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Gift giving is different from culture to culture and person to person.

When giving gifts, sometimes color is important. For example, for many Chinese people around the world, red is a lucky color, and people often like to wrap gifts in this color. However, did you know that in Korea, red is a color of death? That is why you should not wrap(包装) your gifts in this color if you are giving a gift to a Korean person. What about westernn countries? In western countries, the color of wrapping paper is not really important. But color does matter when giving flowers, especially roses. You should not give red roses to a western person you don't know very well because they are a symbol of love. You could give yellow roses instead as these are a symbol of friendship. You could also send pink roses as gifts to say thank you.

What other things should you remember when giving gifts to someone from a different culture? Well, one thing you should keep in mind is the person's religion(宗教). When choosing a gift for a Muslim (穆斯林) or Jewish friend, you should never get food including pork, or things made from pigskin. Another thing that you should not get for a Muslim person is alcohol (酒).

1.In which country do people think red is the color of death?

2.How can we show our friendship to the western friends?

3.What gift doesn’t a Muslin friend like?

4.How many colors are mentioned(提及) in this passage? What are they?

5.What's the main idea of this passage?

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Many of you have been “bilingual talents (双语人才)” for years. We are not talking about English, but your local dialect (方言) and putonghua.

Zhang Yaoyi, 14, from Shanghai, is such a talent. “When I was very young, I spoke the Shanghai dialect at home, but putonghua in school,” she said.

China encourages students to speak putonghua in classrooms. And students find it natural to speak putonghua even during class breaks (休息).

A report in 2011 showed that only 60 percent of Shanghai students could fully understand their local dialect. Many people are worried. “The local culture is dying if a dialect is no longer popular,” said a famous teacher. “The most vivid (生动的) words and expressions are all born of dialects,” he added. Zhang Yaoyi agrees with it. She finds it strange to use putonghua for some words.

Some cities have taken action to save dialects now. Since 2008, some primary schools in Guangzhou have asked students to speak the Guangdong dialect one day a week. Starting from this year, 20 Shanghai kindergartens have encouraged children to speak their dialect during breaks.

However, protecting dialects doesn’t mean saying no to putonghua. Dialects are just part of a multi-cultural (多元文化的) society.

1.What did Zhang Yaoyi speak at home when she was very young?

She spoke the .

2. How many Shanghai students could fully understand their local dialect according to the 2011 report?

There were .

3. What is the famous teacher worried?

He is worried that .

4.When did the primary schools in Guangzhou begin to ask the students to speak their dialect?

In .

5.What is the passage mainly about?

It’s about .

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