公司開會(huì)，討論慈善捐款的問題，Michael說：

Michael: Ok, folks....It's been a tough year, but we're going to stick with our tradition and give our usual yearly amount. Any suggestions?

Frank: Perhaps we could donate to my church's missionary group. I know a couple other good Christian organizations that could use some help.

Jenny: Um....if I might interject. I don't have a problem with religious charities but I do object to any proselytizing.

雖然公司不景氣，但還是打算依慣例捐款。 Frank建議捐給基督教團(tuán)體，但是Jenny反對(duì)向特定宗教色彩的團(tuán)體捐助，避免支持某一宗教之嫌。 Proselytize是勸人信教的意思。

Ok, that's a good point to think about. We want the donations to reflect the entire company so we should avoid anything controversial.

Gina: I was thinking perhaps we could give to more international causes. The victims of that horrible 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?yàn)榫柚碚麄€(gè)公司，應(yīng)該避免任何爭(zhēng)議。 Gina提議捐給國(guó)際慈善事業(yè)，比如說中國(guó)地震災(zāi)民。 Frank提出，紅十字會(huì)的記錄就不錯(cuò)。大家同意把百分之十的錢捐給紅十字會(huì)。

J: I was doing some research before this meeting and I found a great website called . They have lots of tips about avoiding fraud and giving to the right organizations. Did you know that nearly 70,000 new American charity groups were founded just last year?

F: Wow....that's a lot of choices. It's kind of daunting! So should we stick with the tried and proven groups or should we branch out?

Jenny說，有個(gè)叫"的網(wǎng)站，上面有不少如何選擇慈善團(tuán)體的建議。去年一年，美國(guó)就成立了七萬個(gè)慈善團(tuán)體。

G: A group called "Water-4-Africa" sponsors water-purifying kits that can help eliminate serious 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 of Philanthropy suggests we check to see how much of the funds they use for direct charity work 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提到一個(gè)為非洲提供潔凈水的團(tuán)體。大家都覺得不錯(cuò)。但是Jenny表示，應(yīng)該再調(diào)查一下，看看捐款有多少直接用于慈善項(xiàng)目，多少是給工作人員發(fā)工資的。