BEC高级情景口语：GivingtoaCharityOne
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公司开会，讨论慈善捐款的问题，Michael说： Michael: Ok, folks....It’s been a tough year, butwe’re going to stick with our tradition and give ourusual yearly amount. Any suggestions? Frank: Perhaps we could donate to my church’smissionary group. I know a couple other goodChristian organizations that could use some help. Jenny: Um....if I might interject. I don’t have aproblem with religious charities but I do object to anyproselytizing. 虽然公司不景气，但还是打算依惯例捐款。 Frank建议捐给基督教团体，但是Jenny反对向特定宗教色彩的团体捐助，避免支持某一宗教之嫌。 Proselytize是劝人信教的意思。 Ok, that’s a good point to think about. We want the donations to reflect the entirecompany so we should avoid anything controversial. Gina: I was thinking perhaps we could give to more international causes. The victims of thathorrible earthquake in China still need a lot of help. F: How about the Red Cross? They have a pretty good track record, right? G: Yeah, let’s give them 10%. M, G, J: Agreed. Michael同意Jenny的看法，因为捐助代表整个公司，应该避免任何争议。 Gina提议捐给国际慈善事业，比如说中国地震灾民。 Frank提出，红十字会的记录就不错。大家同意把百分之十的钱捐给红十字会。 J: I was doing some research before this meeting and I found a great website calledCharityWatch.org. They have lots of tips about avoiding fraud and giving to the rightorganizations. Did you know that nearly 70,000 new American charity groups were foundedjust last year? F: Wow....that’s a lot of choices. It’s kind of daunting! So should we stick with the triedand proven groups or should we branch out? Jenny说，有个叫"charitywatch.org"的网站，上面有不少如何选择慈善团体的建议。去年一年，美国就成立了七万个慈善团体。 G: A group called "Water-4-Africa" sponsors water-purifying kits that can help eliminateserious diseases. I like it. All in favor? G, F,: Yes. J: It sounds good. But I think I should do a bit more research. The American Institute ofPhilanthropy suggests we check to see how much of the funds they use for direct charitywork and how much goes to administration costs. F: You know, Jenny has a point. All these groups look good on paper, but you never know. Gina提到一个为非洲提供洁净水的团体。大家都觉得不错。但是Jenny表示，应该再调查一下，看看捐款有多少直接用于慈善项目，多少是给工作人员发工资的。 相关资料 |
