[ti:Man Leaves $11 Million Surprise Gift to Children’s Groups] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.00]Alan Naiman was known for being very careful [00:03.78]about how he spent his money. [00:06.94]But even those closest to him [00:10.52]had no knowledge of the fortune he quietly gathered [00:15.62]and the last act he had planned. [00:19.85]Naiman died of cancer at age 63 last January. [00:26.56]The man from the American state of Washington [00:29.93]gave most of his money to groups [00:32.91]that help the poor, sick, disabled and abandoned children. [00:38.42]He gave them $11 million. [00:42.31]The large amount of his fortune shocked the groups [00:46.15]that received his gifts and even his best friends. [00:50.67]That is because Naiman had been known [00:54.20]to repair his own shoes with duct tape. [00:58.01]He had sought deals to buy food from grocery stores at closing time [01:03.21]and had taken friends out to lunch at low cost restaurants. [01:08.98]Naiman died unmarried and childless. [01:12.95]He loved children but also was intensely private, his friends say. [01:18.86]He saved, invested and worked extra jobs to gather money. [01:24.29]He rarely spent the money on himself after seeing [01:29.07]how unfair life could be for children who suffer the most. [01:33.91]His friends believe a lifelong desire to help his older brother [01:39.60]who had a developmental disability influenced Naiman. [01:44.38]Yet he rarely spoke of it. His brother died in 2013. [01:50.83]His close friend Susan Madsen told the Associated Press, [01:56.74]"Growing up as a kid with an older, [02:00.08]disabled brother kind of colored the way he looked at things." [02:04.65]A former banker, Naiman worked for the past 20 years [02:09.69]at the state Department of Social and Health Services. [02:13.95]He earned $67,234 a year and also took on side jobs. [02:22.81]Sometimes, he worked as many as three at a time. [02:27.74]He saved and invested enough to make several millions of dollars. [02:33.26]He also received millions more from his parents after they died, [02:39.16]said Shashi Karan, a friend from his banking days. [02:43.50]Naiman was pleased when he was able [02:46.84]to make use of the reduced prices [02:49.43]many companies and organization offer older people. [02:54.15]He bought his clothes from large self-service stores. [02:58.72]He loved cars, but for most of his life, he drove worn-out vehicles. [03:06.25]After Naiman's death, Karan recognized [03:09.93]how little he knew about his longtime friend. [03:12.83]"I don't know if he was lonely. I think he was a loner," Karan said. [03:18.66]Many of the organizations that received Naiman's gifts [03:23.75]said they did not know him, although they had crossed paths. [03:28.35]He left $2.5 million to the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Washington. [03:37.26]The center is a private organization that cares for babies [03:42.58]born to mothers who abused drugs and children with drug dependency. [03:49.04]Naiman had called the center about a newborn baby [03:53.14]while working for the state more than 10 years ago. [03:57.03]Barbara Drennen, who established the center, said, [04:01.91]"We would never dream that something like this would happen to us. [04:06.12]I wish very much that I could have met him. [04:09.49]I would have loved to have had him see the babies he's protecting." [04:14.87]The center used the money to pay off its mortgage [04:19.78]and buy a new vehicle to transport the children. [04:23.49]Naiman gave $900,000 to the Treehouse, a foster care organization. [04:30.96]He had brought children in his care to the group's house, [04:36.00]where children without parents can choose toys and necessities for free. [04:41.88]Treehouse is using Naiman's money to expand its college [04:46.72]and career support services statewide. [04:50.11]Jessica Ross, who works with Treehouse, commented [04:54.29]that Naiman's savings and cost cutting were for this purpose. [04:59.10]She called it a "pure demonstration of philanthropy and love." [05:04.30]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM