Then the old man and woman held the rain babies in the palms of their hands or they rocked them to sleep in a pair of wooden shoes.

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So the choice is are you gonna ruin the really expensive pair of shoes or are you gonna to leave the child to drown?

所以你面临着选择：,要么毁了这双昂贵的鞋,要么看着小孩淹死？

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You can't compare a pair of shoes with the child's life."

你不能拿一双鞋子和一个小孩的生命比较“

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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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