Dear Kangkang,
亲爱的康康,
Thank you for inviting me to your food festival.
谢谢你邀请我去参加食品节。
I regret that I cannot come.
很遗憾我不能去。
Let me tell you something about myself, Free the Children and my new school.
我想告诉你一些关于我自己、解放儿童组织和我的新学校的情况。
I was born in Canada on December 17th, 1982 and spent my childhood there.
我1982年12月17日出生在加拿大,并在那里度过了我的童年。
I often take part in sports.
我经常运动。
My favorite food is fried chicken.
我最喜欢的食物是炸鸡。
I like to help people.
我喜欢帮助人们。
In 1995, when I was twelve, I read an article about a twelve-year-old Pakistani boy, Iqbal, in the newspaper.
1995年,我12岁,我在报纸上读到一篇关于12岁巴基斯坦小男孩的文章,他叫伊克巴尔。
It changed my life.
这改变了我的一生。
He started working in a factory when he was only four.
他年仅4岁的时候就开始在一家工厂工作。
He knew children should go to school instead of working in factories all day.
他知道孩子应该去上学而不是整天待在工厂上班。
He decided to fight against the bosses.
他决定和老板对抗。
As a result, a bad man killed him.
最后,一个坏人杀了他。
I was so angry that I decided to help them.
我很生气,我决定要帮助他们。
I gathered my friends and started a group, the Twelve Twelve-Year-Olds.
我召集我的朋友们,并且成立了一个组织——十二个十二岁。
Soon many children joined and the group became Free the Children.
很快就有很多孩子加入,这个组织变成了解放儿童组织。
We raised money to help child workers go to school.
我们筹钱帮助童工重返学校。
"Children Helping Children"is our motto.
“孩子帮助孩子”是我们的座右铭。
I believe one person can make a change.
我相信一个人的力量也能有所作为。
Now Free the Children has 100 000 members in 35 countries who are helping children.
现在解放儿童组织在35个国家中有10万名成员,他们都在帮助孩子。
In Kenya there are poorly-built schools with no roofs or walls, so Free the Children is building new schools there to help them.
在肯尼亚,有建造情况很差的学校,没有房顶和墙壁,所以解放儿童组织正在建设新学校去帮助他们。
Sincerely, Craig
真诚地,克雷格