去年我给他寄了一张圣诞卡片。

I sent him a Christmas card last year.

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今年圣诞节时，我寄了一张圣诞卡片给我的朋友。

This Christmas, I sent a Christmas card to my friend.

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作者接着写道，值得称道的是，他也没提什么要求，就是每年要给他寄一张圣诞卡片，后来听说他死了。

To his credit, she says, he didn't persist beyond an annual Christmas card, and she later heard he had died.

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