think gift-giving is very important?
你认为送礼是很重要的吗？
Nicholas became famous for gift-giving, usually to the poor.
尼古拉斯因经常给穷人送礼而广受赞誉。
Teach your kids about advertising, saving, earning, and gift-giving.
教育你的孩子，让他们明白什么是广告、储蓄、收入、和送礼。
Later, this ritual expanded to include gift-giving among the general populace.
后来，这一仪式扩大成为普通民众之间送礼物的活动。
It's that time of year again — time for holiday cheer, gift-giving, and bonus checks.
又到了一年中的这个时节——人们欢庆节日、互赠礼物、领取奖金。
Michelle Obama may not be alone in questioning the President's claim to gift-giving greatness.
尽管奥巴马自认为很会送礼物，但对此表示质疑的人远不止米歇尔一人。
Gift-giving between friends, for example, strengthens non-kin bonds as people choose friends who can reciprocate.
例如，当人们选择经常来往的朋友时，送礼会加强这种非亲属的结合。
Yunxiang Yan is an anthropology professor from UCLA who has written extensively about gift-giving in Chinese culture.
加州大学洛杉矶分校的人类学教授严云翔(音译)，曾写了大量有关中国送礼文化的文章。
Buying your boss a gift is just like any other workplace project. So research the history of gift-giving in your office.
给老板买礼物就如同任何工作中的一个项目。
Then match your gift-giving style to the profiles below and find out what your choices reveal about your inner personality.
然后将你赠送礼物的风格与以下各个方面相比较，并找出你的选择所揭示出的你的内在个。
You also should check your company's gift-giving guidelines, especially if you plan to use company funds to purchase presents.
你还应该察看自己公司的送礼规定，特别是如果你打算用公司的钱买礼物的话。
Flowers, the most coveted gift on the female list of desirable Valentine's Day gifts, ranked second on the male gift-giving list.
女性最渴望得到的情人节礼物“鲜花”在男性最想送的礼物榜上排名第二。
So with the holiday gift-giving season under way, I write this column for parents who may be asked by children for a dog or a horse.
因而，在赠送节日礼物的季节到来之际，我特地为那些可能被孩子们要求要一只马或者狗的父母写这个专栏。
Gift-giving, some economists think, is a process that adds value to an item over and above what it would otherwise be worth to the recipient.
一些经济学家认为：送礼是事实上是一个为物品增值的过程，除此之外，礼物对于接受者而言将会更有价值。
With experience, or a little research on how fast plants grow, you will be able to gauge the best time to plant seeds in time for gift-giving season.
根据经验或花点时间调查下植物的成长速度，你就会测算好最佳播种时间，赶得上送礼。
Qi Zheng, a psychologist at a Shenzhen-based consulting center, says stories like Du's show that young people have come to misunderstand the purpose of gift-giving.
深圳某咨询中心的心理专家齐峥表示，像杜敬琳这样的经历显示出年轻人已经误解了赠送礼物的初衷。
This holiday season, those of us who are toss-the-clothes-in-the-suitcase-and-go travelers are counting on our thrifty gift-giving friends to equip us for future trips.
这个假期，我们之中有人开始打包去旅行，这些人指望着我们送的实用的礼物来装备未来的旅行。
Group payment service WePay decided to take a look at how gift-giving works and found that what you give can be worth-in the mind of the recipient, that is-up to 18% less than its actual retail value.
在线支付集团WePay公司决定研究送礼物到底起了多大的作用，他们发现你所送礼物的价值——也就是说在接受者心中的价值，比礼物实际的价值低了18%。
Group payment service WePay decided to take a look at how gift-giving works and found that what you give can be worth-in the mind of the recipient, that is-up to 18% less than its actual retail value.
在线支付集团WePay公司决定研究送礼物到底起了多大的作用，他们发现你所送礼物的价值——也就是说在接受者心中的价值，比礼物实际的价值低了18%。
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