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原文及翻译
This is Andrew Liptek. He's a historian and a member of the 500 and First Legion, and they're cosplayers. That means that they dress up like Stormtroopers, clone troopers, and pretty much any other bad guy from the Star Wars franchise. They go to conventions, march in parades, and show off their costumes.
这是安德鲁·利普泰克。他是一名历史学家,也是 500 和第一军团的成员,他们是角色扮演者。这意味着他们会打扮成冲锋队、克隆人士兵以及《星球大战》系列中的任何其他坏人。他们参加会议、参加游行并展示他们的服装。
But you know what else they do? Charity. They raise money for the Red Cross and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and lots of other groups. And that's not exactly what you expect from bad guys. He explained that it started out because groups of these fans would get together and swap tips on how to build armor and what to do when your armor is falling apart. But they began to realize that people in the group couldn't all afford the fancy injection-molded plastic that they needed to build these costumes.
但你知道他们还做什么吗?慈善。他们为红十字会和许愿基金会以及许多其他组织筹集资金。而这并不是你对坏人的期望。他解释说,最初是因为这些粉丝会聚在一起,交换如何制造盔甲以及当你的盔甲散架时该怎么做的技巧。但他们开始意识到,团体中的人无法负担制作这些服装所需的精美注塑塑料。
So, they started raising money for each other. And then they started thinking about other communities that could use money and resources too. And that's how they reimagined their community, going way beyond Star Wars fans into groups of strangers. Escapist stories allow us to reimagine our relationship with the places where we live and reimagine the kinds of services we want to offer to the people who live there.
因此,他们开始互相筹集资金。然后他们开始考虑其他可以使用资金和资源的社区。这就是他们重新构想社区的方式,将范围从星球大战粉丝扩大到陌生人群体。逃避现实的故事让我们重新构想我们与居住地的关系,重新构想我们想为居住在那里的人们提供哪些类型的服务。
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