Ⅱ. 社区服务 阳光社区开展了一系列志愿服务活动，比如环境清理、教育辅导、助老助残等，用实际行动共建温暖社区。以下是一个帮助老人的活动，我们一起来了解一下吧。
In the Sunshine Community in Shanxi, a voluntary service team started, nicknamed “Shared Children”. It works hard 1.
to help
(help) elderly empty nesters (空巢老人), and is getting popular around the country.
In recent years, the community has come up with many ideas. At 2.
first
(one), they started a project called “Knocking on the Door”, hoping that the old people would keep in touch (联系) with them often. However, the community did not have enough workers to support so many elderly people. So, 3.
the
idea of “Shared Children” came out.
The “Shared Children” voluntary service lets kind people join in voluntary 4.
activities
(activity) for elderly people in their free time. Not only did the local people join in with great love, 5.
but
many workers from supermarkets, banks and other working units joined in. 6.
Their
(they) work includes buying things, providing spiritual comfort, helping in dealing 7.
with
health problems and other duties.
The volunteers are not all young people. Fan Fawen, a retired (退休的) train driver, joined to support the volunteer team. He often 8.
repairs
(repair) something in elderly people's homes and buys them fruit and vegetables, 9.
as
well as carrying heavy things, like rice bags, upstairs. Liu Chunyan, 41, is also among the volunteers. “Many elderly people now live alone and feel lonely, so we should be there and chat with them more often,” said Liu.
“More people are now starting to learn about the team. We believe that more people 10.
will join
(join) us in the future,” said Hao Guoying, a leader from the community.
