LIVING WITH LESS AUDIO

An artist in Oakland, California is using his skills to help the homeless.

Greg Kloehn builds very small shelters that make life on the streets a little
more comfortable. The structures offer the homeless some safety and
protection from bad weather. Each little house also has wheels on the
bottom so it can go wherever its owner goes.
skills: habilidades, destrezas; homeless: personas sin hogar; shelters: refugios;
safety: seguridad; wheels: ruedas; on the bottom: en la base; wherever:
dondequiera que;

Greg Kloehn has given away at least 20 tiny houses. Several are on the
roadside near an active railroad. On a recent day, Mr. Kloehn stops at one to
visit Oscar Young. The two men hug.
given away: regalado; at least: por lo menos; tiny: diminutas; several: varias; on
the roadside: al costado del camino; railroad: vía férrea; hug: se abrazan;

“I like to help them. Sure. I mean it's fun for me. I like to make things, and
do something that makes a big impact on someone’s life is good.”
it's fun: es divertido; makes a big impact on: produzca un cambio importante en;

Inside his little shelter Mr. Young gets relief from cold nights on the streets.
gets relief from: tiene un paliativo o atenuante para las;

“Well, it is better than living on the ground, to tell you the truth, because if it
was not for Greg, I would be sure on the ground.”
on the ground: en el suelo; if it was not for Greg: si no fuera por Greg;

Mr. Kloehn also visits Sweet-Pea, another friend who also lives in one of the
little homes the artist built. She says it keeps her safe and protects her
belongings.
the artist built: que construyó el artista (omisión del pronombre relativo that); it
keeps her safe: le da seguridad; belongings: pertenencias;

“I love my house.”

In the mornings, Mr. Kloehn searches the streets for building materials. He
gathers what he can and takes it to his studio. There, he puts the houses
together.
searches: explora; gathers what he can: recoge lo que puede; puts the houses
together: arma las casas;

“I mean, I've been in the middle of the building process, run out of
materials, gotten in my truck, drove around to look for something. That’s
my shopping.”
run out of materials: me he quedado sin materiales; gotten in my truck: me he
subido a mi camioneta; drove around to look for something: di vueltas en busca
de algo;
A cabinet door becomes a window cover. Pallets, flat wooden structures
used in transport and storage, become walls.
a cabinet door becomes: la puerta de un armario se transforma en; window
cover: protector de ventana; pallets: armazones; wooden: de madera; storage:
almacenamiento;

“Here’s a pallet. The top is a door.”

The artist also attaches a small electrical device to the house. The device is
powered by the sun.
attaches: adosa, adhiere; device: dispositivo; powered by the sun: alimentado
por energía solar;

“I put it on a light, you know, an old lamp, so you could move it around.
You can keep it optimum just to the sun.”
You can keep it optimum: se puede mantener en óptimo estado; just to the sun:
sólo con orientarlo al sol;

Empty coffee bags become roof material. A washing machine door and
refrigerator part become windows. Nails, screws and the sticky substance
glue hold all the pieces together.
roof material: material para el techo; nails: clavos; screws: tornillos; sticky
substance glue: pegamento; hold all the pieces together: mantiene firme todas
las partes;

“I kind of call them the fruits of the urban jungle. Here's what's dropping.
Here's these natural resources that we can use.”
I kind of call them: de alguna manera las defino (a mis casas) como; the fruits of
the urban jungle: los frutos de la jungla urbana; what's dropping: lo que se
descarta;

Some of the people living on the streets once had normal houses of their
own. But Sheila Williams says she has learned to live with less.
once had normal houses: alguna vez tuvieron casas normales; to live with less: a
vivir con menos;

“I had it all just like you people do out there. But now look at me now. I'm
living in one of Greg’s houses, and I am thankful to that man.”
I had it all all just like you: yo lo tuve todo; thankful to: agradecida hacia;

The Kloehn home owners have collected wood and other found materials
for future building efforts. Sheila Williams gives the artist a picture of
flowers that looks almost new.
collected: recogido, juntado; for future building efforts: para poder seguir
construyendo;

“When I finish the homes off, they sometimes come with art work,
everything installed."
I finish the homes off: finalizo la construcción de las casitas; art work: trabajo
artístico, obra de arte;

Mr. Kloehn says his work is not a social project. He says he is just someone
using his skills to help his homeless neighbors.
social project: proyecto social; homeless neighbors: vecinos sin hogar.