Spreading happiness through socks

山西陽泉市第十五中學校 王愛弟

作為社會中的一個特殊群體，唐氏綜合征患者們雖然也可能過上正常人的生活，但他們的一生其實并不容易。如何在社會上立足并獲得與正常人一樣的平等與尊重，是每位患者不得不面對的問題。

然而，今天故事里的主人公有點不同，他很勇敢，也很獨立。

掃碼聽測

Ⅰ.判斷正誤

聽下面一段錄音并閱讀5個簡短的陳述，根據錄音內容判斷這些陳述是否符合所聽內容。考查重點是學生對意義的理解能力和信息獲取能力。

In this section,you will hear a passage.After you hear the passage,decide whether each of the statement is correct(A),incorrect(B)or not mentioned(C).

1 John chooses to make socks because he wants to make money.2 Mark's duty is to put all the socks orders together.3 Anyone can apply for 35 jobs in John's company.4 Part of the profits of John's company will be donated.5 John and Mark were awarded the Charitable Award.ABC ABC ABC ABC ABC

Ⅱ.根據錄音內容填空

一邊聽錄音一邊閱讀以下文字材料，這些文字材料不是錄音的全部內容，而是以提綱、摘要、筆記、圖表等形式再現的錄音的主要內容，需要補全的內容一般是錄音中的關鍵信息。注意每空一詞。

The Crazy Socks

1.After graduating from high school,John decided to___ _____.

2.John's duty is to put_____ _______,Mark takes care of the technical aspects of the business such as_________,_________.

3.They've been created_________jobs.

4.John and Mark try to make each sock.

在時間維度的分析上，本文又對不同學科在每年3月的借閱量進行對比。如圖9所示，盡管各學科在3月的借閱量較高，但隨著時間變化，不同學科在3月的借閱量也同樣處于動態變化的過程。因此除了在不同月份配置不同的采訪資源，同時在學科上仍然需要根據數據顯示結果進行恰當的政策傾斜。

5.Their mission is_________.

文本解說

高中畢業后，約翰和父親一起創立了“瘋狂襪子”公司，他們的店不僅通過襪子傳遞快樂，還將一部分收入捐給社會上的唐氏綜合征患者群體。父子倆因為自己的善舉而感到快樂。

You were Down Syndrome（唐氏綜合征）superhero?

After graduating from high school,John Cronin wanted nothing more than to go into business with his dad,Mark.The father-son duo（搭檔）brainstormed and decided to go forward with the one thing John loves most：socks.

I designed those.I would tell Crazy Socks.Why sock?Because it's fun,it's colorful.I love to becreativeand I want to do wonderful things.Here I made me be me.Since launching（開始從事）John's Crazy Socks,father and son have been went crazy busy.While John,the face of the company's videos andpromotions,puts orders together,Mark takes care of the technical aspects of the business such asaccounting,managing,inventory（庫存）and staffing.We've been created 35 jobs.18 of those are held by people with different abilities.We've raised over 135 thousand dollars for our charity partners.

John and Mark try to make each sock purchase personal.They make in-person deliveries to homes in the Long Island area but for those who live farther,John does something special.He places a personal note inside each box：“What's ourmission?Our mission is spreading happiness.”

Our customers are happy.We have over 10,000 online reviews.96%of those are fivestar reviews and we've done a lot of work,a lot of business.We've shipped over 115,000 orders and earned over 4 million dollars in revenue.（收益）

John's Crazy Socks doesn't only spread happiness through their socks,the company also spreads happiness to those in need：5% of John's profits go to the Special Olympics（特奧會）and the company also donates to the National Down Syndrome Society （全國唐氏綜合征協會）and the association for children with Down Syndrome.That makes these founders feel crazy happy，whichmotivatesthem to help others feel the same.

Using Language

1.creative adj.創造性的

2.promotion n.提升；晉升；促銷活動

3.accounting n.會計

4.mission n.使命；任務

5.motivate v.激勵；成為……的動機

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the vocabulary given above.

1.The plan is designed to__________employees to work more efficiently.

2.I want a job with good prospects for_________.

3.I don't have a bank_________.

4.Editors complain about the lack of_________in the ideas put to them.

5.Her_________in life was to work with the homeless.

Cultural Background

Down Syndrome

唐氏綜合征

唐氏綜合征（DS或DNS），又稱21-三體綜合征，是由染色體異常（多了一條21號染色體）而引起的遺傳疾病。患者通常有身體發育遲緩、特殊面容以及輕中度智力殘疾等癥狀。患有唐氏綜合征的年輕成年人的平均智商為50，相當于8歲或9歲兒童的智商，但有時這種差異會很大。