Sept. 8 Sept. 8 高中进阶版 高中进阶版 PP11

Pre-reading

P2

Have you ever donated money to those who need it?

How do you understand “charity”?

While-reading

P3

2. What broader meaning does “charity” have?

1. What is the dictionary definition of

“charity”?

The unselfish love for others and, by loving them,

making them better people.

Answer the following questions.

The dictionary defines it as the voluntary giving of

help, usually in the form of money, to people in need.

While-reading

P4

3. How much did Jacky Chan donate to the

Tianjin victims?

Answer the following questions.

Three million yuan.

4. What should those who criticized Ma Yun do

according to the author?

They should be tolerant of other people’s decisions and

actions, and not be so quick to criticize.

While-reading

P5

3. Talking of charity, money is the top priority.

1. The donation around China helped the victims in

the Tianjin explosion and could be regarded as a

great example of charity.

2. Ma Yun controls a charity which donated over 14

million yuan last year.

True or false

4. Over 50,000 people were infuriated, for Ma Yun donated too

little to the victims in the Tianjin explosion.

Language study

P6

1. She suffered a serious __________ to her back in the accident. (injure)

2. Her __________ remark possibly arose out of jealousy. (charity)

3. It comes as a surprise, then, to learn that many medical studies include too few patients to reach any __________ conclusion. (define)

4. There was strong international __________ of the attack on civilians. (condemn)

5. Human beings have limited __________ of noise. (tolerant)

Complete each sentence with the proper form of the given words.

injurinjur

yy

uncharitabluncharitabl

ee

definitivedefinitive

condemnatiocondemnatio

nn

toleranctoleranc

ee

After-reading

P7

What do you think of Ma Yun’s decision this

time?

QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER

What would you do if you were Ma Yun?