资源描述:
《全新主题大学英语读写译教程.doc》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、UnitTwoFamousFiguresSectionAPre-readingQuestions1.WhichAmericanPresidentimpressesyouthemostWhatcontributiondoescharityworkmaketothesociety?Why?2.Haveyoueverdoneanyvoluntarywork?Ifso,tellustalkaboutit.3.Whatdoyouthinkisthebestwaytohelpthepoororthesick?4.IfyouwereBillClinton,whatwould
2、youdoafterleavingoffice?WhatwouldAmericanPresidentsdoaftertheyleaveoffice?BillClintonchosetohelppeoplewhoreallyneedhishelpandthusbecaameevenmore“powerful”thanwhenhewasthePresident.ThePowerofPhilanthropy1WelcometotheworldoftheClintonFoundation—which,itshouldbesaidattheoutset,isnotafo
3、undationatallinthetraditionalsense,becauseithasnomoneyofitsown.Whatitdoeshave,ofcourse,isBillClintonandallhebringswithhim:whatDr.RichardFeachem,executivedirectoroftheGlobalFund,callshis“personalbullypulpit”;whatBobCarson,outgoingchairmanoftheAmericanHeartAssociation,callshis“mind-bo
4、gglingconveningpower”;whatDougBand,whobeganasClinton’spersonalaideintheWhiteHouseandnowcarriesthetitleofcounselor,callshis“abilitytomotivatepeopleandmovemountains.”2ThepeoplehemotivatesareanoddbutpotentmixoflongtimealliesandFOBs,doctorsandactivists,andexecutivesrangingfromtheunknown
5、andenormouslydedicated(BethCollins)tothehigh-profileandfranklyimprobable(longtimenemesisRupertMurdoch,whoisbankrollingaglobal-warminginitiative).3“Wetakealotofcuesfromthebusinessworld,”saysClinton,whothesedayscansoundmorelikeaCEOthanapolitician.“Wehaveveryentrepreneurialpeopleandave
6、ryentrepreneurialprocess.Weidentifyaproblem,weanalyzeit,andwemove.”Muchofhisstaffcomesfrombusiness,andhesaysusingbusinesspractices“allowsustodoalotwithrelativelysmallresources.”4TheBillandMelindaGatesFoundation,bycontrast,hasa$30billionendowment.“Yeah,I’dliketohavehismoney,”saysClin
7、tonofGates.“ButIthinkourwayaddsvalue.It’skindofapaintoalwaysaskforfinancing,butperhapsitforcesyoutolookclosely.”“Wehaveacultureofgettingthingsdone.Itisveryempoweringandveryunforgiving,”saysAnilSoni,aformerMcKinseyconsultantwhoisnowCOOofClinton’sHIV/AIDSinitiative.“IraandClintonwills
8、ay,‘Peoplearegoingt