他们穷得没钱给孩子买鞋穿。

They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids.

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在买鞋之前，必须要有脚正确的尺寸。

You have to have the correct measurements of your feet before you can buy shoes.

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店主笑着回答说：“你买鞋不需要书上的建议。”

Laughing, the shop owner replied, "You don't need advice from books to buy shoes."

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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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You know, I couldn't invite a hundred people and buy them all shoes, you know, to my daughter's birthday party, so

我不会请一百个人来参加我女儿的生日聚会，还给他们每人买双鞋，所以，

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and they bought every single one of these guests a pair of new shoes for a party favor.

而且他们给每个参加聚会的人买了一双新鞋。

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