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（包裝）gifts in this color．However，do you know that in Korea（朝鮮），red is a color of death? That is why you should not wrap gifts in this color if you are giving a gift to a Korean person．

What about western 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（象征）of love．You could give yellow roses instead as these are a symbol of friendship．You could also send pink roses as girls 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（回教徒的）or Jewish（猶太族的）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）．

根據(jù)短文內容簡要回答下面問題。

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．Can we give a Muslim friend a bottle of alcohol as a gift?

4．How many colors are mentioned（提到）in this passage?

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

1．（In）Korea．

2．We can send／give them yellow roses．／By sending／giving them yellow roses．Send／Give yellow roses to them．

3．No，we can't．

4．Three／3．

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

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