Receiving money makes me uncomfortable.
[00:06.83]Section 1 Before you read
[00:09.46]PAIRWORK
[00:10.98]1a Write how you would feel
[00:13.96]if you received the following gifts.
[00:17.51]1b Discuss your answers with a partner.
[00:21.67]Would you have the same feeling?
[00:24.47]Section 2 While You Read
[00:28.13]Learning strategy:
[00:30.75]PERSONALIZING WHAT YOU LEARN
[00:33.79]To learn something effectively,
[00:36.43]it is important to "make it your own".
[00:39.91]Instead of learning the example in the book,
[00:42.55]create one yourself,using your own experience
[00:45.74]and ideas.
[00:47.68]Receiving money makes me uncomfortable.
[00:51.98]Many books have been written
[00:53.80]about "the art of giving".
[00:56.50]But what about the art of receiving?
[01:00.38]Sometimes,receiving a gift can be difficult,
[01:04.02]especially when someone buys you a gift
[01:06.57]you don't want!
[01:08.45]"I remember when I was about twelve years old,
[01:12.25]my parents bought me a purple purse,"
[01:14.99]laughs Guo Xiaojing.
[01:17.21]"It really made me feel embarrassed,
[01:19.75]because to be honest,
[01:21.73]I thought the purse was really ugly!
[01:25.07]Still, I pretended that I liked it
[01:27.91]because I knew it would make my parents happy!"
[01:31.67]Han Ling agrees.
[01:33.53]"That sounds like my grandparents!
[01:36.20]A few years ago,my grandparents gave me
[01:39.15]an orange sweater for my birthday.
[01:42.00]I used to wear it every time I visited them,
[01:45.01]but when I left their house,I took it off!
[01:48.21]Of course, this made me feel guilty.
[01:50.91]It was a very nice thought,
[01:53.31]but my grandparents and I have different tastes!
[01:56.81]I think it's hard to buy clothes
[01:59.15]or other personal things for people."
[02:02.70]To make things easier,
[02:04.59]some people would rather just give money.
[02:07.87]In some cultures, however,
[02:09.96]receiving money can make people uncomfortable.
[02:13.66]"When someone gives me money,
[02:15.54]it just makes me think they're being lazy,"
[02:18.79]says John Wilson.
[02:20.42]"In England, we have a saying:
[02:22.60]It's the thought that counts.
[02:25.51]When someone gives me money,
[02:27.77]I feel they didn't think at all.
[02:30.54]I prefer to receive a gift
[02:32.31]that has some thought behind it.
[02:35.03]I don't mind if it's something I don't need.
[02:37.62]If someone has thought about a gift for me,
[02:40.94]it always makes me happy."
[02:43.83]Different people have very different thoughts
[02:47.00]on this subject!
[02:48.56]So maybe the art of receiving
[02:51.14]is even more difficult than the art of giving!
[02:54.32]What do you think?
[02:55.97]Section 3 After You Read
[02:59.37]3a Finish the sentences according to the reading
[03:04.52]3b Choose an adjective from the reading
[03:07.99]that expresses a feeling.
[03:10.18]To "make the word your own",
[03:12.08]write about a time when you felt this way.
[03:15.50]Section 4 Go For It!
[03:18.54]Imagine Tina and Peter are your classmates.
[03:21.85]Make some suggestions for gifts for each of them
[03:24.93]Then discuss and decide with a group which gift
[03:27.78]would be best.
[03:29.42]If you have time!
[03:30.90]Make notes about a gift that you have received.
[03:35.29]Tell your group about this experience.
[03:38.45]1.What was the gift,who gave it to you and why?
[03:43.81]2.How did you feel when you opened it,
[03:47.35]and do you think the person who gave it thought
[03:49.65]carefully about it?
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