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　　A few days ago I found a very interesting blog. It is written by a woman. She does not tell us her name, but says that she is homeless and unemployed¹. In her blog she tells us how she sleeps at night in a sleeping bag in her car, and how cold and uncomfortable this can be. She tells us how she tries to park the car in isolated² places, where she will not be seen. But sometimes other people walk past, or park their cars nearby; and this can be very frightening. She tells us that a local hospital has showers in the visitors’ toilets. She goes there to wash. She also secretly washes and irons her clothes in the hospital, but is always afraid that the hospital security³ guards will find her and tell her to leave. Every few days she visits a public library, where she can use a computer to post entries in her blog.

　　She tells us how she came to loose her job and her home. She is a well-educated woman, with a law degree. But now she has only her social security benefits. She tells us how difficult it is to find a job when you are homeless, or to find a place to live when you do not have enough money to pay a deposit⁴.

　　As well as telling us about what she does, she tells us how she feels. Sometimes she feels very isolated – that is, cut off from other people, including other homeless people. She says that often she feels that the world is full of dirt, hostility⁵ and aggression⁶. She wonders who she is, and what sort of person she is inside.

　　Her blog is very well written. Her story is unusual, but her feelings and experiences are probably shared by many people who have no home and no job. There is a link to her blog from the podcast website (http://www.listen-to-english.com).

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