BEC情景口语：02 Giving to a Charity Two

　　公司开会，讨论慈善捐款的问题，Jenny建议事先调查一下。

　　J: The recommendation is that 60% of fundsshould go to projects with no more than 40% goingto the charity's own costs.

　　M: Here's another good website:CharityNavigator.org. You can search specificgroups and check their ratings. Red Cross isnumber five in the "Most Recommended Charities."

　　G: There's also animal-related groups. Howabout the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty toAnimals?

　　F: They're number four on the list. Sounds good.

　　一般的开支规范是，慈善团体要将百分之六十的捐款用于慈善项目，行政开支不得超过百分之四十。Michael提到了一个叫"CharityNavigator.org"的网站，在该网站推荐的慈善团体中，红十字会排名第五，反对虐待动物社团排名第四。

　　J: World Vision is number one. They're a Christian group that provides lot of medicalassistance in Asia and Africa.

　　M: And of course, while we all enjoy doing a good deed, we do need to ensure that thecompany can get a tax break from our contributions.

　　G: I'll double check that donations to each of those groups are in fact tax-deductible.

　　向亚洲和非洲提供医疗帮助的基督教团体“世界视野” 名列第一。 Michael提醒说，做好事的同时，也要保证公司的捐款能抵税。 We do need to ensure that the company get a tax break from ourcontributions. Gina说，她会double check查清楚，这些慈善捐款都是能够抵税的。

　　F: I just had a thought. Every year we give corporate donations and that's all well andgood, but we might consider giving our time instead.

　　G: Interesting! You mean like volunteering? I like it.

　　M: Hummm.... that could work. Any specific suggestions?

　　F: Well, we all have our pet causes. Gina is an animal lover. I have church projects. Jenny isa computer genius....we all have something we could teach or offer.

　　Frank建议，在捐款的同时，也可以用做义工的方式为慈善事业出力。这一建议受到了大家的肯定。

　　J: That idea is very worth considering. In some ways, that's a lot more meaningful thangiving money.

　　G: Yeah. Even doing something simple like volunteering to answer the phone lines at theRed Cross can be a huge help.

　　M: Ok, how about if we give half of our contribution as donations and for the other half wegive our time or expertise to the group of our choice?

　　All: Agreed!

　　大家都觉得这个主意不错。Jenny说，从某种角度说，这比给钱更有意义。 That's a lot more meaningful than giving money. 最后大家一致同意，捐款只做为慈善募捐的一部分。另外一部分由大家自己挑选慈善团体，为它们贡献时间或是专业技能。

 

BEC情景口语：02 Giving to a Charity Two的延伸阅读——怎样快速学习好商务英语

 

　　简易英语读物，一、两千单词，就能讲述很复杂的故事。当我们用英语能讲述这样复杂的故事时，日常生活中的英语，还会有困难吗？

　　第一步：先看英汉对照吧，然后脱离中文，看改写本的英文简易读物。

　　第二步：看简易英文的原著。这步很关键，这步跨过去了，你学英语就基本成功了，否则，很容易退化的。

　　第三步：看英文原著。

　  胆要大，不要追求精确

　　说错了不要紧。发音不准也不要紧。

　　遣词造句，中国人说中国话，也没那么精确。英语也一样。

　　语感很重要，这需要在第一点说的“量”上去了，语感就培养起来了。

　　在实践中应用英语多看英文网站，上英文的论坛，查英文的资料。看多了，用多了，英语就跟中文似的，成了你的工作、学习和赚钱的工具了。

最后一点，就是要坚持。