I spoke to a local civic club, spent good time with my friends, and enjoyed a raft of congratulatory letters and phone calls.

我在当地的市民俱乐部做了个演讲，和朋友玩得很开心，收到了许多令人高兴的祝贺信和电话。

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The prisoners were credited with saving the guard's life, but for all their heroism, the convicts received nothing but congratulatory letters from the sheriff's department.

这些罪犯因为救了狱监的命而被表扬，但是他们的英雄行为，只换来了治安官的表扬信而已。

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