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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-01-28
难易度:Medium
关键字:worthy, participation, concentrate, commit, monthly report, donor
Welcome back, friends.
We are talking about choosing a good charity and how to be wise in our
decisions.
Have you investigated the charity you might be interested in?
The next step is to contact them.
I've contacted my charity through e-mail.
You can also call them and check for their monthly and weekly reports.
It's a good idea to make sure they use your money wisely.
Also, I would like to participate in my charity.
I don't want to just be a donor; I would like to be a part of it.
So I hope you want to be a part of yours as well.
Our final tip is coming up, so join us on page 49.
How to Choose a Charity You Can Trust.
Concentrate your giving.
Many people give to a charity after an emotional appeal or a disaster.
While generosity is good, giving in this way lessens one's ability to make a
long-term difference.
It may be wiser to focus on a few specific causes you find meaningful.
When you find a charity that's well-run and works in those areas, consider
committing to it.
Donors who make gifts over the long term have the greatest impact - a wise
choice indeed!
We have some wonderful guidelines on how to choose a charity.
We're at our last tip on our guideline.
And it is concentrate your giving.
That's right. The first few tips we were talking about is to investigate the
charity.
Then we said you can contact or talk with the charity.
And then right before the break, we were talking about becoming a partner.
You can actually participate in volunteering with your charity.
OK. Well, concentrate your giving.
Usually when we think of concentrate, we think of thinking very hard.
I am concentrating.
I am focusing all of my attention on one thing.
And that's exactly what this is.
Right. But here we're talking about focusing all of your giving or all of your
money in one place.
So you can focus your attention.
You want to be paying attention to the charity.
But this is specifically talking about your giving.
And your giving is the money and the time.
So concentrate it, put it in one area.
Exactly. Now we start off with this tip by reading:
Many people give to a charity after an emotional appeal or after an... a
disaster.
It is true.
We often give when our emotions are appealed to.
Exactly, yeah. And when something appeals to something, it means that it makes
you feel a certain way.
Usually it makes you feel good or it is good for it.
Or after a disaster.
We think about some of the bigger disasters we have seen in the United States.
Hurricane Katrina came through.
And it destroyed so many homes and so many lives.
A lot of people gave money at that point in time to charities to help those
people who had just had a disaster problem.
Right. And that would cause them to feel very emotional if you see a disaster
like an earthquake or a tsunami or a typhoon.
Now while generosity is good, giving in this way lessens one's ability to make a
long-term difference.
Now we are not saying that you should never give in a disaster or an emotional
situation.
You do need to be giving money in those times.
We need to increase our giving so that those who have nothing can have some.
But it is important that that is not the only time you do give.
Exactly. You're right, Kaylah. Generosity is good.
And "generosity" is referring to when you are willing to give to others.
But like you said, it can have an effect on your long-term giving if you only
give when you feel emotional.
And "long-term" is exactly what it sounds like: it takes place over a long
period of time.
And you what to make a long-term difference.
That is the whole reason we give to charities.
We want to be long term and we want the difference to last.
Exactly. So for you, it might be wiser to focus on a few specific causes that
you find meaningful.
I think this is a great tip.
Find something that you are passionate about, something that you want to make a
difference in and go with it.
Choose a charity that helps.
Exactly. Now Kaylah, have you found any charities that you have found
meaningful?
I have found a couple of charities that I really appreciate the work that they
are doing.
One of them is called Nightlight, and the other one is called Love146.
And Love146 is helping children who are human-trafficked.
And we've learned about that before.
Exactly. So like Kaylah, when you find a charity that's well-run and works in
those areas, then consider committing to it.
That's right. When we "commit" to something, that means we stick to it.
We don't stop; we continue doing that.
Well, that is our Grammar on the Go sentence, so let's see Liz.
Hi, friends. Greetings from Pakistan.
My name is Liz and it's time for Grammar on the Go.
Many people do want to help those who are needy or less fortunate.
And it's good knowing that there are many organizations out there that are
trying to make a difference.
But how do you know which one to support?
Well, our article today is on choosing a charity organization that you can
trust.
We read: ... once you have found a charity that's well-run and effective,
consider committing to it.
Notice the phrase, well-run.
It's describing charity.
What kind of charity?
It is a charity that is run well.
As you may notice, we just take the adverb "well" and put it in front of the
verb "run," and connect them with a hyphen to create this adjective.
Let's have a look at some other examples.
A kitchen that is equipped with every kind of cooking utensils and gadgets can
be described as a kitchen that is well-quipped.
Or if a speaker informs his audience with everything they need to know on a
certain subject, then the audience is well-informed.
We can also use other adverbs besides "well." For example, a letter that is
sincerely-written,
or a car that is recklessly-driven, or how a problem that is
thoughtfully-handled.
If you'd like to see some more examples of how we can combine adverbs with
verbs,
then check out today's Grammar Tip section in your Studio Classroom magazine.
That's it for today.
This is Liz with Grammar on the Go, signing off.
Bye-bye.
Thank you very much, Liz.
Well, donors who make gifts over the long term have the greatest impact.
We see that is a wise choice indeed.
We hope you make the wise choice and use this guideline to find a charity that
you trust.
I want a charity that makes a positive difference, one that makes efficient use
of my money.
Good for you, Grandpa.
But how can I know for sure?
Contact the charity.
Call or e-mail them.
Ask for recent reports.
Can I do that?
Sure. Find out what the charity is working on.
Find out how effective they are.
What if they're not open and sharing information?
Well, then they're not worthy of your trust.
Well, shame on them!
They're not getting my money.
Find a charity that manages its finances well.
Well, I will.
Find one that encourages active participation.
Ooh! That's even better.
Yes. Maybe you can visit the people you support.
Maybe you can even volunteer.
Volunteer? Oh. That makes me a partner.
Right.
Woohoo! I'm going to give to lots of charities... this one and this one and that
one.
Well, Grandpa, while generosity is good, it might be wiser to focus on a few
specific causes.
Specific causes?
Yes, causes that are meaningful to you.
Meaningful to me? Oh, I like that.
Donors who make gifts over the long term have the greatest impact.
Ah, so that's a wise choice indeed.
Right! And you're a wise grandpa.
I know.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
And that's it for today's Language Tips.
I'll see you soon. Bye-bye.
Thanks again, Michelle.
We appreciate those tips.
Just four weeks ago, some of you made a New Year's resolution to give more to
charities this year.
That's a common resolution, actually.
And it's a good one.
Charities do a lot of great things.
For example, they feed and educate children.
They rescue animals.
They help clean the environment.
They help provide clean drinking water.
And they work at curing disease, among other things.
We hope this month's DIY lesson has helped point you in the direction of being
both a generous and a wise giver.
Friends, on Monday, we talk about the best-selling game in the world.
And it's not a video game!
Think about that, and have a great weekend. Bye-bye.