美國人愛借花獻佛
[ 2006-10-16 09:15 ]
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Gift boxes are seen in New
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Wrapping up that unwanted picture frame from last
Christmas and giving it to someone else as a gift might not be as taboo as
it once was, according to a study.
The survey of 1,505 American adults, conducted by market research firm
Harris Interactive, found that over half of the respondents admitted to
"re-gifting" with passing on gifts becoming a far more common and
acceptable phenomenon.
In fact 78 percent of consumers who were polled felt that it was
acceptable to re-gift some or most of the time.
Nancy Wong, a spokeswoman for Harris Interactive, said she was
surprised by the number of people who admitted to re-gifting.
"It's not something I've thought about and when I saw that over half
had done it -- 52 percent have re-gifted and or would re-gift -- it's
quite a significant number," Wong said.
According to the survey, the mostly commonly re-gifted items were decorative household items, such as
vases, paintings, picture frames and other trinkets.
Wong said that while 77 percent of respondents said they re-gifted
because the item was perfectly suited to the new recipient.
The
study showed that nine percent of people admitted that they re-gifted out
of laziness to purchase a new gift and four percent confessed that they
re-gifted out of dislike for the recipient.
(Agencies) |
一項調查表明，將不合心意的禮物，如上個圣誕節收到的相框，重新包裝一下轉送給別人已經不再是一種忌諱了。
美國哈里斯互動市場調查公司所做的此項調查共有1505名成年人參加，調查發現，超過半數的受訪者承認自己轉送過禮物，這已成為一種可接受的普遍現象。
確切的說，有78％的受訪者認為轉送禮物很正常。
哈里斯互動市場調查公司的發言人Nancy Wong說，她很驚訝竟有這么多人轉送過禮物。
她說："我實在是沒有想到。據我了解，半數以上的受訪者（52％）轉送過禮物或將考慮這么做，這實在是個不小的數字。"
調查顯示，最常被轉送的禮物是室內裝飾品，如花瓶、畫、相框和其它小飾品。
Nancy Wong說，77％的受訪者說他們之所以轉送禮物是因為這些禮物的確適合送禮對象。
此外，調查顯示，9％的人說，他們轉送禮物主要是因為懶得出去買新禮物，4％的人承認他們轉送禮物的原因是不喜歡送禮對象。
(英語點津姍姍編輯)
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Vocabulary:
decorative household
item :家居裝飾品
trinket :a small
ornament（小飾品）
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