外刊精读：The Lessons of Philanthropy, Giving for Results

　　对于英语学习者来说，阅读并解读英语新闻往往是英语提升的一大法宝；对于参加翻译考试或翻译工作者来说，精读外刊更是提升自身水平的必备技巧之一。新东方外刊精读英译汉小编为大家整理了有关“The Lessons of Philanthropy, Giving for Results”的内容，并且从英语提升角度做了全面解读，让我们一起来看看吧!

★ Part01 外刊原文 ★

　　The question is will all that giving actually do any good? There is rather a depressing history of well-intentioned donations often doing nothing to alleviate society’s problems, and sometimes even making matters worse. As Mr. Buffett has said many times, “making money is far easier than giving it away effectively.” Moreover, the need to give effectively is about to become even greater, as many of the organisations that receive their funds from private charity or the public sector begin to feel the effects of America’s fiscal problems. Spending cuts will cause a crisis in the social sector that “will have an impact on almost every non-profit organisation in America, whether or not it receives government funds,” writes Mario Morino, a veteran philanthropist, in Leap of Reason, one of three new books that addresses the tough question of how to not merely give, but to give well.

★ Part02 英语提升角度外刊解读 ★

◆1.单词解读

　　well-intentioned / wel ɪnˈtenʃnd / adj. 出于好意的，善心的

　　alleviate /əˈli:vieɪt / v.减轻;缓和

　　non-profit /ˌnɒn ˈprɒfɪt/ adj. 不以营利为目的的;非营利的

◆2.短语句式解读

　　have impact on sth 对…有影响/冲击

◆3.写作句型解读

　　原句：the need to give effectively is about to become even greater

　　句型：… whether or not… [不论…]

　　例子：The world goes on and on, whether or not you quit.

★ Part03 参考译文 ★

　　但问题是，所有的这些捐赠确实会产生好的效果吗?慈善事业有个比较令人沮丧的历史，善意的捐赠经常没能达到缓解社会问题的效果，有时候甚至还会适得其反，使事情变得更糟。正如巴菲特多次所言：“挣钱远比有效地捐钱容易得多。”除此以外，如何有效捐助愈显必要，因为许多从私人慈善基金会或公共部门获得资金的组织已经受到美国财政问题的影响。削减开支会给一些社会部门带来危机，“而这些部门恰恰会影响到美国的每一个非营利性组织，无论他们是否接受政府提供的基金，”，资深慈善家马里奥·森野在其新书《理性的跳跃》中这样写道，该书与另外两本新书都探讨了一个棘手的问题——如何做到不仅捐赠，还要合理地捐赠。