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Each parent knows what it’s like to buy new clothes for their child, only to find they’ve already outgrown the clothes before the second wash.
每位家長都曾經有這樣的經歷，幫孩子買了新衣服，卻在第二次下水洗之前發現孩子已經長大了，衣服太小不能穿了。
only to RV 結果卻…;不料卻…outgrow(v.) 長得比…大;長得太大不再需要
However, this may not be the problem any more as a young inventor has designed clothes that grow with your child.
然而，這可能再也不是個問題了，因為有一位年輕的發明家設計了會隨孩子一起「長大」的衣服。
Ryan Yasin, a London-based designer with a degree in aeronautical engineering, invented a line of children’s clothing that expands to fit a child as it grows from three months to three years old.
一位倫敦的設計師萊恩亞辛有航空工程的學位，他發明了一系列的童裝，會隨著孩子的成長延展，同一件衣服可以從3個月穿到3歲。
expand(v.)(尺寸、數量) 擴大;增加
The clothing is made from distinctive lightweight fabric which is durable, waterproof, and recyclable material.
這款衣物由獨特的輕質布料所製成，是一種耐用、防水且可回收的材料。
distinctive(adj.)獨特的durable(adj.)持久的、耐用的recyclable(adj.)可回收的
The overlapping, permanent pleats allow the clothes to stretch outward in different directions.
重疊的永久皺摺讓衣服向外往不同方向延展。
Named Petit Pli, the innovative clothing line recently won the UK James Dyson Award.
這款創新的衣服被命名為「Petit Pli」，剛獲得英國詹姆士戴森獎。
innovative(adj.)創新的
Yasin, who had enrolled at London’s Royal College of Art after deciding he wanted to go into fashion, was inspired to create the clothing after being frustrated by how quickly his baby niece and nephew outgrew garments he bought for them.
亞辛在決定從事時尚產業之後，到倫敦皇家藝術學院就讀，他因為有感於自己買給姪女和姪子的衣服很快就穿不下，而有了創作的靈感。
inspired(adj.)受到啟發的;得到靈感的
He also realized that the clothing industry places a strain on the environment through waste, water consumption and carbon emissions.
他也意識到，服裝產業透過廢棄物、水資源的消耗和碳排放，給環境帶來負擔。
place a strain on~對…造成壓力;為…帶來負擔=put pressure on~water consumption水資源的消耗carbon emissions碳排放carbon footprint碳足跡
Even then, clothes may only be worn briefly before being tossed.
儘管如此，衣服可能穿沒兩次就被丟掉了。
brief(adj.)短暫的
Yasin’s engineering background led him to devise garments with the so-called negative Poisson’s ratio.
亞辛的工程學背景使他運用所謂「負波桑比」的原理設計衣服。
devise(v.)巧妙構思;發明negative Poisson’s ratio負波桑比
When stretched, materials that have this ratio become thicker and can expand in two directions simultaneously.
當被延展時，有負波桑比的材料會變厚，可以同時往兩個方向延展。
simultaneously(adv.)同時間=at the same time
The phenomenon is already in use in stents and biomedical implants.
這個現象已被運用在支架和生物醫學的植入上。
stent(n.)支架biomedical implants 生物醫學植入
While Petit Pli is not available for purchase yet, Yasin plans to use his £2,000 prize money to put the clothes into production.
雖然現在還買不到Petit Pli的衣服，亞辛計劃運用2000英鎊的獎金生產他設計的衣服。
purchase(n.)購買
He is currently raising additional funds and discussing with experts about ethical and sustainable ways to manufacture the clothes.
目前他正在籌募額外的資金，並和專家討論如何以符合道德且永續的方式生產衣服。
raise funds 籌募資金ethical(adj.)道德的sustainable(adj.)永續的
The inventor says that he hopes the first clothing will go on sale in the UK within months.
亞辛說他希望首批的衣服可以在幾個月內於英國上市。