020 会长大的鞋

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It's called The Shoe That Grows

它叫做“会长大的鞋子”。

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What does it do? Well, it grows!

它有什么作用？嗯，它可以长大！

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This lets kids have shoes they can wear for a long time!

这样孩子们就可以穿上能穿很久的鞋子啦！

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In 2007 Kenton Lee was working at an orphanage in Kenya

2007年，肯顿·李在肯尼亚的一家孤儿院工作。

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One day he was walking with a group of kids

一天，他和一群孩子一起散步。

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He looked down at a little girl

他低头看向一个小女孩。

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She had on a white dress and shoes that didn't fit

她穿着一条白色连衣裙和一双不合脚的鞋子。

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The front parts of the shoes were cut open, and the girl's toes were sticking out

鞋子的前面部分被剪开了，女孩的脚趾露了出来。

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Kenton looked around

肯顿环顾四周。

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Many other kids' shoes were much too small for their feet

许多其他孩子的鞋子也远小于他们的脚。

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Kenton asked the orphanage director why so many kids had shoes that didn't fit

肯顿问孤儿院院长，为什么那么多孩子穿的鞋不合脚。

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The director explained that the children outgrew their shoes quickly

院长解释说，孩子们脚长得快，鞋子很快就小了。

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And there simply weren't enough donated shoes for everyone

而且捐赠的鞋子根本不够分给每个孩子。

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Kenton couldn't stop thinking about the children's shoes

肯顿一直忘不掉孩子们鞋子的问题。

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Wearing small shoes was unhealthy for the children since their feet were still growing

穿小鞋对孩子们的健康不利，因为他们的脚还在发育。

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But going barefoot was dangerous too

但光脚走路也很危险。

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The children could get diseases from walking barefoot

孩子们光脚走路可能会染上疾病。

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Their feet could even become infected

双脚甚至可能感染。

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There had to be a solution to this problem

这个问题一定得有解决办法。

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Finally Kenton had an idea

最后，肯顿想到了一个主意。

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He could create special shoes

他可以制作特殊的鞋子。

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His shoes would grow along with a child

他的鞋子会随着孩子一起“长大”。

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The shoes couldn't be expensive, and they needed to last for a long time

鞋子不能太贵，还需要很耐穿。

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Now Kenton just needed to find a way to make these shoes

现在肯顿只需要找到制作这些鞋子的方法。

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He contacted several shoe companies, but none showed interest in his idea

他联系了好几家鞋业公司，但没有一家对他的想法感兴趣。

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Kenton decided to make the shoes himself

肯顿决定自己动手做鞋。

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He even made himself a promise to show his commitment

他甚至对自己许下诺言，以表明决心。

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He wouldn't buy himself a new pair of shoes until his project was finished

在项目完成之前，他不会给自己买新鞋。

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Five years later Kenton's shoes had holes and were worn out

五年后，肯顿的鞋子磨出了洞，破烂不堪。

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But he had created a great new shoe — The Shoe That Grows!

但他发明了一款很棒的新鞋——“会长大的鞋子”！

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The shoes look like normal sandals

这种鞋子看起来像普通的凉鞋。

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They're designed to last for five years, so all of their materials are durable

它们设计为能穿五年，因此所有材料都很耐用。

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The straps can be adjusted with snaps, buckles, and Velcro

鞋带可以通过按扣、搭扣和魔术贴来调节。

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This lets the shoes grow along with the wearer

这样就能让鞋子随穿着者一起“长大”。

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The shoes come in three sizes

鞋子有三个尺码。

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Each can fit five different shoe sizes

每个尺码都适用于五种不同的脚长。

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Kenton designed the shoes to be small and light too

肯顿还把鞋子设计得小巧轻便。

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He wanted to send lots of shoes at once to poor places around the world

他想一次性运送大量鞋子到世界各地的贫困地区。

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In fact, fifty pairs of these shoes can fit into a normal-sized duffel bag

事实上，五十双这样的鞋子可以装进一个普通大小的行李袋里。

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Kenton's organization is called Because International

肯顿的组织名叫“Because International”。

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It relies on volunteers to deliver the shoes

它依靠志愿者来运送鞋子。

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Because International has also sent shoes to adults

Because International 也向成人送过鞋子。

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Some of the shoes are even made in poor countries

有些鞋子甚至在贫困国家制作。

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So the shoes have created jobs for people too

因此，这种鞋子也为人们创造了就业机会。

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With The Shoe That Grows, Kenton found a simple way to solve a serious problem

凭借“会长大的鞋子”，肯顿找到了一个简单的办法来解决一个严重的问题。

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His shoe design has improved the lives of poor children around the world

他的鞋子设计改善了世界各地贫困儿童的生活。