F2F Class Notes 22nd February (Celeste)[W]***

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Chen Guangbiao is a controversial philanthropist. On the one hand, he donated a lot of money to help people in need. He was nominated for many awards and portrayed as a person with a real kind, warm heart. There is no doubt that for the people he helped, he is worthy of any award related to philanthropy.

On the other hand, his donations to charities are always implemented in unusual ways. That includes stacking piles of cash to form a wall for a photo or dancing on the rooftops of brand new cars that he bought for a donation. He said in an interview that he just wants rich people in China to give more to the society so that he’ll do anything to get their attention. But if we look at the business development of his company, we can see the “benefit” to be a famous philanthropist – he got many governmental projects since he became a famous philanthropist. So it should be no surprise that some media implied that his ulterior motive of donation is to get enough attention then develop his business in China.

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Chen Guangbiao is a controversial philanthropist. On one hand, he donated a lot of money to help people in need. He was nominated for many awards and portrayed as a person with a real kind, warm heart. There is no doubt for the people that he helped that he is worthy of any philanthropic award.

On the other hand, his donations to charities are always implemented in unusual ways. That includes stacking piles of cash to form a wall for a photo / photo shoot / photo op (opportunity) or dancing on the rooftops of brand new cars that he bought for a donation. He said in an interview that he just wants rich people in China to give more to society so he’ll do anything to get their attention. But if we look at the business development of his company, we can see the “benefits” to be a famous philanthropist – he acquired many government projects since he became a public figure. So it should be no surprise that some media implied that his ulterior motive of donating is to get enough attention then develop his business in China.

Vocabulary

starve / starving / starved /will starve – verb

starvation – noun

eg. One of his family members died of starvation.

blow back n.- the negative feedback / result / reprucssions / unwanted or unforeseen effect from sth

eg. The blow back from the food drive was that there wasn’t enough food for all the homeless people.

food / clothing / school supplies drive n. – activity where sb collects and donates goods for sb less fortunate

Pronunciation

unusual ( un – you – zzzhhhuuuu – wull )