VOA常速英语2018--唐氏综合征患者通过设计袜子做公益

You were Down Syndrome¹ Superhero? After graduating from high school, John Cronin wanted nothing more than to go into business with his dad, Mark. The father-son duo brainstormed² and decided³ 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 promotions⁴, puts orders together, Mark takes care of the technical aspects of the business such as accounting⁵, managing, inventory⁶ 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 founders⁷ 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。

1 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

2 brainstormed   

集中各人智慧猛攻( brainstorm的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The marketing team brainstormed for hours in designing the marketing campaign for the new product. 行销小组脑力激荡多时，集思广益，设计新产品的行销策略。
• The team brainstormed the CAR response. 这队有人提供脑力激荡或意见者。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 promotions   

促进( promotion的名词复数 )； 提升； 推广； 宣传

参考例句：

• All services or promotions must have an appeal and wide application. 所有服务或促销工作都必须具有吸引力和广泛的适用性。
• He promptly directed the highest promotions and decorations for General MacArthur. 他授予麦克阿瑟将军以最高的官阶和勋奖。

5 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

6 inventory   

n.详细目录，存货清单

参考例句：

• Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
• We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。

7 founders   

n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
• The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句