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(bouncy, playful music) (wheels spinning)
(輕快好玩的音樂) (輪子旋轉)
[Commentator] In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
[解說員] 在薩斯喀徹溫省的薩克屯
you'll find four senior citizens making socks.
你會發現有四個老人在做襪子
Lots and lots of socks.
很多很多的襪子
[Bob] Socks by Bob have knitted 11,662 as of today.
[Bob] Bob 做的襪子到今天為止已經織了 11,662 雙了
[Commentator] That's pairs of socks,
[解說員] 那是一雙又一雙的襪子
which means Socks by Bob
這代表 Bob 做的襪子
has knitted 23,324 individual socks,
已經編織了 23,324 隻襪子
8.8 miles of socks,
8.8 英里長的襪子
and they're all for charity.
而且他們都是為了慈善事業
The man responsible for all these socks
負責全部這些襪子的人
is none other than Bob Rutherford.
不是別人,正是 Bob Rutherford
Enter Bob's knitting machines.
參觀 Bob 的編織機
These super-powered knitting machines
這些超級動力的編織機
go at 90 turns per second.
每秒轉 90 圈
That's pretty fast.
速度非常快
But, what makes these machines special
但是,這些機器的特殊之處
are that they're self-made.
在於它們是自製的
I'm an experimenter.
我是實驗者
I just build things.
我只是在製造東西
And it took a long time to figure out how to do it.
花了很長時間才知道怎麼做
But when you're retired and nothing to do,
但是當你退休了,沒什麼事可做的時候
it just sorta grew.
你就會有想法
[Commentator] Socks by Bob began in 2010
[解說員] Bob 做的襪子始於 2010 年
after the passing of Bob's wife Edith.
在 Bob 的妻子 Edith 去世之後
I was a caregiver to my wife before she died
在我妻子死前,我是她的看護人
and my son came home and said,
我兒子回家後說:
"Dad you need something to do."
「爸爸,你需要找點事情做。」
I said, "Well I've made these socks
我說:「好吧,我已經在這第一台編織機
on this first knitting machine."
做了這些襪子。」
[Commentator] And that sparked an idea,
[解說員] 這引發了一個想法
making socks for those in need.
為那些需要的人做襪子
But Bob doesn't work alone.
但 Bob 不想獨自工作
He has plenty of help.
他得到很多幫助
George cuts the tube length.
George 負責切割管的長度
Glynn and Barney, they rub-knit tube socks by the roll.
Glynn 和 Barney 負責用針織機做直筒襪
[Commentator] Each week
[解說員] 每週
Bob and his team knit hundreds of socks
Bob 和他的團隊編織了數百雙襪子
that they then deliver to countless homeless shelters
然後他們運送到很多無家可歸者的收容所
all throughout Canada.
都在加拿大
The socks are delivered in Alberta, Saskatchewan, BC,
這些襪子被送去亞伯達、薩克其萬、卑詩省
in Red Deer, Calgary.
红鹿市和卡加利
Some of have gone to the northern part of the province.
有些送去省的北部
In short, they go to where they're needed.
總之,那些襪子都送去了需要它們的地方
(bouncy music)
(輕快的音樂)
People gotta keep involved.
人們必須持續參與
You just can't give up because of bereavement
你不能因為喪親之痛而放棄
or whatever the case may be.
或是其他喪慟
I think that knitting socks for needy people is important.
我認為為需要的人編織襪子很重要
People have to reach out and touch each other,
人們必須伸出援手,互相幫助
I think, as they grow older,
我認為,他們長大以後
and this has helped me do that.
這幫助我做到了這一點
And I think that's the key to life.
我覺得那就是生命的關鍵
You don't give up.
你不能放棄
And find a purpose.
而且要找到目標
Find something that needs to be done
找到需要完成的事
and do it.
然後去做