Giving an unwanted gift you received to someone else (regifting) is not considered as unacceptable
as in the past. Many Americans begin to regift and they think that regifting is okay most of the time. But
what should you avoid when regifting?
First of all, a gift card hidden in a gift box can easily get passed along in error. Therefore, take the
card out of the old packaging, buy a new one and take a little extra time to make the packaging look
fresh and attractive.
Secondly, people like to believe the gifts they receive are chosen with thought and consideration. If
you tell someone that the necklace you are giving is the one your aunt gave you last year, what you are
really saying is that you are giving them something you think is ugly or useless.
Thirdly, there is a big difference between regifting an unused gift and one that you have used just for
a short time and decided you no longer want. Remember, a regift is a new thing. A hand-me-down is an
item you"ve used and offer to someone else when you decide you no longer use it.
Most importantly, avoid giving a regift to friends who originally gave the gift to you. If the regift is
given, you risk getting caught for giving it away to the person who gave it to you.
In a word, regifting is a wonderful way to save money and when it is done with thought, we can
achieve the goal of why we are giving a gift to someone in the first place - because we want them to have
something they will enjoy.
1. You are advised to give a new packaging to a gift mainly because .
A. Americans like something new and attractive
B. it shows that the card has never been used
C. you can avoid giving the gift receiver wrong things.
D. it shows that the gift is chosen with thought
2. The worst thing happens when you .
A. regift a hand-me-down item
B. regift what you don"t like
C. regift something wrapped in the original packaging
D. regift to the person who gave it to you
3. The main purpose of the writer is to tell us .
A. it"s common to regift in America
B. the things we should avoid when regifting
C. regifting can cause mistakes
D. what are the proper things to regift
4. We can conclude from the text that the key to regifting is to .
A. do it with thought
B. pay attention to what you say
C. save as much money as possible
D. make the regift look new and attractive
Title | Infant sleep patterns | |
Stages | Active sleep | ● Babies move their bodies frequently, breathe (1) _____ or cry briefly. ● Babies can easily wake up. |
Deep sleep | Babies spend (2)_____ time in this stage than in the active stage. | |
3)____ of night waking | ● Feeling (4)_____ due to little tummies and easily-digested milk. ● Being in (5)_____ of warmth. ● (6)_____ to receive enough air to breathe. | |
7) ___ of active sleep | Survival instincts | Protect the baby from causing any (8)_____ like hunger or suffocation to its own well-being. |
Speeding up the baby"s brain(9)___ | ● Double the blood (10)_____ to the brain. ● Provide chances for the brain to process the information received. | |
____1. Mathew majors in media and hopes to understand Chinese broadcasting and TV News and communicate with the Chinese people. ____2. Sarah is a learner of Chinese with a fairly good knowledge of basic Chinese grammar and a vocabulary of 2500, hoping to improve her Chinese ability in speaking, reading and writing. ____3. Lois majors in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and hopes to improve her ability in translation. ____4. Dennis once has taught himself Chinese and can speak a little Chinese but with poor pronunciation and grammar, hoping to meet the needs of everyday life and study, and understand each other in basic communication through training. ____ 5. Georgia specializes in the Chinese language and culture at the average. He plans to have a tour in China. A. Comprehensive language skill training 100 lessons in total focusing on pronunciation, grammar and discourse (语段). To enable the learner to master the basic knowledge of the Chinese language, to have the basic ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing, so that they are able to communicate with others and to meet the needs of everyday life, study and sociality. This will lay a foundation for further study of Chinese. B. Intermediate (中等) Chinese Comprehensive Course 40 lessons in all, focusing on the training of the comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing of intermediate Chinese. To enable the students to recognize, understand and use the active and less active words, to improve their ability of expressing themselves in paragraphs and discourse, to master the new words, patterns, grammatical structures, paragraphs and discourse and means of connections so as to express the meaning of the texts correctly and fluently in paragraphs and discourse. C. News Listening Based on frequently used words, typical sentences and information and concentrating on improving the ability of listening comprehension. To improve the ability of collecting information, to grasp the knowledge and skills they have learned and to understand the broadcasting and TV news of similar themes and relevant level of difficulty with the correctness of 80%. To build up the foundation for further study. D. Elementary English-Chinese Translation 25 classes in total, including various styles such as poems, popular science, political comments and news, about every aspect of everyday life. The texts vary from easy to difficult and combine theory with practice as well as translation and interpretation. About 185 hours are needed. To familiarize the learner with the equivalent (对应的) Chinese expressions of English. To enable them to know usage of Chinese and English words and sentences, cultural differences and the background knowledge. E. Elementary Spoken Chinese in Business 24 units in all. Chinese words and expressions in business and trade are introduced in the form of vivid situational dialogues, notes and exercises. To enable the learner to master the words and expressions of elementary spoken business Chinese and to communicate with others in trade and business. F. Chinese Human Geography Introduction to geographic environment and cultural phenomena in various parts of China, such as natural features, historical backgrounds, religious sites, ancient battle fields, dramas and arts, traditional products, and special food, etc. Through the introduction to historical and cultural sites and scenery, the learner will have a general view about Chinese geography, history, culture and regional features. | ||
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The time of year a baby is born can shape what profession they will embark on(从事) in later life, a new study has suggested. Being born in a certain month appears to indicate the statistical likelihood of what job a person wil l end up with, the study by the Office for National Statistics found. Researchers have uncovered that the month in which babies are born could also affect everything from intelligence to length of life. A child born December is more likely to become a dentist while someone whose birthday falls in January will tend to a debt collector, they found. A February birth appears to increase the chances of being an artist while March babies appear to go on to become pilots. Meanwhile, April and May are said to have a fairly even spread of professions, births in the summer months mean a much lower chance of becoming a high-earning football player, doctor or dentist. The study was got by researchers who analyzed the birth months of people in 19 separate occupations using information from the last survey, the Daily Mail reported. Although these trends may be difficult to explain, correlations between birth months and specific health problems have a scientific basis. Spring babies are at greater risk of illnesses including schizophrenia, Alzheimer"s disease, asthma and autism. They may also be less clever than classmates born in other parts of the year. | ||
1. From the passage we can know if a baby is born on February. 20, it will probably become a _____. | ||
A. footballer B. doctor C. pianist D. teacher | ||
2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? | ||
A. Researchers can explain why babies will have different careers in the future B. Researchers make the conclusion just by analyzing the birth of people in 19 separate occupations C. Being born in a certain month will certainly determine what a baby will do in the future D. Being born in different months has no influence on what a baby will do in the future | ||
3. What does the underlined word "correlation" in Paragraph 5 mean? | ||
A. close connection B. great influence C. effective solution D. reasonable conclusion | ||
4. What"s the purpose of this passage? | ||
A. To discuss a baby"s birth month B. To describe different professions C. to explain babies" some trends D. To introduce a new discovery |