最美的黃玫瑰繪本

『壹』 各國送禮的習俗。用英語

各國送禮大觀
Do』s and Taboos of Gift Giving

● America
美國

An American woman living in Wisconsin volunteered to tutor1 English to a Japanese woman who had moved into the same community. 「Before each lesson, and on each and every visit,」 the American reported, 「the Japanese lady brought me a gift — a book, some paper sculpture, flowers, or candy. It was embarrassing.」

一位居住在威斯康星州的美國女士自告奮勇輔導剛搬進同一社區的一位日本女士學習英語。她指出：「那位日本婦女每次上課、每次拜訪都帶禮物給我，一本書、紙刻品、花或是糖果，真令我尷尬。」

Unknowingly, this American was experiencing a vestige of protocol rooted centuries deep in the Japanese culture.

這位美國女士不知不覺領教了日本幾百年來根深蒂固的文化傳統。

In America, lavish2, extravagant3 gifts are definitely out. An appropriate alternate to a gift is to take the deserving person to dinner, or to an entertainment or sporting event. On the contrary, gift giving is an institution and a revered custom in Japan. According to Business Tokyo magazine, among the Japanese 「gift giving is a necessity, not merely a nicety as in the West.」 In Japan the proper gift is thought to express the giver』s true friendship, gratitude, and respect far better than words can. So if you plan to visit Japan or to have Japanese visit you here, be prepared.

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體育活動。與之相反的是，在日本送禮是一種制度，一個優良慣例。據《東京商業雜志》所言，「日本人送禮至關重要，而不像西方僅把它當作一件不起眼的事。」在日本，恰當的禮物意為表達送禮之人誠摯的難以言表的友好、感激及尊重之情，所以如果你准備前往日本或有日本朋友前來拜訪，一定要做好准備。

So you know gift giving plays a very important role in nowadays society. Now let』s see what』s happened in other countries.

你看，當今社會，送禮發揮著重要作用。現在我們來看看其他國家的情況。

● Germany
德國

A West Virginia executive, visiting Germany for the first time, was invited to the home of his largest customer. He decided to be gallant4 and bring his hostess a bouquet of flowers. He selected a dozen red roses.

一位西弗吉尼亞主管第一次去德國，其最大的客戶邀請他上門拜訪。他想獻殷勤，於是給女主人帶了一束鮮花，選的是一打紅玫瑰。

Oops! Terrible mistake! Social gift giving is popular and well-established in Germany but has certain do』s and don』ts.

噢！這個錯可犯大了！交際中送禮在德國早已司空見慣，為世人所接受。不過什麼可送什麼不可送可是大有學問的。 樂學網奉獻

Flowers are often taken to a hostess of a dinner party at her home, but there are three taboos to remember: 1)red roses signify a romantic interest, 2)an even5 number of flowers signifies bad luck, as does the number thirteen, and 3)always unwrap the flowers before presenting them. This West Virginia was making what amounted to a pass at his customer』s wife.

如果晚宴設在女主人家中，常見的就是給她送花。不過有三個禁忌一定得記住：1）紅玫瑰象徵著心儀對方；2）偶數鮮花寓意著倒霉，13朵也是如此；3）獻花之前不要包紮。這個西弗吉尼亞人送紅玫瑰讓人以為他對客戶的妻子有意思呢！

When visiting a German home, gifts that reflect your home country are popular, and you might want to bring small gifts for the children of the family you are visiting.

登門拜訪德國人時，帶上能反映你祖國特色的禮物將大受歡迎！也可以給主人家的孩子帶上點小禮物。 轉自szdmz.com

Gifts are customarily6 wrapped and many Germans spend considerable time designing elegant wrappings. Most shops offer gift-wrapping services, too.

禮物一般得包紮，很多德國人會花上一定的時間設計個優雅的包裝。大多數商店也會提供包裝服務。

● Greece
希臘

The most common form of showing appreciation in Greece is probably an evening』s entertainment. If you do present a gift, avoid personal items, such as ties and shirts. If you are invited to a Greek home, flowers or a cake for the hostess are an appropriate gift.

在希臘，表達感激之情最常見的方式可能就是晚間娛樂活動。如果你要送禮，不要送一些過於親昵的東西，比如領帶襯衣之類。如果希臘人邀請你去其家做客，給女主人送上鮮花或者蛋糕就很合適了。 szdmz.com整理

● Italy
義大利

When you are invited to a person』s home for dinner, it might be nice to bring flowers or a box of chocolates for your hostess, although it is just as considerate to have the flowers sent the next day.

Yellow roses can signify 「jealousy.」 And in Italy never send chrysanthemums7, since they suggest death.

當你受邀至某戶人家共進晚餐時，為女主人帶上幾束花或者一盒巧克力就可以啦，不過當然你要是第二天再送花的話，也可算是考慮周到了。

黃玫瑰寓意著「嫉妒」。在義大利人們從來不送菊花，因為這暗示死亡。

● Australia
澳大利亞

來源：szdmz.com

Australia is known for its friendly informality and lack of pretentiousness8. So modest gifts, such as a business diary, a paperweight, or a coffee mug might be presented as a memento9 of a visit of business meeting. At a trade show, T-shirts, ties, baseball caps, or a pin may be appropriate mementos. Anything more than these types of gifts could cause embarrassment.

澳大利亞以其友好，不拘禮節及坦誠而聞名，所以在參加商務會議時，送上一個商用記事本、紙鎮或一個咖啡杯再合適不過了。在商業展覽上，贈送T恤衫、領帶、棒球帽或者一個大頭針最合適做紀念品了。若送比這些東西貴重的禮品反而會致人尷尬。

『貳』 七夕送心儀的男生什麼禮物好呢

一、【浪漫愛情簽】：這是一份由很多簽組成的一份禮物，簽上內容是「我要巧克力」，「親我一下」，「背一下我」之類比較有趣的要求，然後抽中了就要求你這樣做，驚喜創意。
二、【最佳男友獎】：類似運動會的獎牌，但獲獎的不是運動項目，而是名為「最佳男友證牌」，這份禮物是新上市的。背後還是模擬玉的，可以刻他的名字。
三、【定製情侶報】：提供你們兩人的生活相片和資料，做成一本精美的報紙或者雜志，再加上你特別為他寫的話語，是一份很創意的心意報紙。
四、【溫馨回憶錄】：這份禮物通過電子平台來記錄你們兩個人的點點滴滴，用你們的圖片和文字，然後再加點溫馨背景音樂，可以是電子雜志，網頁，PPT，明信片等形式。
五、【竹簡心連心】：用一種最古老的方式來表達你的愛意，先自己寫一封信，然後店家會將內容刻錄到竹簡上，這是一份愛的經典禮物。現在很流行，可以收藏一輩子的禮物。
六、【愛情支票本】：這份禮物是今年才出現的，主要是送一份空支票本。然後他每次在支票上寫「今晚去看電影」等內容時，要通過你的簽名才能生效。