Listen and read 6 - Thấm Tâm Vy

Thẩm Tâm Vy,August 28th, 2019 LISTEN AND READ 06

LISTEN AND READ 6 Listen to a school committee deciding which charity to raise money for. Teacher So, the next thing is to decide which charity we are going to choose to raise money for this year. I know we have a few suggestions to choose from. Jill, could you give us your opinion first, please? Jill Well, my view is that we should choose a smaller charity because then more of the money will go to the people who need it. Teacher Er, could you explain what you mean? Jill Well, the really big charities, like International Aid, spend so much money on advertising and so on that a lot less of the money actually goes to the people who need it. Steve If I can just say something? Jill, I do understand that point of view, but I think because bigger charities have more people who give to them regularly, they actually usually spend a smaller proportion of their money on advertising, not more. Jill But charities like International Aid and Disaster Relief have huge advertising campaigns. How can they spend less? I don’t understand. Can you explain that again? Steve They don’t spend less money than a smaller charity, like the Youth Sports Foundation, but they spend a smaller proportion of their money. A smaller charity might spend, say a third of the money they get on advertising, a bigger one might only spend a tenth. Jill Ah, that makes sense to me now. But, for me, I still think a smaller charity might be better. Something which relates directly to our lives. The Youth Sports Foundation is a good example. They do a lot of good work getting young people to be healthier and more active. Steve I see where you’re coming from, but do we have to limit it to young people? If you want to focus on health, what about the Heart Health Foundation? They really helped my dad when he had a heart problem, and it would be great to give them something back. Teacher I think we need to consider what will be a popular charity to raise money for. We all have our personal favourites, but which one will appeal to the most people? Steve What about Animal Rescue? People usually want to help animals. Jill Are you saying that people care more about animals than people, Steve? That’s silly. Steve No, of course not, but it is a popular charity … Jill OK, well if we’re going to go for a bigger charity, I think we should stick with Disaster Relief or International Aid. Both those charities help people all over the world, in lots of different situations, so everyone can relate to that. Steve OK, I’d be happy with one of those. Mr Connor, what do you think? Teacher Well, how about if we raise money … ?

Listen to Jim and Sue discussing what to put in a time capsule. Jim Right. Our main objective is to give people in the future some idea about what life was like for us, isn’t it? So what should we include? Sue Well, we could have something like today’s newspaper, couldn’t we? Jim Maybe, although a lot of people don’t read newspapers any more, do they? Sue My parents do. And even if a lot of people read the news online now, how would we get the internet into a small metal box? Jim OK, I get your point, we can have a newspaper. It’ll be good to show what was happening in the world. Sue How about having some typical food? Wouldn’t it be interesting for people to see the kinds of things we ate? Jim Mmm. I don’t think that’s the best choice. Won’t it just go bad? Sue I think it depends what we choose. Obviously not a sandwich, but a tin of food? Jim I’m not convinced. Even tinned food doesn’t last more than a few years. Sue I guess you’re right. Maybe we could include a shopping receipt instead? That would tell people what we typically ate and how much it cost. Jim That’s a better idea. We’ll have to put it in a plastic bag, as we want it to last a long time. Sue Actually, I think that’s an excellent point. How long are we planning to leave the time capsule buried? Jim I think around fifty years. What do you think? Sue Oh, at …