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Students at Small High School Raise Money for Neighbors
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.
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.
But, when it looked like international travel would be difficult because of COVID-19, they considered a trip within the U.S.
In the end, they went nowhere.
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.
The students said they had seen many people on the island dealing with job losses and financial problems after the coronavirus health crisis struck.
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.
The money helped islanders feed their families and meet other needs.
"It felt really good to do that with our money, to give it back to the people who gave it to us," Temple said.
It was a good feeling for the Island Community Fund, as well. Fred Thomas is the president.
"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.
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.
The students still have some money left. They are thinking about what to do with it.
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."
I'm Dan Friedell.
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参考译文
美国高中毕业生“取之于民用之于民”
艾斯利伯勒中央高中今年迎来了13名毕业生，这是美国缅因州附近一座岛上的一所小型高中。他们中的大多数生活在终年人口保持在大约700人的艾斯利伯勒。
这所学校的毕业班通常去一个遥远的国家旅行庆祝。2021届学员正在考虑前往希腊或韩国。学生们在小岛周围打工来筹集旅费。他们通过打工赚了大约8000美元。
但是，当国际旅行因新冠肺炎而变得困难时，他们考虑了在美国境内旅行。
最后，他们哪儿也没去。
相反，学生们决定捐钱帮助艾斯利伯勒的邻里。他们给“岛上社区基金”(Isleboro的一个援助组织)捐了5000美元。
学生们表示，在新冠病毒健康危机爆发后，他们看到岛上许多人面临失业和经济问题。
借用学生利夫·坦普尔（Liefe Temple）的话来说，在人们遭受痛苦的时候进行传统的旅行似乎是“不合时宜且绝对错误的”行为。
这笔钱帮助岛上的居民养活家人和满足其他需求。
坦普尔说：“用我们的旅行资金去做善事，取之于民用之于民，这种感觉真的太棒了。”
“岛上社区基金”对此也非常感恩。弗雷德·托马斯（Fred Thomas）是这所学校的校长。
“他们的决定表明他们意识到社区的困难，并愿意为此做些什么，”他谈到这些年轻人时说道。
学生们还捐了一些资金，帮助分担岛上疫苗接种行动产生的额外费用。学生们通过捐钱让他们的老师能够接种疫苗而开心。
学生们还剩下一些钱。他们正在考虑如何处理它。
奥利维亚·布里顿（Olivia Britton）是学生之一。她表示，把这笔钱还给岛上的居民似乎是“毫无悬念的”。布里顿的母亲梅根是一名医生。她说，人们有时会批评年轻人。但是，“这种误解真的与事实相悖。”
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