外媒质疑冰桶挑战作秀还是慈善_BEC初级作文

外媒质疑冰桶挑战作秀还是慈善

这个故事源头很不错，不过却未必准确。其实在皮特参与挑战之前，马特·劳尔、玛莎·斯图尔特和其他许多名人就已经参与了“冰桶挑战”，而且这项运动一开始与ALS毫无关系。实际上，这项活动本是职业运动员间的一个挑战游戏，拒绝倒冰桶的人必须向挑战者所选的慈善机构捐出100美元。

It’s hard to blame the ALS Association, then, for commandeering the bandwagon, or even for the bit of revisionist history in which the nonprofit credited Frates as its originator. Turning a pointless viral meme to noble ends can only be a good thing.

ALS协会利用了这股风潮，甚至将皮特树立为活动发起人，这虽然有些“历史修正主义”，不过人们也不好怪罪，毕竟将无意义的挑战变成一项高尚活动无疑是一件好事。

And the campaign is clearly working: The ALS Association told Fox Boston that it has raised $1.35 million in the past two weeks. It raised just $22,000 in the same period last year.

活动的成效也显而易见：ALS协会向Fox Boston透露，其在过去两周内已募集到135万美元，而去年同期，协会只募集到2万2千美元。

Yet it’s hard to shake the feeling that, for most of the people posting ice bucket videos of themselves on Facebook, Vine, and Instagram, the charity part remains a postscript. Remember, the way the challenge is set up, the ice-drenching is the alternative to contributing actual money. Some of the people issuing the challenges have tweaked the rules by asking people to contribute $10 even if they do soak themselves. Even so, a lot of the participants are probably spending more money on bagged ice than on ALS research.