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1、UnitTwoFamousFiguresSectionAPre-readingQuestions1.WhichAmericanPresidentimpressesyouthemostWhatcontributiondoescharityworkmaketothesociety?Why?2.Haveyoueverdoneanyvoluntarywork?Ifso,tellustalkaboutit.3.Whatdoyouthinkisthebestwaytohelpthepoororthesick?4

2、.IfyouwereBillClinton,whatwouldyoudoafterleavingoffice?WhatwouldAmericanPresidentsdoaftertheyleaveoffice?BillClintonchosetohelppeoplewhoreallyneedhishelpandthusbecaameevenmore“powerful”thanwhenhewasthePresident.ThePowerofPhilanthropy1Welcometotheworldo

3、ftheClintonFoundation—which,itshouldbesaidattheoutset,isnotafoundationatallinthetraditionalsense,becauseithasnomoneyofitsown.Whatitdoeshave,ofcourse,isBillClintonandallhebringswithhim:whatDr.RichardFeachem,executivedirectoroftheGlobalFund,callshis“pers

4、onalbullypulpit”;whatBobCarson,outgoingchairmanoftheAmericanHeart40Association,callshis“mind-bogglingconveningpower”;whatDougBand,whobeganasClinton’spersonalaideintheWhiteHouseandnowcarriesthetitleofcounselor,callshis“abilitytomotivatepeopleandmovemoun

5、tains.”2ThepeoplehemotivatesareanoddbutpotentmixoflongtimealliesandFOBs,doctorsandactivists,andexecutivesrangingfromtheunknownandenormouslydedicated(BethCollins)tothehigh-profileandfranklyimprobable(longtimenemesisRupertMurdoch,whoisbankrollingaglobal-

6、warminginitiative).3“Wetakealotofcuesfromthebusinessworld,”saysClinton,whothesedayscansoundmorelikeaCEOthanapolitician.“Wehaveveryentrepreneurialpeopleandaveryentrepreneurialprocess.Weidentifyaproblem,weanalyzeit,andwemove.”Muchofhisstaffcomesfrombusin

7、ess,andhesaysusingbusinesspractices“allowsustodoalotwithrelativelysmallresources.”4TheBillandMelindaGatesFoundation,bycontrast,hasa$30billionendowment.“Yeah,I’dliketohavehismoney,”saysClintonofGates.“ButIthinkourwayaddsvalue.It’skindofapaintoalwaysaskf

8、orfinancing,butperhapsitforcesyoutolookclosely.”“Wehaveacultureofgettingthingsdone.Itisveryempoweringandveryunforgiving,”saysAnilSoni,aformerMcKinseyconsultantwhoisnowCOOofClinton’sHIV/AIDSinitiative.“IraandClintonwillsay,‘Peoplearegoin