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Janet:So this is the Cherwell Boathouse – it's lovely! And look at those people punting! It looks quite easy.

Mark:I'm not so sure about that! Janet, there's something Kate and I wanted to discuss with you. Some people in college are organizing charity events (a charity event refers to an activity organized to collect money for a charity) this term. We've decided to get involved(join in the event, participate).

Janet:Raising money (集资，捐款。raise one’s hand;举手 raise sb.；抚养某人 raise a question; 提出问题raise speed;提速)for charity? Right. In China, people raise money for charity but students don't usually do that.

Mark:Students often do that here. Anyway, we're thinking of doing sponsored（sponsor n.赞助者，倡议人，发起人；V. 赞助，主办，资助） punting.

Janet: Sponsored punting! What's that?

Kate: Sponsoring is when people pay you to do something – like run a long distance. So people would be sponsoring students to punt.

Janet: What a great idea! I'd love to join you!

Mark: That's why we're telling you about it. So that's decided then. Let's make a list of (列出) things we need to do.

Kate: I'll do that. One of the first things we should do is choose the charity.

Mark: Yes. And choose a day for the event. And we need to design the sponsorship form（赞助表；比较：chart, sheet, table）. I've got one here.

Kate: That looks fine, but we must change the wording(措辞). Who wants to do that?

Mark: I'll do that. What have we got so far?

Kate: Choose a charity. Also a day for the event. Change the wording on the sponsorship form ... Um ... We have to decide where the punt will start from.

Mark: Cherwell Boathouse, no question! It's a very beautiful route（路线bus/air/shipping route） from here, apparently（obviously;比较transparent）.

Kate: I'm with you on that( I agree with you.)

Janet: Me too ...

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