2006年时，加拿大博主凯尔·麦克唐纳德的易物故事被传为佳话，他以一枚红色曲别针，经过数次网上交易，最后换了套别墅。

In 2006, Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald, who bartered his way from a single red paper clip to a house, through a series of online trades became a much-told tale.

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麦克卢思凯小姐在爱丁堡纳皮尔大学学习产品设计。她的设计灵感来自对听觉障碍的研究，她希望找到能帮助人们提高听力的好方法。

Miss McLuskey, who studies product design at Edinburgh's Napier University, came up with the idea after studying aural impairments and methods of helping people hear better.

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“这从来不会影响到凯西或者是她所做出的牺牲，”黛布拉·迪尔斯汀说，她是麦克的护士中的一个。

"It was never about Kathy or the sacrifices she was making," says Debra Dearstyne, one of Michael's nurses.

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