Neighbors A year ago August,
Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His
wife, Gerrie, was still 1 (work)in the
local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was scarce, and the price of
everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of
Americans who have 2 (lose) their homes
in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift-＄ 7000, a legacy
(遗产)form their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. "It
really made a 3 (different)when we were
going under financially," says Dave. But the Fusses weren’t the
only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected
legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches,
4 (generous). In some cases, it was a
few thousand dollars; in other, it was more than ＄100 000. It
5 (surprise) nearly everyone that the
Hatches had so much money, more than ＄ 3 million-they were an elderly couple who
lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of
6 (save). They thrived own (喜欢)
comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, checking prices
before 7 (make)a new
purchase. Through the years, the Hatches paid for local
children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’t
8 (afford) it. "Ish and Arlene never asked you needed
anything," says their friend Sand Van Weehten, "They could see thing they could
do to make you happier, and they would do them." Even more
extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland
9 (distribute). It was the Hatches’ wish that their
legacy-a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents-should 10 (enrich) the whole community (社区)and Ish and
Arlene Hatch’s story. Neighbors helping neighbors-that was Ish
and Arlene Hatch’s story.