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hanksgiving 2007 2007年感恩节
Thank you for your lovely letter and thanks. I appreciate you and enjoyed hearing from you. I am glad that you have learned about Thanksgiving. This year our family had a great thanksgiving. My two sons and their wives came to my father’s home in Winchester, Tennessee to celebrate his 96th birthday that happened to fall on Thanksgiving weekend this year. He is in great health and still drives his car and mows his yard. He is getting a little unsteady on his feet and has taken to a cane to help him walk, but otherwise he is doing fine.
谢谢您的亲切来信，听到你的消息我感到很欣慰。你能知道感恩节真是太好了，今年我们家举行了一个盛大的感恩节聚会。我的两个儿子带着他们的妻子都去了我父亲在温切斯特的家，一起庆祝他在这个感恩周末渡过的96岁生日。他现在身体很棒，依然在开着他的车收割庄稼。他现在有些站不稳，需要一个拐杖去搀扶他走路，尽管这样他仍然过的很好。
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y brother also came with his son the day after Dad’s birthday. I also got to see my aunt who is 96 also and my cousins and her great grandchildren. We had a big turkey dinner for Thanksgiving and another big dinner with coconut cake for my father’s birthday two days later. My daughters-in-laws helped to cook and my sons took over the clean up duties. Everyone helped and had fun playing cards or games together. We took some healthy walks around the farm, and David my husband enjoyed playing with the young cousins. The kids had a table of their own in the kitchen.
父亲生日后我的哥哥也带着他的儿子来了。我也去看了我的姑妈和她的孙子孙女们，她已经96岁了。感恩节我们举行了一个盛大的火鸡晚宴并且两天后也举行了一大的椰子糕饼晚宴。我的侄女帮我烹饪，我的儿子负责清洗。每个人都参与了进来，大家一起打牌或者一起嬉戏。我们围着农场边散步，我的丈夫大卫也乐意同我的小姐妹们一起娱乐。孩子们在厨房里有了自己做菜的桌子。
I was especially thankful this year for the harvest we had from our Blessing Hands Farm. This was a bad year for corn because of drought. Even in a year of drought our farm was more profitable than last year and more profitable than the other farms that our farmer also farms. We rent our farm out to a younger farmer and get one third of the crop. We had to pay much more for fertilizer this year and feared that we would get no profit. Thankfully the farm produced even in drought.
我要特别感谢今年我们从祝福之手农场获得的收获。今年由于干旱对于种玉米来说是一个不大好的年份。即使在这个干涸之年，我们的农场比去年和同类农场都获得了更多的利润。我们把农场租给了一个年轻的农夫，并且给了1/3的庄稼。我们施了很多的肥料，真担心没有利润。感谢农场在今年这个干旱之年的所出的产量。
Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for harvest, and I am thankful both for what grows in the ground and for the growth in you Blessing Hands students. I keep hearing about good grades, awards, and volunteer projects. I am especially glad that you are passing on your blessings by blessing others.
感恩节是感谢丰收的时刻，这里我要同时感谢农场的丰收，以及祝福之手学生的成长。我经常听到他们获得好的成绩，奖项和志愿者项目，我尤其感到高兴的是你们在帮助他人的时候同时也在传递你们的爱心。
Blessings and Joy,
Betty Cutts
