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1、UnitTwoFamousFiguresSectionAPre-readingQuestions1.WhichAmericanPresidentimpressesyouthemostWhatcontributiondoescharityworkmaketothesociety?Why?2.Haveyoueverdoneanyvoluntarywork?Ifso,tellustalkaboutit.3.Whatdoyouthinkisthebestwaytohelpthepoororthesick?4.IfyouwereBillClinton,wh
2、atwouldyoudoafterleavingoffice?WhatwouldAmericanPresidentsdoaftertheyleaveoffice?BillClintonchosetohelppeoplewhoreallyneedhishelpandthusbecaameevenmore“powerful”thanwhenhewasthePresident.ThePowerofPhilanthropy1WelcometotheworldoftheClintonFoundation—which,itshouldbesaidattheo
3、utset,isnotafoundationatallinthetraditionalsense,becauseithasnomoneyofitsown.Whatitdoeshave,ofcourse,isBillClintonandallhebringswithhim:whatDr.RichardFeachem,executivedirectoroftheGlobalFund,callshis“personalbullypulpit”;whatBobCarson,outgoingchairmanoftheAmericanHeart40Assoc
4、iation,callshis“mind-bogglingconveningpower”;whatDougBand,whobeganasClinton’spersonalaideintheWhiteHouseandnowcarriesthetitleofcounselor,callshis“abilitytomotivatepeopleandmovemountains.”2ThepeoplehemotivatesareanoddbutpotentmixoflongtimealliesandFOBs,doctorsandactivists,ande
5、xecutivesrangingfromtheunknownandenormouslydedicated(BethCollins)tothehigh-profileandfranklyimprobable(longtimenemesisRupertMurdoch,whoisbankrollingaglobal-warminginitiative).3“Wetakealotofcuesfromthebusinessworld,”saysClinton,whothesedayscansoundmorelikeaCEOthanapolitician.“
6、Wehaveveryentrepreneurialpeopleandaveryentrepreneurialprocess.Weidentifyaproblem,weanalyzeit,andwemove.”Muchofhisstaffcomesfrombusiness,andhesaysusingbusinesspractices“allowsustodoalotwithrelativelysmallresources.”4TheBillandMelindaGatesFoundation,bycontrast,hasa$30billionend
7、owment.“Yeah,I’dliketohavehismoney,”saysClintonofGates.“ButIthinkourwayaddsvalue.It’skindofapaintoalwaysaskforfinancing,butperhapsitforcesyoutolookclosely.”“Wehaveacultureofgettingthingsdone.Itisveryempoweringandveryunforgiving,”saysAnilSoni,aformerMcKinseyconsultantwhoisnowC
8、OOofClinton’sHIV/AIDSinitiative.“IraandClintonwillsay,‘Peoplearegoin
