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The following two excerpts are about Ice Bucket Challenge, an activity initiated to raise money and awareness for the disease AL
The following two excerpts are about Ice Bucket Challenge, an activity initiated to raise money and awareness for the disease AL
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2020-09-01
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The following two excerpts are about Ice Bucket Challenge, an activity initiated to raise money and awareness for the disease ALS (渐冻症) . From the excerpts, you can find that the activity seems to have achieved much success, but there have also been doubt and criticism.
Write an article of NO LESS THAN 300 WORDS, in which you should:
1. summarize the development of the ice bucket challenge activity, and then
2. express your opinion towards the activity, especially whether the problems found with this kind of activity will finally undermine its original purpose.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your article on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
Excerpt 1
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Takes U. S. by Storm
In the last two weeks, the Ice Bucket Challenge
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has quite literally "soaked" the nation. Everyone from Ethel Kennedy to Justin Timberlake has poured a bucket of ice water over his or her head and challenged others to do the same or make a donation to fight ALS within twenty-four hours.
Between July 29 and today, August 12, the ALS Association and its 38 chapters have received an astonishing $ 4 million in donations compared with $ 1.12 million during the same time period last year. The ALS Association is incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support from those people who have been doused, made a donation, or both.
"We have never seen anything like this in the history of the disease," said Barbara Newhouse, President and CEO of the ALS Association.
With only about half of the general public knowledgeable about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the Ice Bucket Challenge is making a profound difference. Since July 29, the Association has welcomed more than 70,000 new donors to the cause.
" While the monetary donations are absolutely incredible," said Newhouse, " the visibility that this disease is getting as a result of the challenge is truly invaluable. People who have never before heard of ALS are now engaged in the fight to find treatments and a cure for ALS. "
Excerpt 2
Ice Bucket Challenge: Who’s Pouring Cold Water on the Idea?
The Ice Bucket Challenge has certainly raised awareness. Whether that’s primarily of the disease for which it is raising funds or the speed at which images of swimsuit-clad celebrities will go viral is a long-term question. More pertinent right now is whether or not the craze has reached a tipping point.
As it lived by social media, so the Ice Bucket Challenge could die by it. The state of California is currently experiencing one of the worst droughts on record. So gestures such as companies dousing their staff en masse in hundreds of gallons of icy water, come across more as wasteful PR exercises than charitable gestures—and are being called out as such on Twitter.
There has been a similar reaction in China. Last week, people in drought-stricken Henan province raised empty red buckets over their heads, accompanied by the slogan " Henan, please say no to the Ice Bucket Challenge".
China’s ministry for civil affairs, while broadly supportive, has warned citizens against the practice’s "entertainment and commercial tendencies".
But the real dampener could be the risk of bodily harm. Doctors around the world have warned of risks to elderly people, expectant mothers and people with heart conditions.
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答案
Challenge or Not? Recently, the Ice Bucket Challenge, which aims to direct the world’s attention to ALS and raise funds to cure it, has gone viral all over the world. It has garnered a staggering $ 4 million in donations as well as a great many people’s awareness on ALS, and the result of the activity is unprecedented and unexpected. However, the practice has also been greeted with opposing voices. Most opponents to the idea are from drought-stricken regions, claiming it a waste of water and an entertaining activity. What’s worse, it may put some fragile people’s health at risk. Personally, I propose that charitable activities, if infused with too many entertaining elements, will probably depart from their original intentions. It is admitted that the Ice Bucket Challenge did make a positive difference if evaluated in the light of donation and public awareness on ALS. With the activity spreading over the world, however, things turn out badly. On the one hand, we have observed that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has rubbed some people up the wrong way, especially as participants get caught up in the act of making videos rather than focusing on the essence of charity itself. It is said that when Barack Obama, the American President, was challenged, he chose to make a donation of 100 dollars rather than pouring the icy water over his head. On the other hand, the original purpose of this activity is to provide aid and support for patients suffering from the disease. Accordingly, what we should focus on is whether the ALS association begins immediate funding for families in desperate need of home health care services and other care-related services. As a matter of fact, after a month in the spotlight, the much-hyped ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is finally starting to show signs of cooling down. Things in moderation are always reasonable and lasting, and charitable activities are no exceptions.
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