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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, 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 anizations that could use some help.

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

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 entire pany so we should oid 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 he 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 called CharityWatch.. They he lots of tips about oiding fraud and giving to the right anizations. 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说，有个叫charitywatch.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 eliminate serious diseases.

I like it. All in for?

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。

J: The remendation is that 60% of funds should go to projects with no more than 40% going to the charity's own costs.

M: Here's another good website: CharityNigator.. You can search specific groups and check their ratings. Red Cross is number five in the Most Remended Charities.

G: There's also animal-related groups. How about the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?

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CharityNigator.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 medical assistance in Asia and Africa.

M: And of course, while we all enjoy doing a good deed, we do need to ensure that the pany 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 pany get a tax break from our contributions. 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 and good, 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 he our pet causes. Gina is an animal lover. I he church projects. Jenny is a puter genius....we all he 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 than giving money.

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

M: Ok, how about if we give half of our contribution as donations and for the other half we give 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。