If someone is gifted, they can do one or more things unusually well, and it feels as if they were born with that ability — music, maths, sport, languages — not only from hard practice. Schools talk about gifted children: students who learn much faster than the class, or who are very strong in one subject. People also say a gifted speaker, or gifted at drawing. It is a compliment, but it can feel heavy, as if the rest of us cannot catch up; some teachers now prefer talented, or they just name the skill. Though actually, gifted has another, newer use, especially in American English: “She gifted him a watch” meaning she gave it as a present. Older, careful English prefers gave. The school and ability meaning is still the main one in textbooks, and the one Taiwan students meet as 資優.