中国人圣诞节为何不买礼物?

短语讲解：

1. Back in 1957, Dr Seuss wrote How the Grinch Stole Chrismas, spurred on by his realization that a lot of people had lost the feeling about what Christmas was about.

spur on激励, 鞭策
例句：The threat of unemployment has spurred students on to work harder at their studies.
失业的威胁促使学生更加努力学习。

2. Fifty some years later, Dr Seuss's comment about the meaning of Christmas is more poignant than ever, particularly in China where people have skipped the holiday's religious background entirely and jumped headfirst into the waters of consumerism.

jump into跳入
例句：The man jumped into a taxi.
那个人跳上了一部出租车。

3. You have to! It's important to take good care of each other.

take care of照顾
例句：They appointed her to take care of that old man.
他们委派她照顾那位老人。

4. Today all of us students are all accustomed to giving presents at Christmas time.

be accustomed to习惯于
例句：They are accustomed to this sort of work.
他们惯于干这种工作。

5. Of course, people across the world equate Christmas with presents.

equate with把(一事物) 和(另一事物)等同看待
例句：He equates success with material wealth.
他认为成功等同于物质财富。

6. It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

prevent from阻止, 防止
例句：His prompt action prevented the fire from spreading.
他的果断行动制止了火势的蔓延。

7. And you know, when you look around here at Wangfujing, a popular shopping street in Beijing, can I ask you what's your take on this?

look around四下观望
例句：I looked around the station but couldn't see my friend anywhere.
我环顾车站四周, 但到处都看不到我的朋友。

8. The increased amount of shopping at Christmas draws the problems of consumerism into sharper focus.

draw into把…拉进, 吸引进
例句：The funny story drew him into it.
这个滑稽的故事吸引了他。

9. So people today are trying to focus less on gifts, and more on what really matters: time spent with friends and family.

focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意; 把…作为兴趣中心; 集中于
例句：We're going to focus on the relationship between freedom and necessity.
我们将集中讨论自由和必要性之间的关系这一问题。