七选五专练〔一〕
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How to Rai Money for Your Favorite Charity
At the end of the year, we are often inspired to do more for people in need. 1 Don't worry. Here's a quick and easy tip-list to make such a worthy act successful.
• 2 You need to make sure that both you and your participants enjoy the event. So keep it simple and make sure that you add some fun, whether it's special decoration, a bag for each participant or guest, or a special theme.
• Get team support. 3 Teamwork may give you some new ideas and help give a unique feature to your event. Make sure that you break down the work among your team.
• Plan for the “what-ifs?〞 If you are planning to hold an event outdoors, or if you are relying on a famous person as a guest of honor, make sure you think of a few possible alternatives. 4 This is the key to successful event planning.
• Timing is everything. Check your community calendar to make sure there are no important community events on the day that you are planning your event. You might want to check with other communities or non-profit organizations nearby. 5
• Check out your favorite charity's website for ideas. Many websites offer advice on how to rai money. For example, the human rights charity Amnesty International lists events and ideas on its website.
A. Keep it fun and simple.
B. Tell the charity about the event.
C. Have no idea of where to begin?
D. Turn to friends for some creative ideas.
E. Remember to thank anyone who has donated.
F. Try to pick the date that will bring in the best attendance.
G. What if it starts raining or if your honored guest doesn't show up?
B
How do you discover your real purpo in life? I'm not talking about your job, your daily responsibilities, or even your long-term goals. 1
Perhaps you're a person who doesn't believe you have a purpo and believe that life has no meaning. 2 Not believing that you have a purpo won't prevent you from discovering it, just as a lack of belief in gravity won't prevent you from tripping
(绊倒).
3 A martial arts (武术) expert asked Bruce to teach him everything Bruce knew about martial arts. Bruce held up two cups, both filled with liquid. “The first cup,〞 said Bruce, “reprents all of yourknowledge about martial arts. The cond cupreprents all of my knowledge about martial arts. Ifyou want to fill your cup with my knowledge, youmust first empty your cup of your knowledge.〞
If you want to discover your true purpo inlife, you must first empty your mind of all the falpurpos you've been taught (including the idea thatyou may have no purpo at all).
4 While there are many ways to do this, hereis one of the simplest that anyone can do. The moreopen you are to this process, the more you expect it
to work.
Here's what to do:
• Take out a blank sheet of paper or open up aword processor where you can type.
• Write at the top,“What is my true purpo inlife?〞
• Write an answer (any answer) that comes intoyour head. 5 A short phra is fine.
• Repeat the last step until you write theanswer that makes you cry. This is your purpo.
A. It doesn't matter.
B. Here's a story about Bruce Lee.
C. So how to discover your purpo in life?
D. It doesn't have to be a complete ntence.
E. I mean the real reason why you live in this world.
F. Many people live a meaningless life without apurpo.
G. If you don't have a purpo, then you should tryto find one.
C
I was attending a party one night. During thedinner, the man sitting next to me told a humorousstory and he spoke of a quotation.
The storyteller mentioned that the quotationwas from the Bible. He was wrong. I knew that. Iknew it for sure. 1 And so, to get a feeling ofimportance and display my superiority, I
tried tocorrect him. He stuck to his guns. What? FromShakespeare? Impossible! Absurd! It was from theBible. And he knew it.
The storyteller was sitting on my right; andFrank Gammond, an old friend of mine, was atedon my left. Mr. Gammond had devoted years to thestudy of Shakespeare, so we asked him. He listened,kicked me under the table, and then said:“Dale, youare wrong. The gentleman is right. 2〞
On our way home that night, I said to Mr.Gammond:“Frank, you knew that quotation wasfrom Shakespeare.〞
“Yes, of cour,〞 he replied, “Hamlet, ActFive, Scene Two. 3 Why prove to a man that he iswrong? Is that going to make him like you? Why not
