Pickering, 73, was technically homeless for three years following a divorce in the late 1980s, when he lived in his shop. “I lost my home after I signed everything over to my wife and seven children,” he said. “But I had a roof over my head.” Because his shop was in an industrial area, he got to know many of the homeless men who lived in broken-down cars. He met a homeless man, who explained that homeless men didn’t go to shelters because of reasons ranging from “They steal my shoes” to “They won’t let me bring my dog”.

　　Pickering, in 2009, long after he’d gotten back on his feet, saw a homeless man while driving through the nearby town of Provo. He went home and constructed a 2-foot-wide, 6-foot-long “cocoon”, mainly out of plywood. “But when I went to look for the man to give it to him, I couldn’t find him,” he recalled. Piekering became crazy about coming up with the perfect temporary shelter. And after years of trial and error, he believes he’s finally perfected the “survival pod”.

　　Pickering has constructed five pods, personally funding them at the cost of about

　　$500 a piece. “I didn’t do this as a business, and I don’t want a business. I want to inspire other people,” Picketing told KSL, explaining that he’s created how-to DVDs and photos to show folks with the money and the desire to build the structures for people who need them.

　　1. We can learn from the first paragraph that Pickering ________.

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