时间:2019-02-24 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课
Paul: Hi, this is Paul from England speaking with Katia from Mexico. First question is do you give money to charity?
Katia: Well, Paul, it's a difficult question because you really want to help people, but I always question myself where if the money really gets to where it's supposed to go, so personally I rarely do give money to charities. I'd rather give my time, so I know if it's actually something happening. What about you?
 
Paul: Yeah, I guess that makes sense. If it's a registered 1 charity then I don't see there's a problem really with giving a donation 2.
 
Katia: Yeah, I guess so, but really I wonder. There are so many charities in the world, and you wonder really how much money do the people actually get, so it's difficult to really know.
 
Paul: How about if you're walking down the street and you see a homeless person asking for money?
 
Katia: Homeless people! That's also difficult because you can see they need money or they need food. Sometimes I feel if you give money, you are supporting their way of life so I would rather give some food so they can eat, but maybe if it's a disabled person, I am more willing to give, rather than just the homeless.
 
Paul: Yeah, I'd agree with you. It's difficult to know what they're gonna use the money for, so usually I never give money to men but if it's like an elderly woman, I'm happy to give a small donation.
 
Katia: Why not men and only women?
 
Paul: Well, going back to what you said about supporting their way of life, I mean, not in every case, but I think that often it can just be man's choice to be homeless on the street and he does have a chance to get a job I think.
 
Katia: So you think the woman really doesn't have a choice, and the man...
 
Paul: I think it's more difficult for a woman.
 
Katia: Possibly. Possibly. That's a difficult question.
 
Paul: For sure. Do you give money if you see children on the street?
 
Katia: Well, it depends, because that's also giving money to children so they can continue asking for money, so I avoid it. I also avoid it. What about you?
 
Paul: I'm a little bit reluctant 3 to give money. I heard in a lot of poor countries that it can actually even be a business, like a parents will send their children onto the street.
 
Katia: Unfortunately, that's true.
 
Paul: OK, so maybe you like what you said before: it's better to donate your time than to donate money.
 
Katia: Possibly. And hopefully things will change.

adj.登记的,注册的
  • Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulation. 船只在外国注册以逃避有关雇佣和安全的规定。
  • In former times, only property owners could be registered as voters. 从前,只有有财产的人才能登记作选民。
n.捐赠,捐献,捐助;捐赠物
  • She made a personal donation to the fund.她以个人名义向基金会捐款。
  • Then next big donation of musical instruments came from Germany.第二笔音乐乐器的大型捐助来自德国。
adj.不愿意的;迟迟不合作的;不同意的
  • The workers are reluctant to be ordered around by the employers.工人们不愿被雇主们差来遣去地随便使唤。
  • I am reluctant about asking him to do this.我极不愿意让他去干此事。
学英语单词
acanthoceratids
Achaemenids
Acidithiobacillales
Acrorumohra
additional necessary condition
AHSA
ammonium stannic chloride
androstenediols
area of efflux
below the moon
bernie
bituminous coal fines
bracketless
brasileic acid
brovincamine
Bryn'kovskaya
cadion
calculating mode
card programmed calculation
charles edouard jeannerets
closing unit
co-assessor
collision-avoidance system
correction meniscus
cylindrical duct
degree of dependence on exports
demolase
diadynamic electrotherapy
diameter of wire line
dichlorodiethyl ether
digital solar aspect sensor
diptacus kusanous
do the outside edge
dock equipment
egotised
enchante
end of totality
ex ante forecast
exponent register underflow fault
extensive employment
foxberry
fractured trap
fully automatic switching
GSSI
Haute Volta
height of profile peak
iffish
inter-turn short circuit test for rotor winding
isopatin
Izvoarele
joint runner
know about
landsgrave
light times
make a hash
martensia formosana
mean cloudiness
memorandum value
micro-life
mismatcher
monothematically
multiple avitaminosis
mystica
NC transfer boy
nodal degree of freedom
nonlinear dynamic model
nonrelativistic mechanics
oithona nana
outpensions
overweighed
PCI DSS
permanent lining
pot protection
pouring gate feeding compound
power-efficient
process program
proctospasm
put out to tender
QC (quality control)
QEF,Q.E.F.
quality base method
rank past
rebound leaf
ring web
shipping shift
sir william blackstone
speed adjustment by cascade control
Stilezia
sunspot penumbra
taking turns
tax acceptability
thermal imaging response
thermoconductance
thiacyclobutene
thrust bearing shoe valve
to-skill
tunnel windings
tyre for motorcycle
vults
whitetail
Yllästunturi
zone fusion