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Unit 3 Charity
Your ideas
Watch and listen to the poem.
What is the main idea?
Do you agree with the “Sympathy” in the poem?
Charity
In charity lies happiness and bliss. If
you haven’t done charity, you may
miss the power to love and
share. Charity gives you
happiness beyond
compare.
Your ideas
What does “Charity gives you happiness beyond compare” mean?
Do you agree?
Give your reasons.
Your ideas
Have you ever done any charitable thing?
Why did you choose to do it?
To Give OR Not to Give:
What Prompts us to Donate to Charity?
Match the main ideas to each paragraph: 1 - 8.
B. Some exampls of situations in daily life for donations to charity.
A. A transitional para to ask the key question.
C. Example on situations when people feel it is immoral to give a donation to people who were “responsible” for their own situation.
D. Highly moral may decrease the chance of donation.
Match the main ideas to each paragraph: 1 - 8.
E. Empathy and a sense of justice are the major factors.
G. Different judugements may lead to different decisions in donating money.
F. The immense power of empathy in prompting donations.
H. The effect of one’s own past immoral behaviours.
1. What will most of the people do if they believe that a homeless man has caused his own misfortune?
They will probably lean towards not giving any money.
Answer the questions
Answer the questions
2. What will most of the people do if they could relate to the pain that would cause the poor man to slip into the hopeless situation?
They will probably lean towards empathic
giving, even if he did play a role in his own problem.
Answer the questions
3. Which factor is the most powerful one in making decisions for donations? Why?
It’s empathy that connects us to one another.
Because the universal suffering can help us relate to another person’s unique form of suffering, prompting us to reach out and help.
What determines whether or not you donate to a homeless person?
Fill in the blanks
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