It gets worse: at a subsequent family dinner, his father took him aside and told him it would have been better if he, rather than his younger brother, had died in a car accident several years earlier.

接着更糟的是：在随后的而一次家庭晚餐中，父亲将他拉到一旁，对他说，如果几年前在交通事故中死去的人是他而不是他的弟弟，那就好了。

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I was in a hurry, irritated from a day at work and in no mood to be driving to the family home for a dinner that would no doubt involve an argument with my younger brother over soccer results.

我匆匆忙忙的开着车，结束了一天烦人的工作，真不想回家吃晚饭。毫无疑问，吃晚饭的时候我弟弟肯定又要就足球比赛的结果和我争论了。

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Everyone is sitting at a desk, gladly with stink to taste the dinner together, a large family is happy, talking and laughing.

大家都欢欢喜喜地坐在桌子前，津津有味儿地品尝着年夜饭，一大家子都其乐融融，有说有笑的。

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Next time you have a family dinner at Thanksgiving, be it in Canada or the United States, try using that term.

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The model is something that could fill the freezer, feed a family, and make dinner more of a three-course carnival at the last minute, instead of another round of cold pizza.

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