105岁老人想要生日贺卡，结果等来了一场派对

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萨默今年105岁，她是家里孩子中最大的一个，因此她不得不经常呆在家里照顾她的弟弟妹妹。直到现在，她都没有真正举办过一场生日派对。当地的邻居、家人和朋友聚在一起，希望在她生日那天帮她实现梦想。

It's 2022 now. A North Carolina woman had her very first birthday party at 105 years old. She also wished to receive 105 birthday cards.

现在是2022。北卡罗莱纳州的一名妇女在105岁时举行了她的第一次生日聚会。她还希望收到105张生日贺卡。

Lorene Summey lives at an assisted living center in Cherryville, North Carolina. Two months ago, a staff member named Jodie Lankford asked Summey what she would like for her upcoming birthday in November. He knew Summey has never had a big birthday party before, so he asked her several months ago what she would like to do for her birthday. She said she would love to have square dancing at her birthday party. She added her sister could always go but she had to stay home most of the time to take care of the younger ones. She wanted to have her hair and makeup done and would love to wear the dress like they wore. She also wanted 105 birthday cards, but she didn’t think she would receive so many.

Lorene Summey住在北卡罗来纳州切尔里维尔的一个辅助生活中心。两个月前，一位名叫Jodie Lankford的工作人员问Summey，她对即将到来的11月生日想要什么。他知道Summey以前从未举办过大型生日聚会，所以几个月前他问她生日想做什么。她说她很想在生日聚会上跳广场舞。她补充说，她姐姐可以一直去，但大部分时间她不得不呆在家里照顾年幼的孩子。她想做头发和化妆，也想穿他们穿的裙子。她也想要105张生日贺卡，但她没想到会收到这么多。

Last Friday night, line dancers and square dancers gave some performances to make the birthday girl happy. Summey wore a jeweled tiara(宝石冠) on her head and a beautiful pink Western dress. She has received more than 1,200 birthday cards from people all over the country. There’s at least one card from every U.S. state. Other cards have arrived from as far away as England.

上周五晚上，舞蹈演员和广场舞演员进行了一些表演，让生日女孩开心。Summey头上戴着宝石头饰，穿着一件漂亮的粉色西式连衣裙。她收到了来自全国各地的1,200多张生日贺卡。每个美国州至少有一张卡。其他卡片已经从遥远的英格兰运来。

“From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to each and every one of you who took the time to write a birthday card and make Ms. Lorene’s birthday wish come true!” the assisted living center wrote in a Facebook post.

“从心底里，感谢你们每一个人，他们花时间写了一张生日贺卡，实现了罗兰女士的生日愿望!” 辅助生活中心在脸书上写道。