CRI听力:Charities Act to Regain Public Trust amid Scandals

短语讲解：

1. As one of the measures introduced, these charities say they'll set up a platform to make public donation-related information.

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

2. It will have a huge impact on this industry. Before, it was only the government that kept calling for transparency.

have an impact on对…有影响;对…起作用,产生效果
例句：The computer had had a great impact on modern life.
计算机对现代生活产生了巨大的影响。
call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

3. It has attracted public attention since 2008 when huge donations were quickly raised to help with reconstruction following the massive Sichuan earthquake.

help with帮助(某人)做…
例句：She helped me with the translation.
她帮我翻译。

4. The lack of an effective platform for information disclosure has led to a series of fund misuse scandals.

lead to导致
例句：Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。

5. Last August, the China Charity Federation was accused of mishandling 15 million yuan, or more than two million U.S. dollars, in corporate donations.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。

6. Last November, the Soong Ching Ling Foundation in central China's Henan Province reportedly embezzled charitable donations to invest in real-estate companies.

invest in在…上投资, 在…投入(时间、精力等)
例句：He invested his money in shares.
他把钱投资在股票上。

7. Analysts say this was mainly due to the "Guo Meimei incident," a highly publicized scandal that plunged the country's most high-profile humanitarian organization into a public trust crisis.

due to由于，因为
例句：Due to the extreme cold, we were unable to plant the trees.
由于天气很冷, 所以我们无法去植树。

8. Last June, a 20-year-old woman named Guo Meimei, who claimed to have close connections to the China Red Cross, bragged about her luxurious lifestyle on her microblog.

brag about对…自夸; 吹嘘…
例句：He constantly brags about how well he plays football.
他老是吹嘘自己足球踢得多么好。

9. Wang Zhenyao from the One Foundation Philanthropy Research Institute says it is important for Chinese charities to learn from international practices to regain public trust, such as issuing detailed reports to their donors on a regular basis to let them know how their money is being used and where it goes.

learn from从...中吸取教训
例句：We should learn from his mistakes.
我们应该从他的错误中接受教训。