从2000年起,巴菲特为格莱德基金会举行慈善午餐拍卖。
Since 2000, Buffett has donated lunches to help the Glide Foundation.
格莱德基金会的工作人员和一些支持者周五聚集在一个小的宾馆宴会厅见证了这次拍卖活动的结果。
A group of Glide staff members and supporters gathered in a small hotel ballroom Friday to watch the auction results.
每年的午餐拍卖会是格莱德基金会收入的巨大驱动器,该基金会以1700万美元的年度预算进行运作。
The annual lunch auction is a huge revenue-generator at Glide, which operates on an annual budget of 17 million dollars.
而他们为此次特别优待所支付的263万美元将捐给格莱德基金会,该基金会是旧金山为穷人和无家可归者提供社会服务的机构。
And the 2.63 million U.S. dollars they're paying for the privilege will go to the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to the poor and homeless in San Francisco.
该基金会的创始人、其所附属教堂的负责人、80岁的雷夫•塞西尔•威廉姆斯牧师在一次访谈中说,巴菲特午餐的收益占格莱德基金会1700万美元年度预算的约十分之一。
The Rev. Cecil Williams, 80, who founded Glide and leads its affiliated church, said in an interview that Buffett's lunch covers about one-tenth of Glide's $17 million annual budget。
该基金会的创始人、其所附属教堂的负责人、80岁的雷夫•塞西尔•威廉姆斯牧师在一次访谈中说,巴菲特午餐的收益占格莱德基金会1700万美元年度预算的约十分之一。
The Rev. Cecil Williams, 80, who founded Glide and leads its affiliated church, said in an interview that Buffett's lunch covers about one-tenth of Glide's $17 million annual budget。
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