This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
Thursday is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Americans gather with family and friends to share a meal. Some celebrate the holiday by telling what they are most thankful for.
周四是美国的感恩节。美国人将与家人朋友相聚一堂，共进大餐。有一些人将讲述他们最感激的事情来庆祝感恩节。
This holiday season, a group of student-athletes in Woodburn, Oregon has given its community something to be thankful for.
今年的感恩节，一群来自俄勒冈州伍德伯恩镇的学生运动员们做了一些让社区感激的事情。
The Woodburn High School boys soccer team has reached the state soccer championship playoffs for twenty-five straight seasons. But the Bulldogs had never won the state championship -- until this year.
伍德伯恩中学男子足球队（昵称斗牛犬队）已经连续25个赛季夺得州足球决赛冠军。但直到今年以前，斗牛犬队从没获得过全国冠军。
Their victory on Saturday also represents a win for their mostly Hispanic hometown.
他们周六的那场胜利，也代表了他们以拉丁裔为主的家乡的胜利。
Writer Steve Wilson spent a year recording the successes and problems of the team. He wrote a book called "The Boys from Little Mexico: A Season Chasing the American Dream." It tells about a community struggling with issues such as immigration and cultural changes.
作家史蒂夫·威尔逊（Steve Wilson）花了一年的时间记录了该队的成功和问题。他写了一本名为《来自小墨西哥城的男孩：追逐美国梦的一个赛季》的书，该书讲述了一个与移民和文化变迁等争议问题进行抗争的社区。
Migrant farm workers from Mexico started coming to Woodburn, Oregon about fifty years ago. Many of the workers stayed and made the town their home. So the town became known as "Little Mexico."
50年前，墨西哥农工移民开始涌向俄勒冈伍德伯恩，很多人留下来并把家安在了这里。因此伍德伯恩就变成了众所周知的“小墨西哥城”。
Steve Wilson thinks the Woodburn boys soccer team's continued hard work and effort to win the state championship is similar to their cultural experiences.
威尔逊认为，伍德伯恩男子足球队为取得全国冠军坚持不懈的奋斗与努力，与他们的文化背景极为相似。
Like many Mexican-Americans, the boys on the Woodburn team faced major problems. They include poverty, a language barrier and immigration issues. Mr. Wilson wondered if those challenges were preventing the team from reaching its goal of winning a state championship. So he decided to follow the team for an entire season. He got to know the players, coaches and supporters.
像很多墨西哥裔美国人一样，伍德伯恩球队的男孩们也面临很多问题，包括贫穷，语言障碍和移民争议。威尔逊曾怀疑，这些挑战是否会阻碍该队赢得全国冠军。因此，他决定整个赛季都跟随着该队。他开始了解该队的球员、教练和球迷。
One of the players he writes about in the book is Martin Maldonado-Cortez. Martin says he and the other boys on the team knew that Woodburn had a bad image. The town has a population of only twenty-two thousand people. But it faces many of the same problems found in large cities. These include gang violence and illegal drugs. He says when the team went to play other schools the people did not act friendly toward them.
他在书中写到了一个名叫马丁·马尔多纳多科特兹的球员。马丁称，他和队里其他球员都知道，伍德伯恩镇给人的印象不好。该镇只有2.2万人口，但它面临很多和大城市一样的问题，包括暴力团伙和违禁药品。他称，当球队出去和其他学校打比赛的时候，当地人对他们都不友好。
Martin says his coaches told him to show pride in his culture. They told him to make an effort to be successful in life -- and not just on the field.
马丁称，教练告诉他，要以自己的文化为荣，要追求成功人生——而不仅是在足球领域。