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Muhammad Yunus started the Grameen Bank in 1974.
穆罕默德·尤努斯于1974年创办了乡村银行。
And he started it with just 27 dollars.
而他开始的时候只有27美元。
In 1974 Yunus met a woman named Sufia.
1974年，尤努斯遇到了一位名叫苏菲亚的女人。
She was a 21-year-old mother of three children.
她是一位21岁的母亲，有三个孩子。
She made seats from bamboo wood to make money.
她用竹木做座椅来赚钱。
Yunus could tell Sufia worked very hard with her hands.
尤努斯可以看出苏菲亚用双手非常努力地工作。
They had many marks on them.
她的手上有很多痕迹。
But, Sufia was poor, even though she worked hard.
但是，尽管苏菲亚努力工作，她还是很穷。
One day, Yunus asked Sufia how much money she made from each seat.
一天，尤努斯问苏菲亚，她做一个能赚多少钱。
Sufia told Yunus that she borrowed nine cents to buy the bamboo to make each seat.
苏菲亚告诉尤努斯，她借了9美分买竹子来做座椅。
After she sold a bamboo seat, she had to pay back the money she borrowed, with a very high interest.
卖了一张竹椅后，她必须还清借来的钱，利息很高。
In the end, Sufia only made two cents for each seat she sold.
最后，苏菲亚卖出的每个座椅只赚了两美分。
She worked very hard for very little money.
她非常努力地工作，挣的钱却很少。
Yunus could not believe it.
尤努斯简直不敢相信。
He said “My goodness, for nine cents she has become a slave!”
他说：“天哪，为了九分钱，她成了奴隶！”
The next day Yunus went into Sufia’s village.
第二天，尤努斯走进了苏菲亚的村庄。
He asked the village women how much money they had.
他问村里的妇女她们有多少钱。
Yunus discovered that together, 43 of the village women had no money.
尤努斯发现，村里共有43名妇女没有钱。
In fact, together they owed a total of 27 dollars.
事实上，她们总共欠了27美元。
Yunus said “I could not take it anymore.
尤努斯说：“我再也受不了了。
I put the 27 dollars out there and told them they could free themselves.”
我把27美元放在那里，告诉她们可以自己解放自己。”
Yunus paid the women’s debt of 27 dollars.
尤努斯为这些妇女还清了27美元的债务。
He told them they could repay him whenever they could.
他告诉她们，她们可以在有能力的时候再还给他。
Yunus wanted the women to be in control of their own money.
尤努斯希望这些妇女能够掌管自己的钱。
Yunus hoped they would use the money to buy materials to make goods to sell.
尤努斯希望她们能用这笔钱购买材料，制造商品出售。
When they had enough money the women could pay Yunus back.
当她们有足够的钱时，这些女人就可以还钱给尤努斯了。
And Yunus hoped that they would be able to continue selling their goods without having to borrow more money.
尤努斯希望她们能够在不必借更多钱的情况下继续卖自己的商品。
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