Walkathon success
步行马拉松成功举行
Over 200 students, teachers, parents and alumni of Hillside School took part in a 10 km walkathon to raise money recently.
最近，希尔塞德学校有二百多名学生，老师，学生家长和校友参加了十公里的步行马拉松来筹集款项。
Andy Lever was the first home in just over four hours.
安迪·赖尔是第一个回来的，只用了四个小时多一点。
'The purpose of the walk is to raise funds for many school projects,' he explained.
“这次步行马拉松的目的是为一些学校的工程筹集资金，”他解释说。
'We want to purchase more books for the library, equipment for the science labs, computers for IT classes, and to finance more school trips.'
“我们想给图书馆买更多的书，让实验室有更多的实验器材，给信息技术室提供更多的电脑，为更多的学校旅行提供经费。
Shirley Green, a sophomore, raised $11,900.
高二学生雪莉·格林筹集了1万1千9百美元。
'My mother agreed to sponsor me,' she said, 'and she asked her friends. Many of them were willing to sponsor me, too.'
“我妈妈很同意赞助我，”她说，“她还请她的朋友们。他们中许多人都很乐意赞助我。”
The proceeds of the day came to over $150,000.
那天的收益总额超过15万美元。
'I was astonished at the total,' said Stanley Lewis, who organized it.
组织者斯坦利· 刘易斯说，“看到这个总数我很惊讶。”
'We would have been satisfied with half of that amount.'
“只有这一半的数目我们就会很满意了。”