Intermediate - Donation Dilemma (C2196)

A: 又地震了!
yòu dìzhèn le!
There was an earthquake again!
B: 是啊!四川真悲剧!
shì a! Sìchuān zhēn bēijù!
Yeah! It's a real tragedy in Sichuan.
C: 还好,没有上次厉害。
háihǎo, méiyǒu shàngcì lìhai.
It's alright. It's not as serious as the last one.
B: 那也有不少人受灾。我们给灾区捐款吧?
nà yě yǒu bùshǎo rén shòuzāi. wǒmen gěi zāiqū juānkuǎn ba?
There are still a lot of people affected by the disaster. Why don't we donate money for the disaster area?
A: 好啊!不过,捐到哪里呢?
hǎo a! bùguò, juān dào nǎlǐ ne?
Sure! However, where do we donate the money?
C: 反正不能捐到红十字会。
fǎnzhèng bùnéng juān dào Hóngshízìhuì.
Regardless, we can't donate it to the Red Cross.
B: 是啊。谁愿意把钱捐给那些贪官们?
shì a. shéi yuànyì bǎ qián juān gěi nàxiē tānguānmen?
Yeah. Who wants to donate their money to corrupt officials?
A: 现在大家都不信任这些官方的慈善机构了。
xiànzài dàjiā dōu bù xìnrèn zhèxiē guānfāng de císhàn jīgòu le.
Now everybody doesn't trust the government's charitable organizations.
C: 他们不公开捐款用途。说不定我们捐的钱都被他们拿去买房买车送美女了。
tāmen bù gōngkāi juānkuǎn yòngtú. shuōbudìng wǒmen juān de qián dōu bèi tāmen náqù mǎifáng mǎichē sòng měinǚ le.
They don't make the use of the donations public. It's possible the money we donate is being used by them to buy apartments and cars or to give to pretty girls.
A: 那我们怎么办?不捐了?
nà wǒmen zěnme bàn? bù juān le?
Then what can we do? Not donate?
C: 现在大家比较信任民间的慈善机构,比如李连杰的“壹基金”。
xiànzài dàjiā bǐjiào xìnrèn mínjiān de císhàn jīgòu, bǐrú Lǐ Liánjié de" Yījījīn”.
Nowadays people have more confidence in private charity organizations, like Jet Li's One Foundation.
B: “壹基金”?好,那我查查怎么捐。
" Yījījīn”? hǎo, nà wǒ chá cha zěnme juān.
One Foundation? Okay, I'll go check out how to donate.

Key Vocabulary

地震 dìzhèn earthquake
四川 Sìchuān Sichuan
悲剧 bēijù tragedy
厉害 lìhai serious, severe
受灾 shòuzāi to be affected by disaster
灾区 zāiqū disaster area
捐款 juānkuǎn to donate money
juān to donate
反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
红十字会 Hóngshízìhuì Red Cross
愿意 yuànyì to be willing
to take
贪官 tānguān corrupt official
信任 xìnrèn to trust
官方 guānfāng government official
慈善 císhàn charity
机构 jīgòu organization
公开 gōngkāi to do something in public, openly
用途 yòngtú usage
说不定 shuōbudìng maybe, perhaps
sòng to give
美女 měinǚ beautiful woman
民间 mínjiān private
比如 bǐrú for instance
李连杰 Lǐ Liánjié Jet Li
壹基金 Yījījīn One Foundation
chá to look up

Supplementary Vocabulary

捐钱 juānqián to donate money
杯具 bēijù cup
受伤 shòushāng to be hurt
灾难 zāinàn disaster
地区 dìqū area

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