Giving presents
Last night, before going to bed, I came across a video which showed an IELTS speaking test. The candidate in that video came from Syria, she got a nice voice and her performance ( her smile, gesture and intonation ) was so good and natural. Her topic was talking about your present that you gave to someone special or on some special occasion . It made me want to try to write about this topic.
You know, giving presents to your parents, family members or friends is so popular in many countries. Special talking about expressing love or thankfulness to parents. Because this is a little strange in Vietnam, especially in countrysides. Children almost don't say " I love you " to their parents and the parents are just like that also . It does not mean they don't love their parents or they are no good children or the parents don't love their children. It's just there is no one say that and the parents want to be more strict so that their children would obey easily and they feel more being respected.
That's why children don't have a concept of giving present to their parents even on special day as birthday. These children can express their love feeling easily and naturally by saying or presents to their friends but their parents.
It's so strange for you right ?
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Giving presents
Last night, before going to bed, I came across a video which showed an IELTS speaking test. The candidate in that video came from Syria, she got has a nice voice and her performance ( her smile, gesture and intonation ) was so good and natural. Her topic was talking about your a present that you can give to someone special or on some a special occasion . It made me want to try to write about this topic.You know, giving presents to your parents, family members or friends is so popular in many countries. It is the special way of talking about expressing love or thankfulness to your parents. Because this is a little strange in Vietnam, especially in the countryside s. Children almost don't say " I love you " to their parents and the parents are the same just like that also . It does not mean that they don't love their parents or that they are not good children or that the parents don't love their children. It's just that there is no one says that and the parents want to be more strict so that their children would will be able to obey easily and they feel more being respect ed.
That's why children don't have the concept of giving presents to their parents even on such a special day as a birthday. These children can express their feelings of love feeling easily and naturally by saying it or by giving presents to their friends but not to their parents.
It's so strange for you, right ?
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Tuyet, I think it is not only in Vietnam but it's like this in almost in every Asian country. There is no doubt that the children love their parents immensely but they hardly say "I love you" or give any gift(we may say it's a kind of in our culture that has been like that for years). Simply, it's a cultural difference! The PDA(public display of affection) is not there in most of the Asian countries. Am I right?
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Hiro, your information really surprised me. I read many manga and Japanese dramas. I thought they reflected Japanese customs also.
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We don't say I love you not only for parents but also often for our boyfriend or girlfriend in Japan.
We are lazy to give them a present also especially men don't do it.
I am surprised that we have similar customs.
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