VOA常速英语2018--唐氏综合征患者通过设计袜子做公益（在线收听）

You were Down Syndrome Superhero? After graduating from high school, John Cronin wanted nothing more than to go into business with his dad, Mark. The father-son duo brainstormed and decided to go forward with the one thing Johnny loves most: socks.

你是唐氏综合征的超级英雄吗？高中毕业后，约翰 克罗宁(John Cronin)最想做的事情就是跟父亲马克做生意。父子二人在充分思考后，决定做约翰尼最爱的事物袜子。

I designed those. I would tell Crazy Socks, why sock? Because it’s fun, it’s colorful. I love to be creative and I want to do wonderful things. Here I made me be me.

这些都是我设计的。我喜欢疯狂的袜子，为什么选择袜子？因为很有趣，可以色彩斑斓。我喜欢自己创作，这是很棒的事情，这样有做自己的感觉。

Since launching John’s Crazy Socks, father and son have been went crazy busy. While John, the face of the company’s videos and promotions, puts orders together, Mark takes care of the technical aspects of the business such as accounting, managing, inventory and staffing. We’ve been created 35 jobs. 18 of those are held by people with different abilities. We’ve raised over 135 thousand dollars for our charity partners.

自从创立约翰的疯狂袜子以来，父子俩一直都巨忙。约翰是公司视频和促销产品的代言人，同时他要将所有袜子订单汇总起来；马克负责业务的技术方面，比如财务、管理、库存和员工管理。我们设立了35个岗位，其中18个岗位是由有特殊能力的人来负责的。我们为慈善伙伴募集了13.5万多美元。

John and Mark try to make each sock purchase personal. They make in-person deliveries to homes in the Long Island area but for those who live farther, John does something special. He places a personal note inside each box, What’s our mission? Our mission is spread happiness.

约翰和马克努力让每双袜子都有定制的感觉。长岛地区的快递，他们亲自送到；较远地区的，约翰会做特殊处理。他会在每个盒子里附上专属留言：我们的使命是什么？就是传递快乐。

Our customers are happy. We have over 10,000 online reviews. 96% of those are five-star reviews and we’ve done a lot of work, a lot of business. We’ve shipped over 115,000 orders and earned over 4 million dollars in revenue.

我们的顾客都很满意。我们的网上评价有1万多个，其中96%都是五星评价。我们做了很多的工作，涵盖了很多业务。我们有11.5万多份订单，收入达400多万美元。

John’s Crazy Sock’s doesn’t only spread happiness through their socks, the company also spreads happiness to those in need: 5% of John’s profits go to the Special Olympics and the company also donates to the National Down Syndrome Society and the Association for children with Down Syndrome. That makes these founders feel crazy happy which motivates them to help others feel the same.

他们的店不仅通过袜子传递快乐，还向有需要的人传递快乐：公司5%的收益会捐给特奥会，此外还会给全国唐氏综合症协会和儿童唐氏综合症协会捐款。父子俩因善举而快乐，这让他们想要帮助其他人感到快乐。