幸運女孩收到蓋茨禮物:一頭小母牛

Many people have benefited from Bill Gates’ generosity over the years, but the billionaire philanthropist truly got to play St. Nick this week when he became one lucky Reddit user’s Secret Santa, as part of the annual Redditgifts holiday exchange.

多年來，很多人因爲比爾·蓋茨（Bill Gates）的慷慨而受益，但在本週，當這位億萬富豪慈善家參加了社交新聞網站Reddit組織的禮物交換活動，成爲其一名幸運用戶的神祕聖誕老人時，他真得充當了一次聖誕老人。

In a post titled “Spoiler alert: Bill Gates did not get you, because he got me, ” a Reddit user named Rachel revealed that Gates had been her mystery gift giver, writing “I want to start by giving a HUGE THANK YOU to Mr. Bill Gates for an amazing gift and secret santa experience. Bill—you ROCK (can I call you Bill?! I feel like we’re friends now!).”

在一篇題爲“注意：比爾·蓋茨沒有找你，是因爲他找到我了”的帖子中，一位名叫蕾切爾的Reddit用戶透露，蓋茨是她神祕的禮物派送者，並寫道，“首先，我非常感謝比爾·蓋茨先生給我帶來這麼棒的禮物和神祕聖誕老人的經歷。比爾——你好厲害（我能喊你比爾嗎？！我想我們現在是朋友吧！）。”

She goes on to describe Gates’ gift—which could have come from a particularly thoughtful uncle—of a stuffed cow, along with a donation in her name to the non-profit Heifer International

她繼續形容蓋茨的這份禮物——本該是來自一位特別體貼的叔叔——填充奶牛玩偶，和以她的名義向非盈利組織國際小母牛組織（Heifer International）捐贈一頭小牛（該組織貧困地區的家庭免費提供家畜）。該禮物中還包括一本《國家地理：一生必遊的500經典路線》（National Geographic Journeys of a Lifetime）。

Gates exposed his identity in a note explaining the donation, and included a picture of himself (above) holding the stuffed bovine and the note as confirmation. For anyone thinking this was a cheap gift from the country’s wealthiest man, the donation of one heifer to a family in need rings in at $500—well above the gift ceiling of your standard Secret Santa.

蓋茨在一張解釋這份聖誕禮物的便籤中表明瞭自己的身份，幷包括一張他拿着禮物和卡片的照片作爲證明。有些人會認爲，美國首富的這份禮物太廉價了，但是要知道，向一個貧困家庭捐贈一頭小母牛相當於500美元——這可比你最昂貴的聖誕禮物都值錢多了。

Reddit Gifts is an annual gift exchange started in 2009 to connect “Redditors” around the world. Users enter their home address and information such as likes and dislikes, and Reddit matches gifters and recipients at random. After participants receive a gift, they’re encouraged to return to Reddit and post a public thank you.

Reddit Gifts是一年一度的禮物交換活動，始於2009年，旨在將全球的“Redditors”聯繫起來。用戶們輸入他們的家庭住址和個人喜好，Reddit會隨機對禮物贈送者和接收人進行配對，並鼓勵他們在收到禮物之後回到網站發一封公開的感謝信。

Rachel says in her post that it wasn’t until she saw the photo of Gates that she knew who had sent her loot, but she had an inkling it was somebody special when she received a notification email that said her gift was being overnighted and weighed in at 7 pounds.

蕾切爾在她的帖子中寫道，直到她看到蓋茨的照片，她才知道送她禮物的神祕人是誰。但她事前她收到過一封通知郵件，告訴她有一份7磅重的禮物正連夜送達，因此她隱隱感覺到今年的聖誕老人會是個特別的人物。

Gates has become an enthusiastic Reddit user over the past year, participating in an Ask Me Anything thread in the spring and posting thoughts and questions periodically, such as “How much of the Earth are humans consuming?”, using the handle “thisisbillgates.”

在過去一年，蓋茨已經成爲Reddit熱情的用戶，他不僅在今年春天參與該網站組織的“Ask Me Anything”問答活動，還定期以我是“我是比爾·蓋茨”的句柄發表想法和問題，諸如，“地球有多少正在被人類消耗着？”

A Gates spokesman told GeekWire he joined the gift exchange in part to raise awareness for Heifer International.

蓋茨的一位發言人告訴GeekWire說，他參與禮物交換活動，在某種程度上是爲了提高對國際小母牛組織的意識。

Gates hasn’t posted a response to Rachel’s public thank you just yet, but whoever drew the name “Bill Gates” from Reddit’s virtual hat better come up with something extra thoughtful for the man who truly has everything.

蓋茨尚未對蕾切爾的公開感謝做出回覆，不過，無論是誰在Reddit的抽籤遊戲中抽中“比爾·蓋茨”的名字，都想不到一個真正擁有一切的人會想得這麼周到。