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Fashion is very big business.
时尚是件非常大的事。
Changes in fashion can create or ruin jobs.
时尚的改变可以创造工作或毁掉工作。
As an example, I have brought this blonde wig to show you.
举个例子，我带了这个金色的假发给你们看。
It belongs to one of my mum's friends.
这是我妈妈一个朋友的。
In the 1960s, these were very fashionable.
在上世纪60年代，这很流行。
But a few years later fashions changed, and women wore wigs much less often.
但是几年以后，时尚变了，女人们不经常戴假发了。
Many wig factories closed down, and hundreds of workers lost their jobs, which was terrible!
随后假发工厂倒闭了，成百上千的工人失业了,太糟糕了。
Fashion can affect the natural world, as well.
时尚也能影响自然世界。
I'm holding an old hat borrowed from a drama company.
我手里拿着一顶从戏剧公司借来的旧帽子。
It's made of beaver fur.
它由海狸毛皮制成。
These hats were very fashionable about 200 years ago.
这种帽子在大约两百年前很流行。
As a result, beavers almost became extinct.
结果，海狸几乎灭绝。
Luckily, in the 1850s, these hats went out of style and the beavers were saved.
幸运的是，十九世纪五十年代，这种帽子退出了流行行列，于是海狸得救了。
Finally, we should remember the saying, "Never judge a book by its cover".
最后，我们应该牢记这句话：“不要以貌取人”。
Clothes will not make us more or less clever, better or worse, more or less honest.
衣服并不能使我们变得更聪明或更不聪明，更好或更坏，更诚实或不诚实。
I once saw a movie about Mother Teresa.
我曾经看过一部关于特里萨修女的电影。
She spent all her life helping poor people in India, most of whom were dying.
她穷尽毕生来帮助印度濒临死亡的穷人。
In 1979, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
1979年，她被授予诺贝尔和平奖。
When she flew to Sweden to get the award, she wore the same old clothes as usual, and carried all her possessions in a little bag like this, which I bought in a market.
当她飞往瑞典领奖时，她穿着和往常一样的旧衣服，并带着她所有的财产，就装在这样的一个小包里，这是我从一个市场买来的。
This reminds us that fashion is not the most important thing in life.
这提醒我们，时尚不是生命中最重要的东西。
Thank you.
谢谢。
