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Now one dictionary definition of philanthropy is the desire to promote the welfare of others especially by giving generously to good causes. And today the Coutts "Million Dollar Donors Report" has been published and it lists the biggest philanthropists among the world's dollar millionaires.
The UK doesn't do badly on the global list, 1.36 billion dollars was given away by British millionaires in 2013 compared to 1.01 billion in Russia. But the US gives the most with a total of 16.92 billion dollars.
We did a small survey in a coffee shop in central London and asked people there if they suddenly became billionaires, would they give their money away or keep it.
I'd keep enough to myself, but I will definitely give a lot away. I would just set up a bakery perhaps. And I would give money to people to do things I know they definitely wanted to do.
Family and then obviously some to myself.
And I start considering giving away to other people.
A selection of views among people at a London coffee shop.
Marcelle Speller is a British multi-millionaire and philanthropist. And she is also the founder and chief executive of Localgiving.com which supports small charities here in the UK. She plans to give away almost all of her money during her lifetime. My colleague Dan Damon asked her--Why does she want to do this? Is it out of guilt? Or is she just a naturally generous person?
It's not guilt. It's a way of building a legacy. But it's also the most joyous thing you can do. It is just so satisfying to see the effect of what you can do. I made my money quite late in life when you know what you want in life. And in my case it wasn't a Lamborghini.
Once people know that you are in that giving mood and you have some money, they will undoubtedly come to you and a lot of them will have ulterior motives or the wrong motives. So how do you make sure that you are giving in a way that will be effective?
Well, because I'm working full-time at Localgiving.com, I can say "Look, I love what you are doing. I'm sure it's wonderful. But everything I'm doing now is focused on Localgiving. It's gonna have all my money eventually. I have limited amount of money. But that's what I'm going to be doing and I want to focus on that."
And tell us about some of the projects that you have supported.
Some pretty difficult things like women who've been trafficked. What inspires me is the number of people out there in our communities who see that there is a problem and do something about it. I mean the classic one is the street angels who gave out into our city centers on one Saturday night. And they'd given away thousands of flip-flops to stop girls who've got frankly drunk, you know when the ……
Falling off the heels.
詞匯解析
overseas
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
adj.海外的
adv.在海外
參考例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
Over the years, hundreds of overseas students have studied at that university.
幾年來，幾百個留學生在那所大學學習過。
用作副詞 (adv.)
He qualified in London as a teacher of English overseas.
他在倫敦取得了海外英語教師的資格。
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journal
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.日志；日記；期刊
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.
他在訪問日本期間堅持記日記。
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debate
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.辯論；討論
vt.爭論；思考
vi.辯論
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
We had a long debate as to whether we should spend so much money on space technology.
至于我們要否花那么多錢在太空技術上,我們辯論了很久。
用作及物動詞 (vt.)
He debated buying a new car, but didn't in the end.
他思量很久是否買輛新汽車,但最后還是沒買。
用作不及物動詞 (vi.)
This is a question that they have often debated.
這是個他們常討論的問題。
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policy
難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞
英漢解釋
n.政策；方針
n.保險單
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
This latest incident may be the lever needed to change government policy.
最近的事件或許可以作為迫使政府改變政策所需的手段。
It's the company's policy to sacrifice short-term profits for the sake of long-term growth.
為長期發(fā)展而犧牲短期利潤是公司的方針。
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distress
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.不幸；危難；苦惱；痛苦
vt.使苦惱；使痛苦
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
I pray that you will have pity on my distress.
我請求你可憐可憐我的不幸遭遇。
用作及物動詞 (vt.)
Don't distress yourself about it.
別為那件事苦惱了。
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disorder
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.混亂；雜亂；不適；失調(diào)；疾病
vt.擾亂
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
The meeting terminated in disorder.
會議在混亂中結(jié)束。
Pneumothorax is the most common presentation of this disorder.
氣胸是此類疾病最常見的癥狀。
用作及物動詞 (vt.)
A series of accidents disordered the shop.
一連串的意外事件把店里弄得亂七八糟。
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horrible
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
adj.可怕的；令人毛骨悚然的；令人討厭的
參考例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
His heart sickened at the thought of that horrible scene.
他一想到那種可怕的情景就感到惡心。
Will you stop making that horrible noise!
你別再弄出那種討厭的響聲來行不行。
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