奖学金让美国小镇继续存在

短语讲解：

1. Anxious to avoid that grim future, residents have come up with an idea to save their hometown - a scholarship program for students who promise to return to Sparkman after receiving a college education.

come up with想出, 提出
例句：I hope you can come up with a better plan than this.
我希望你们能提出一个比这个更好的计划。

2. Everyone knows everybody and we all take care of each other in different ways.

take care of照顾
例句：Please take care of the baby for me for a while, will you?
请替我照顾一下这孩子,好吗?

3. High school graduates have to go away to continue their education, she explains, since there’s no college in town.

go away离开
例句：I'm tired of your constant complaints; go away and leave me in peace!
我讨厌你老是抱怨; 走开, 让我安静点!

4. “We got together, several of us community members, and started this Sparkman Scholarship Foundation,” Harmon says.

get together集合，聚集
例句：He got them together to talk matters over.
他把他们召集一块儿来商量事情。

5. The idea is not entirely new. Many communities in Arkansas and across the country offer students money to pay for their higher education.

pay for为…付钱
例句：I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

6. “I’m planning on going back after I get out of the college," Sam Garrett says.

plan on打算
例句：Do you plan on staying here another year?
你打算在这里再待上一年吗?

7. Those who live in small towns and rural areas point to the benefits.

point to表明
例句：All the signs at the moment point to an early resumption of the fighting between the two countries.
眼下的一切迹象都表明这两个国家将很快重新开战。

8. However, one of the primary reasons people move away is the lack of job opportunities.

move away搬到别处去住
例句：They moved away last year.
他们去年搬走了。

9. “When conditions get that bad," Mather says, "you end up in this vicious circle where new employers don’t want to move in because there is not many people living there and no one wants to move there because there aren't any jobs.”

end up (以…)结束; 最终成为〔变得〕
例句：If you don't work hard, you'll end up nowhere.
如果不努力工作, 你就会一事无成。