優優部落格

> 有個住在新澤西州義大利後裔的老先生, 想要像往年一樣種蕃茄.
> 但是地很硬, 挖起來很困難.往年都幫他的兒子如今又入獄了.
> 老先生寫了封信給兒子敘述他的難處 :
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> Dear Vincent:
>
> I am feeling pretty sad, because it looks like I won't be able to
> plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be
> digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be
> over, I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the
> old days.
>
> Love, Papa
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> 親愛的兒子
> 我很哀傷, 因為今年沒法種蕃茄了.
> 我已經太老
> 挖不動菜圃了.
> 如果你還在家
> 一定會像從前一般地幫我挖.
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> A few days later he received a letter from his son.
>
> Dear Pop:
>
> Don't dig up that garden. That's where the bodies are buried.
>
> Love,Vinnie
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> 過了幾天,
>
> 他兒子回了封信:
>
> 老爸
> 千萬別挖.
> 屍體就埋在菜園裡.
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> At 4 am. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug
> up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the
> old man and left. That same day the old man received another letter
> from his son.
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> 第二天清晨四點,
> FBI和地方警察全體出動, 把菜園挖翻了一遍都沒找到屍體.
> 他們向老先生道歉後而離去. 當天老先生又收到一封兒子的來信 :
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> Dear Pop:
>
> Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under
> the circumstances.
>
> Love you,
>
> Vinnie
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> 爸,
>
> 現在你可以種蕃茄了吧!
> 在當下這個狀況,這是我能給您最大限度的幫助.