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第871期 2010年9月15日 【BUZZ】all-out donation 裸捐 donation /d?? ‵ne??n/ 捐赠 all-out 竭力的,全部的 Extra Materials: 今年6月，巴菲特和盖茨在美国牵头发起了“捐赠承诺”活动，号召美国富豪将自己的一半财富捐献出来。今年9月底，他们将来到中国，与中国富商就慈善话题进行探讨。9月5日，我国著名企业家和慈善家、江苏黄埔再生资源利用有限公司董事长陈光标在公司刊出了致巴菲特和比尔·盖茨的一封信，他在信中承诺：“在我离开这个世界的时候，将不是捐出一半财富，而是‘裸捐’——向慈善机构捐出自己的全部财产。”陈光标成为我国第一位响应比尔?盖茨和沃伦?巴菲特慈善捐助活动的富豪。前后相隔不到五天，9月9日上午，爱国者电子科技公司总裁冯军在个人微博上宣布生前将个人的全部财产逐步捐献给社会，用于公益和慈善事业。两位企业家先后发布“裸捐”宣言，也将关于企业家与慈善的话题讨论推向了一个不小的高潮。 Related readings: A well-known Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist has pledged to donate his entire fortune to charity after his death, becoming the first in China to respond to the campaign launched in the US by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, who will soon visit China to advocate philanthropy. Chen Guangbiao, chairman of Jiangsu Huangpu Renewable Resources Utilization, said in an open letter to Gates and Buffett posted on his company website on Sunday that he would donate his entire fortune of more than five billion yuan ($735 million) to charity when he dies in response to the call for the wealthy to make charity pledges. Since they launched the Giving Pledge Campaign this June, Gates, the founder of Microsoft and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, and Buffett, an investment baron（巨头，大王）, have so far successfully convinced 40 US billionaires to donate at least half of their wealth, worth as much as $125 billion, to charity. The moguls（巨头）are scheduled to travel to China in late September for a philanthropic gathering with the Chinese super-rich. Fifty Chinese, including Chen, are reported to have received an invitation to a banquet during the pairs visit to Beijing on Sept 29. In his open letter, 42-year-old Chen said he was greatly moved by the duos（二人组，两人） commitment to charity and pleased to accept the invitation. He also said it would be a glory to return his entire fortune to society after he dies and that it is a shame to die hoarding（贮藏；囤积；（尤指）秘藏）wealth. He said his dec