时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  A philanthropist is a person who helps others. Usually a philanthropist gives money although people who volunteer their time to help others are also philanthropists. New Zealand is lucky to have many volunteers, many people who give donations of money to charities and some people who give very large donations.

Last weekend we heard that an Auckland couple, Neal and Annette Plowman, gave Rotoroa Island, which is in the Auckland harbour, to the people of New Zealand as a Conservation Park. It will open in February next year. The Salvation 1 Army have used the island for more than 80 years for a drug and alcohol treatment centre. The Plowmans have bought a 99 year lease 2 from the Salvation Army so that the island can be open to the public. It is 82 ha, has historic 3 buildings and four beautiful beaches.

Another philanthropist was Arthur Harrison of Blenheim who left $10m to the Canterbury Museum in his will. He died towards the end of last year.

In 2006, Pierre and Jackie Chatelanat gave their 843ha farm, Atiu Creek 4 Farm, to the people of New Zealand. It is a beautiful farm on the Kaipara harbour in the Far North, worth $10m. They wanted the farm to be a park and to give people access to the harbour. The farm has forest, wetlands and historical buildings.

Last year Julian Robertson promised 15 expensive paintings, worth more than $100m, to the Auckland Art Gallery when he dies. Listen to May 7th 2009 for more about this.

Perhaps our most famous philanthropist in recent times was Sir Roy McKenzie who donated between $50m and $100m over his lifetime. He died in September 2007. He liked to quote Winston Churchill who said, “We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”

Questions to think about

Do you agree with the quotation 5 from Winston Churchill? How does giving help to make a life?

If you were a millionaire or a billionaire, would you give money to help your community? What would make your community a better place?



n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困
  • Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
  • Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。
n.租约,租期,租;v.出租,租出,租得
  • When does the lease of the house run out?这房子的租约何时到期?
  • He signed the lease yesterday.昨天他在租约上签了字。
adj.历史上著名的,具有历史意义的
  • This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
  • We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。
n.小溪,小河,小湾
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
n.引文,引语,语录;报价,牌价,行情
  • He finished his speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.他讲话结束时引用了莎士比亚的语录。
  • The quotation is omitted here.此处引文从略。
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after-burthen
amateurly
approved society
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autocunnilingus
autohid
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be at sb's command
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bill of budget
blew my top
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cash trade
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coherent elastic scattering of rediation
credibility
cremil
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Desmodium oblongum
Dobron
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enzyme constitution
everest syndrome
everyday-life
farctate
FEMBOY
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Fryanovo
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genus Syrrhaptes
goods-for-naught
greete
halogen mineral
hollow groove
in safety
jianzi
juvenile onset diabetes mellitus
kapferer
kha
lie upon one's arms
like a shot
Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench
mandatory judgment
manhole with butt welded flange
methylesterases
miniature-film radiography
monomializes
multitape transmission
musallamiya(al musallamiyah)
Nancy Freeman Mitford
nature rubber
Nauclea officinalis
neurofibromyxoma
Nong Khang, Plat.de
nonmethanogenic
overinforming
panfundoscop
phosphonitrilic polymer
planned adjustment
prior notice
Provisions Announce Reservation
quantized oscillator
quotatious
relative pointing device
rorikon
scissors chair
seed lobe
self priming device
setting vise
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splachnum luteum mont.
squirt pump
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tbrc
thermometer error
tka
total-power loss
tree-hugger
tricaine
Trollius asiaticus
unrestricted imports
vaudevillian
vegetable proteins
Venturi flume
voucher plan
wheel-type suction filter
wyomings
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