【推荐1】We should pay attention to different customs in different cultures. For example, in America, if you are invited to a wedding, baby shower, bar mitzvah (成年礼) or other ______, you’re expected to bring a gift. Usually, it should be modest in _______, about $25.

For a ______, the bride will often have “registered” a list of gifts at a local department store, indicating the items she ________. When you buy a registered item, tell the store that you’re doing this, so the couple doesn’t receive the ________ gift twice. For a baby shower, bring a gift ________ for a newborn baby. For a bar mitzvah, bring a gift appropriate for a 13-year-old boy. Because they are such important occasions, gifts for bar mitzvahs tend to be more ________, for example, a lovely pen with the boy’s full name on it is very meaningful and will be ________ by him.

If you wish to give a gift to American friends, choose something that is ________ to your country. It needn’t be valuable or ________, just typical of your home land. Such ________ include a book about your country, an inexpensive souvenir, or something else that reflects the ________ of your country. Young children who like collecting will probably be very ________ with a set of your country’s coins or stamps. Items that are ________ in your country but difficult to find abroad are also good.

If staying with an American family, a good way of ________ your thanks is to take them to a form of ________, such as a basketball game or a concert.

When giving gifts to a business acquaintance, don’t ________ anything too personal, ________ for a woman. A scarf or a hat is okay, but other types of ________ are not. Something fit for the office is also _________.

【推荐2】The other day I shared knowledge on several aspects of Hindi (印地) culture with you. Today I'm hoping to paint a better picture of _______ it means to give in Hindi and how their generosity (慷慨) differs from _________ of Western culture.

I was _________ when we learned the word “thank you” doesn't really exist in Hindi. In the mountains, it is _________ used, and people often seemed _______ when we tried to thank them. They _________ either turn their heads, or shake their hands at us.

When we asked our Indian friends why this is so, they ___________ that giving and generosity are vital parts of their culture. Giving is more of a _________ of “changing hands “than an act of generosity. In their eyes, the foods they would give us were _________ really “theirs”. They see them as something passed along to them and now they are __________ passing them along to us.

The villagers were eager to __________ their best cucumbers to a passing stranger. __________, people in the U. S. tend to ____________ old, used, or unwanted things __________ their treasured ones.

__________, during a coffee break, a friend told me about how he donated his __________ clothes and shoes -just for the __________ of giving up the possessions he likes most. Giving is ____________ Westerners can certainly do. We can practice __________ giving away the things we value most-not only actual physical possessions, but also perhaps even more __________,our time and attention.

【推荐3】“There are two kinds of people in the world—people who love Peking Opera and people who don’t know they love Peking Opera yet,” said Wang Peiyu in the opening section of her latest 12-episode(集) online _________ “My job is to let the _________ know about Peking Opera and then fall in love with it.”

The weekly talk show sees Wang, who is one of the _________ Peking Opera artists in China, explain the traditional art form and _________ its appeal.

With a(n) _________ of various art forms, including singing, dancing, and martial arts(武术), Peking Opera has a long history _________ back to the 19th century. In 2010, UNESCO _________ it an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(非物质文化遗产).

Like many traditional art forms, it is challenged by popular entertainment and is losing its audience, especially among the younger generation.

Wang is trying to change the _________. She has about 1.6 million followers on micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo and has built up a large fan base among young people with her _________ techniques and charm.

Each episode, about 30 minutes long, ____________Wang introduce her unique knowledge about Peking Opera with a particular ____________ such as the making of a Peking Opera star, the ____________ of preparing for a performance, and amusing stories about the age-old art. She uses____________, direct and humorous language to____________ the audience.

One fan commented: “All I knew about Peking Opera was the painted ____________, but thanks to Wang’s show, I now know more about the art form and I look forward to watching a live performance in the theatre.”

【推荐3】Visitors to Britain may find the best place to enjoy local culture is in a traditional pub. A team of researchers have revealed（揭示）some of the unknown__________ of British pubs-starting with the________ of getting a drink. Most pubs have _________ waiters--- you have to go to the bar to buy_________. A group of Italian young people had waited for 45 minutes before they___________ they would have to fetch their own. This may sound not__________, but there is a hidden meaning.

Pub culture is formed to improve sociability（社会交往）in a society ________for its coldness. Standing at the bar for service allows you to________ with others who are waiting to be _______ . The bar counter is possibly the only__________ in the British Isles where friendly talk with strangers is considered__________proper and really quite normal behaviour. "If you haven't been to a_________ , you haven't been to Britain." This__________can be found in a booklet, Passport to the Pub：The Tourists' Guide to Pub Etiquette（礼仪）, a customers' rule of conduct for___________who want to enjoy "a central part of___________ life and culture".

The trouble is that ___________ you do not follow the local rules, the experience may fall flat（一无所获）. For example, if you are in a big group, it is _________for one or two people to go to buy the drinks._________makes the regular customers and bar staff angry more than a group of strangers_________ all passages to the bar while they chat and hesitate about what to__________ .