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美国高中毕业生"取之于民用之于民"

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Students at Small High School Raise Money for Neighbors

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There are 13 graduates this year from Isleboro Central, a small high school on an island near the U.S. state of Maine. Most of them live on Isleboro, which has a year-round population of about 700.

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The school's graduating class usually takes a trip to a far away country to celebrate. The 2021 class was considering a visit to Greece or South Korea. The students did jobs around the small island to raise money for their travel costs. They earned about $8,000 from their work.

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But, when it looked like international travel would be difficult because of COVID-19, they considered a trip within the U.S.

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In the end, they went nowhere.

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Instead the students decided to donate their money to help their neighbors on Isleboro. They gave $5,000 to the Island Community Fund, an aid group on Isleboro.

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The students said they had seen many people on the island dealing with job losses and financial problems after the coronavirus health crisis struck.

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It would have seemed, in student Liefe Temple's words, "weird and definitely wrong" for them to take the traditional trip when people were suffering.

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The money helped islanders feed their families and meet other needs.

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"It felt really good to do that with our money, to give it back to the people who gave it to us," Temple said.

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It was a good feeling for the Island Community Fund, as well. Fred Thomas is the president.

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"Their decision demonstrated an awareness of the hardship in their community and a willingness to do something about it," he said of the young people.

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The students also gave some money to help pay unexpected costs for the island's vaccination operations. The students got a kick out of giving money so their teachers could get the jab.

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The students still have some money left. They are thinking about what to do with it.

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Olivia Britton is one of the students. She said it seemed "obvious" to give the money back to the people living on the island. Britton's mother, Megan, is a doctor. She said people sometimes criticize young people. But, "this really flies in the face of that."

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I'm Dan Friedell.

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obvious ['ɔbviəs]

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adj. 明显的,显然的

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decision [di'siʒən]

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n. 决定,决策

 
dealing ['di:liŋ]

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n. 经营方法,行为态度
(复数)dealin

 
population [.pɔpju'leiʃən]

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n. 人口 ,(全体)居民,人数

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community [kə'mju:niti]

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n. 社区,社会,团体,共同体,公众,[生]群落

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vaccination [.væksi'neiʃən]

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n. 接种疫苗,种痘

 
donate ['dəuneit]

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vt. 捐赠,转移(电子)
vi. 捐款

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hardship ['hɑ:dʃip]

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n. 艰难,困苦

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