Bill Bird is a shoemaker in London. He makes shoes for people with feet of unusual {#blank#}1{#/blank#} very large, very small, very fat or very thin.The shoes are as beautiful as those found in shopping centers! His shop is so popular that he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}he can't make shoes fast enough for his growing number of customers (顾客)

   Mr. Bird says, "My {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is that I need more work and I can't find them young people all went to work {#blank#}4{#/blank#} computers these days. I'm afraid shoemaking will {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a lost art because there are fewer and fewer shoemakers nowadays. I am 45, and now I want to teach young people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I know about making shoes. It's a good job, and a lot of people want to buy beautiful shoes specially made for  them."

    Mr. Bird {#blank#}7{#/blank#} making shoes 19 years ago and now he employs (雇用) three people. "Our customers come because they want {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. shoes which are the right size," he says .His customers pay about ￥500 for {#blank#}9{#/blank#} first pair of shoes. Extra (额外的) pairs of shoes are between ￥320 and ￥450. They are never cheap, as it takes one employee about a week to make {#blank#}10{#/blank#} one shoe.