When you hear the word hero, you may think of someone like Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela. But there are also "everyday" heroes 一 they may not be 1 to the public, but they do what they can to help 2 people's lives as well. Everyday heroes are normal people who are working to make the world a better place. 3 them is Robert Lee.
Lee grew up in New York City. 4 his family was not rich, he learned from a young age the importance of 5 the waste of food. When in college, he was part of a student group that gave out leftover(剩余的)food to 6 people. This experience made him realize how 7 the problem of food wastage actually was.
After he left university, Lee and a friend set up a(n)8 called Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC). Its purpose is to collect 9 food from restaurants and send it for free to shelters (收容所)and food kitchens. Volunteers 10 the food from restaurants around the city and hand it out to those in need.
RLC operates 11. Using an app developed by Lee's team, restaurants 12 how much leftover food they have each day. Then volunteers are sent to fetch it. The 13 is usually short, so volunteers can just do their deliveries (递送)by14 from the restaurants to the shelters. Lee believes this is a quick way of delivery.
So far, Lee and his team have successfully 15 over 150,000 kilograms of food, serving almost 300,000 16 to people who need them. Lee has shown that a 17 action can help people around us greatly.18 may have a greater influence than we imagine. When Lee is asked 19 his next plan is, he says there's still a lot to do. It's just the 20. With more restaurants, who knows how much more we can do. "
