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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.
多年来，很多人因为比尔·盖茨（Bill Gates）的慷慨而受益，但在本周，当这位亿万富豪慈善家参加了社交新闻网站Reddit组织的礼物交换活动，成为其一名幸运用户的神秘圣诞老人时，他真得充当了一次圣诞老人。
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!).”
在一篇题为“注意：比尔·盖茨没有找你，是因为他找到我了”的帖子中，一位名叫蕾切尔的Reddit用户透露，盖茨是她神秘的礼物派送者，并写道，“首先，我非常感谢比尔·盖茨先生给我带来这么棒的礼物和神秘圣诞老人的经历。比尔——你好厉害（我能喊你比尔吗？！我想我们现在是朋友吧！）。”
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
她继续形容盖茨的这份礼物——本该是来自一位特别体贴的叔叔——填充奶牛玩偶，和以她的名义向非盈利组织国际小母牛组织（Heifer International）捐赠一头小牛（该组织贫困地区的家庭免费提供家畜）。该礼物中还包括一本《国家地理：一生必游的500经典路线》（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.
盖茨在一张解释这份圣诞礼物的便签中表明了自己的身份，并包括一张他拿着礼物和卡片的照片作为证明。有些人会认为，美国首富的这份礼物太廉价了，但是要知道，向一个贫困家庭捐赠一头小母牛相当于500美元——这可比你最昂贵的圣诞礼物都值钱多了。
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是一年一度的礼物交换活动，始于2009年，旨在将全球的“Redditors”联系起来。用户们输入他们的家庭住址和个人喜好，Reddit会随机对礼物赠送者和接收人进行配对，并鼓励他们在收到礼物之后回到网站发一封公开的感谢信。
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.
蕾切尔在她的帖子中写道，直到她看到盖茨的照片，她才知道送她礼物的神秘人是谁。但她事前她收到过一封通知邮件，告诉她有一份7磅重的礼物正连夜送达，因此她隐隐感觉到今年的圣诞老人会是个特别的人物。
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.”
在过去一年，盖茨已经成为Reddit热情的用户，他不仅在今年春天参与该网站组织的“Ask Me Anything”问答活动，还定期以我是“我是比尔·盖茨”的句柄发表想法和问题，诸如，“地球有多少正在被人类消耗着？”
A Gates spokesman told GeekWire he joined the gift exchange in part to raise awareness for Heifer International.
盖茨的一位发言人告诉GeekWire说，他参与礼物交换活动，在某种程度上是为了提高对国际小母牛组织的意识。
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.
盖茨尚未对蕾切尔的公开感谢做出回复，不过，无论是谁在Reddit的抽签游戏中抽中“比尔·盖茨”的名字，都想不到一个真正拥有一切的人会想得这么周到。
