BEC情景口语：02 Giving to a Charity One

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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。