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Nowadays in China, quite a handful of philanthropist choose to do charities

游客2024-11-16  6
问题     Nowadays in China, quite a handful of philanthropist choose to do charities in a high-profile manner. When they donate money and/or basic necessities, they would make sure that the camera and the press are present. The following two excerpts are two attitudes towards high-profile charity. Read them carefully and write your response in NO LESS THAN 300 words, in which you should:
    1. summarize briefly the arguments on both sides;
    2. give your comment.
Excerpt 1
Feng Xiaogang from news.dayoo.com
    We shouldn’t only see the motives of their donation but also see the good results. Do they really donate money or just give out rubber checks? Is the effect of helping poor people achieved? Even if they do display ostentatious altruism, we should allow people to brag about their good deeds.
    I don’t think there is anything wrong with high-profile charity. Who said charity should only be low-profile?
    Nowadays, if rich people don’t donate money, they will be criticized as being stingy. If they donate too much money, they will be criticized as being ostentatious. This is really not good for the healthy development of China’s charitable undertakings. People argue the high-profile approach could be used for self-publicity and advertising. I think that donating money to poor people to gain fame and popularity is much better than pouring money into advertisements on TV or the Internet for fame and popularity. If all enterprises poured their money into helping poor people for publicity, poor people would be more than happy to accept it.
Excerpt 2
Jin Ganglang from forum.book.sina.com.cn
    I strongly oppose high-profile charity. If you wander around the streets, you will see many signs asking to donate money to needy people and help the poor. You would think you live in heaven. But, with second thoughts, you realize they are just promotional activities merchants mount to make money. Here, charity is not the final purpose but a means of gaining financial profit.
    It’s totally understandable for merchants to take profits as their main purpose, but they should achieve this purpose from advanced technology and the good quality of their products. But if they candy-coat charity and gain profit by relying on the sympathy of customers, it’s total deception and should be denounced by all. I feel that we are now farther and farther away from true philanthropy and nearer and nearer to deception and hypocritical behavior.
    In today’s world, the result is more important than the means. In order to achieve a purpose, any method is allowed. Therefore, people argue that, as long as a great amount of money is donated, we shouldn’t be too critical about merchants’ hidden agendas. That’s totally wrong and a twisted concept of charily.
    As a matter of fact, charity is quite simple. The donation itself has significant meaning, not the amount of money. What’s more important is the concept of helping others. Don’t use charity as a tool for fame or profit. No one should look upon charity as an investment. The real essence of charity is treating people around you well, not being greedy and not bullying others.
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答案             On High-Profile Charity
    As reports about high-profile charity appear more often, a tremendous controversy follows. Mr. Feng from dayoo.com holds that the end justifies the means: high-profile charity does produce good result, although it is performed in an ostentatious way. After all, compared with spending money on ads, making donation is a far better means to gain fame and popularity. On the contrary, Mr. Jin is strongly critical of the result-oriented spirit, thinking high-profile charity is fraud in essence and should be denounced. People had better to make it clear that the concept of charity is about mutual help rather than money. Personally, however, I applaud the charity in the spotlight.
    To start with, this high-profile manner could urge millionaires and lucrative companies to contribute more to the society. Profit-seeking businesses nowadays pay little attention to repaying the society. If charity is brought to the limelight, greater sense of corporate social responsibility would be called upon among the corporate communities. In this regard, we should welcome more acts of benevolence to go public, to create a healthy and favorable climate for charity in China.
    Secondly, from the perspective of the beneficiaries, this high-profile method guarantees that the money goes to the intended receivers. Everything and every move are recorded on camera in the press, with the whole nation watching. The watchdog role of the mass media is exercised and the transparency of charity is achieved. Above all, making generosity public can ensure that those intended recipients truly benefit from the donation.
    In conclusion, we should not worry about the way in which money is contributed, but rather the authenticity and sustainability of the donation. In this sense, doing charity in public, though a bit different from conventional practice, actually urges us to contribute more and requires relevant parties to be transparent These are the two blessings in the so-called "high-profile" disguise.
解析     材料围绕“高调慈善”展开论述。选段一支持高调慈善，选段二则持反对意见。
    支持者强调以结果为主(good results)。人们总是批评不捐钱的富人吝啬(being stingy)，质疑捐赠大笔善款的富人卖弄(being ostentatious)。这不利于中国慈善事业的健康发展(the healthy development of China’s charitable undertakings)，我们应对高调慈善给予宽容(allow people to brag about their good deeds)。
    反对者在一定程度上批判了上述以结果为主的看法。Jin Ganglang认为，那些进行高调慈善的商人将慈善作为获利手段(a means of gaining financial profit)。这完全是利用消费者同情心的诈骗行为(total deception)，应被谴责(should be denounced)。若人们认为，只要那些商人捐了钱，我们就不应对其意图太过挑剔，那就是扭曲了慈善的概念(twisted concept of charity)。
    开篇：总结材料，分别列出支持和反对高调慈善的观点。提出自己观点——支持媒体曝光下的善举。
    主体：分两方面阐述原因。
    1．这种高调的做法可以促使富豪和高利润的企业为社会做出更大贡献。
    2．从受赠者角度来看，这个高调的做法保证了捐赠金能落实到目标受赠者。
    结尾：重申观点，捐款的关键不是方式，而是捐款的真实性及持续性。
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