成千上万的人们正不顾一切地试图逃离他们满目疮痍的家园和村庄。

Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes and villages.

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成千上万的人正试着做得更好。

Thousands of people are trying to do better.

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南美洲和撒哈拉以南的非洲正遭受着大规模的森林砍伐：每年有近500万公顷的森林消失。

South America and sub Saharan Africa are experiencing deforestation on an enormous scale: every year almost 5 million hectares are lost.

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But then I ask them to think, and in the book I ask the readers to think: Well, have you given a cost of an expensive pair of shoes to save the life of one of the around 9 million children who are dying from poverty related causes each year around the world?

但是，接着我让他们思考，在书中，我让读者思考这样一个问题：,你有没有捐出过买一双鞋的钱,来拯救900万儿童中的一个生命？,他可能正因为贫困导致的种种问题,而生命垂危，每年世界上都会有这样的儿童？

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