美国圣诞老人小镇回复孩子信件已达百年_社会生活

美国圣诞老人小镇回复孩子信件已达百年

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2015-12-24 06:06 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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An American town named Santa Claus is being inundated¹ with letters from excited children in the hope they will reach Father Christmas.

一个名为“圣诞老人”的美国小镇被洪水般的信件淹没了。这些信件都是孩子们写给圣诞老人的，他们都满心期待圣诞老人能看到自己的信。

Every year youngsters² write adorable notes addressed to Santa Claus, a town in Indiana and the only one to have a post office named after Santa Claus.

Since 1914, the town recruits³ local volunteers, known as Santa's elves, to sort through the mail in time for Christmas.

From eight in the morning until eight at night, the letters are opened and replies penned by around 10 helpers every day.

Last year, a total of 150 elves showed up to help make children's Christmas dreams come true.

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1 inundated
v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 )；（洪水般地）涌来；充满；给予或交予（太多事物）使难以应付
参考例句：
We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。 We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 youngsters
n.孩子( youngster的名词复数 )；少年；青年；年轻人
参考例句：
We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace. 我们跟在年轻人后面，步子稍慢一点。 The camp is for youngsters aged 8 to 14. 这次夏令营是为8至14岁的少年儿童安排的。

3 recruits
新兵( recruit的名词复数 )；（机构中的）新成员；就业；人才开发
参考例句：
A corps of doctors arrived to inoculate the recruits. 一队医生来给新兵打防疫针。 The recruits are exercised every day in the art of self-defence. 新兵每天训练自卫技能。

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