A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working 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 lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift——＄7，000，a legacy (遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident . “It really made a difference 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’ generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in other, it was more than ＄100,000.
It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money , more than ＄3 million—they were am 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 saving. They thrived own (喜欢) comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase .
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’t afford it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything,” says their friend Sand Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy——a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cent ——should enrich the whole community (社区) and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors ——that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story .

楼主，俺终于费了几十分钟的时间把它翻译完了，有些人名和一个地名没有翻译，应该没得影响。就是那对善良的邻居的名字没有翻译。
希望楼主满意！！！


一年前的8月，法斯戴夫失去了在在西密歇根州一家小公司当卡车司机的工作。他的妻子，吉瑞，仍在当地学校食堂工作，但是戴夫的日常工作却是非常少，而且物价却在持续上升。因此在最近几年，法斯夫妇困窘得就要成为数以百万计失去自己家园的人中的一员。可之后戴夫和吉瑞意外的收到一件礼物——7,000美元，是来自他们的邻居Ish和Arlene Hatch ，他们是死于一场意外。 “对囊中羞涩的我们来说，这无疑是一场及时雨”戴夫说。
但法斯夫妇并不是唯一的在Alto和周边城镇洛威尔从Hatch夫妇那里收到意想不到的遗产的人。还有其他几十名受到遗产的家庭都感动于Hatch夫妇的慷慨。在某一方面来说，这仅是几千美元，但它更深沉的意义，却超过10万美元。
让所有人惊讶的是Hatch夫妇有这么多的钱—— 300多万美元，而他们仅仅是住在一个被遗留下来的家庭农场上的一个老房子里的年老的夫妇俩。
在大萧条早期，Hatch夫妇正是因为他们的节俭而出名。他们喜欢比较价格去购物，程序式地从一家商店到另一家商店，在购买新物品钱核算价格。多年来，他们喜欢比较价格去购物，程序式地从一家商店到另一家商店，在购买新物品钱核算价格。许多年来，哈赤夫妇为本地孩子们支付他们父母承担不起的夏令营费用“Ish和Arlene Hatch从来没有向任何人图过回报，没有向他们奢求什么 ”他们的朋友Sand Van Weelden说，， “他们能够看到什么事能够使你更快乐，他们就会去做那些事”
更加不平凡的是，他们把自己的田地都分给了人们。这也是Hatch夫妇的愿望，他们希望他们留下来的遗产——更难能可贵的是，哈赤夫妇吧他们的土地分发给了所有人，它是哈赤夫妇的遗愿---哪怕只有一分一毫的善意。来润泽整个社会和我们的后代们
邻居帮助邻居-这就是Ish和Arlene Hatch的故事