“走个面儿”怎么说？

十几年前有过一波突然发起的舆论海啸，红十字会被骂成了狗。在那波舆论中，公办的慈善项目都被泼脏水，“不捐款”喊得山响。

About a decade ago, a sudden tidal wave of public outrage swept through cyberspace, and the Red Cross took a brutal beating in public opinion. During that frenzy, every government-affiliated charity project was tarred with the same brush, and the slogan "don't give a penny" was chanted at full volume.

现在韩红帮朋友喊“走个面儿”惹到了舆论，火迅速从电影烧到了她的基金会。不仅骂韩红基金会，一些人还把红会之外非官方的公益基金会全都骂了，比如有人宣扬：“所有不是花自己的钱做公益，都是骗子。”

Now, Han Hong has drawn online flak for urging her friends to "show some face" and support a movie — and the fire quickly spread from the film to her charity foundation. But the criticism didn't stop at Han Hong's foundation; some netizens went on to attack all non-governmental charities outside the Red Cross, with one typical claim being: "Anyone who does charity with other people's money rather than their own is a fraud."

网上骂韩红基金会的人似乎这样认为：做公益应该花自己的钱，向社会募捐不道德；而且做公益的人都应当是苦行僧。从社会募捐做公益只能由官方来做，民间那样做的人，都是骗子。这样以“圣人”的标准要求公益人，大概是许多摩擦发生的源头。

Critics of Han Hong's foundation seem to operate on a fixed set of beliefs: charity should be funded entirely from one's own pocket, and raising money from the public is inherently unethical; those who do charity work must also live like ascetics. In their view, only official institutions are entitled to solicit public donations — anyone from the private sector doing the same must be a con artist. Holding philanthropists to such "saint-like" standards is likely the root cause of many of these recurring clashes.

嫣然天使基金之前大概遭到过类似的误解。幸运的是，嫣然最终感动了互联网，命运得以转变。

The Smile Angel Foundation probably went through a similar ordeal of misunderstanding before. Fortunately, it eventually won over the internet and managed to turn its fate around.

我就是觉得，做公益的确很不容易。官方公益机构被往死里狠狠骂过，这一轮被骂轮到了民间公益机构。老话说风水轮流转，看来风险也是轮流转的。

All in all, I just feel that doing charity work is truly no easy task. State-backed charities have been brutally bashed to death in the past; now it's the turn of private foundations to bear the brunt. As the saying goes, the wheel of fortune turns — and apparently, so does risk.