A Shelter for the Homeless Last summer I was a volunteer (志愿者) at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn't working that summer and was【21】only two classes in summer school, so I had some【22】time. Three nights a week, I【23】in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and【24】for 45 people hot meals【25】vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless people【26】this good food because many of them usually didn't eat well. I【27】this volunteer work, making【28】with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student, like me. I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories【29】me with sympathy (同情). Some of them had【30】with alcohol (酒) or drugs while others only had bad【31】. One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and then she lost her job. She looked for a【32】job, but couldn't find one, for she was too【33】. She could do nothing but sell her furniture—sofas, chairs, and tables so that she could pay for her food. The woman【34】on job hunting, but she still couldn't find one. She had no money for her flat and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone,【35】, and homeless, she finally came to the shelter. (41)