Unit 6: Giving to others: Why Do We Do It?

Essence of the Human Being

Human beings are the only living being capable of reasoning, devise and be creative, but often we use these qualities to use them in our own lives aside others and wasting the essence of being human. Today we live in a world selfish, proud, ego centrist, where charity, kindness and even values ​​are to one side, where there are few who practice them. 

The world system increasingly alienates us of empathy and be humane, we see suffering, hunger and pain and often seems negligible. We are privileged among many around the world but there millions of people without these privileges, that's where every one of us should come from the heart to help the needy. Many times even with a simple friendly gesture, we can change the day to a person, then why not do it?. Yet also beyond gestures and favors we find donations, poor families, hungry people in need. Just because you dress or feed the needy is a great act of charity, we should make it work more often and make it an everyday event in our lives. There is a saying that is more than true: hands giving, never be empty.

Vocabulary

Cause: a principle or aim that a group of people support or fight for.
Moral: related to principles of what is right and wrong.
Anonymously: doing something without letting anyone know your name.
Motivated: very ager to do or achieve something.
Donation: a gift
Contribute: to give money, help, or ideas.
Inherit: to receive something from someone who has died.
Passion: a strongly felt emotion.
Mandatory: something that is required or that must be done.
Generosity: an attitude or behavior of giving things to others, or of helping others.
Fundraiser: a principle or aim that a group of people support or fight for.
Appeals: request, often for money or help.
Charity: the giving of help.
Wealthy: possessive of wealth.
Catastrophe: a extensive or notable disaster or misfotune.
Appeal: a rquest for relief.
Benefactors: a person who supports or helps a person.
Freelance: a writer or artist, who is not employed continously but hired to do differents assignments.
Rewarding: giving personal satisfaction.

Grammar: Relative Pronouns in adjective clauses.

Adjectives Clauses (also called relative clauses) are used to identify or add information about nouns. Usually, the adjectiveclause directly follows the noun it refers to. These clauses are introduced by a relative pronoun, such as who, that, whose, where or when.

Who refers to people. It can be the subject or the object of an adjective clause.
Who is usually used instead of the more formal Whom.
Example:
Sting is a musican who is concerned about the enviroment.

That or which refer to places and things. They can be the subject or object of an adjective clause.
Example:
The Rainforest Foundation is a group that | which he founded to protect the world's natural resources.

That cannot be used in a nonidentifying adjective clause (somethimes called a nonrestrictive clause) or after a preposition. You most use which.
Example:
This is an organization that many young people are interested in.

Whose refers to people's possetions. It can be the subject or object of an adjective clause.
Example:
People living in the area are those whose lives are most affected.

Where refers to a place, when refers to a time. They can be the object of an adjective clause.
Example:
Brazil is one of the countries where the foundation;s efforts have been successful.
The foundation was started at a time when many people were unaware of the enviromental problems we face.

Video: Relative Pronouns

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