【推荐1】William Gwyn Thomas, who used to be a dairy farmer in Lampeter, Ceredigion, has been cleaning trains at Carmarthen station for 25 years.

Gwyn is still working with a team as ________as ever to clean anywhere between 18 and 26 carriages at night and is proud of what he does. “I didn’t expect I’d still be ________ at 80,” said Gwyn. “But I really love it, and I’ll   _____when I feel I can’t do it.”

Gwyn joined the train cleaning team in the late 1990s. He _______ his long working life to “eating well, not drinking anything ________ than a beer and cutting down on smoking”.

Working from 7:30 pm to 2:30 am, Gwyn and his team clean each ________ from top to bottom, including the cabs (驾驶室), toilets, tables and floors.

The worst ________ tend to be Saturdays, when Transport for Wales (TW) said the toilets can be “________”, but Gwyn said he takes it all in his stride (泰然处之).

“It’s annoying but there’s no point ________ it because that’s the job and we just have to _______ it,” he said. “Someone has to get it looking nice for ________ again.”

TfW’s cleaning manager Wendy Jones described passionately Gwyn as “part of the ________ of Carmarthen station”.

Wishing him a happy 80th birthday, he _______, “The standard of work Gwyn puts in night after night is a(n) ______ example to us all on how to show _______ in your work.”

【推荐1】As I stood in line waiting to cash out at a supermarket, I studied the customer in front of me, who kept looking at the magazine to our left. She________ an old torn coat. The items in her cart(购物车)included the________daily necessities.

“Next,” the cashier called and she moved forward. When the cashier________everything up and told her the cost, the woman’s face________. It was obvious she didn’t have enough money. She scanned her groceries to see what she could________.

One by one, she removed things, but she still came up________. The man right behind me complained loudly. The young woman’s cheeks reddened with________. I wanted desperately to pay for her groceries outright, which, however, would mortify(使难堪)her even more. ________ ,I turned around angrily and glared at the man.

“I would be________if you’ve never had to do that! ” I said to him in a low voice. He looked   ________and changed the checkout line.

The woman finally decided on her groceries, paid and________them. By then, I had rearranged my own purchases and put several items the woman had taken out, including the magazine she had been________ ,into my cart. I moved forward and whispered to the cashier, “ ________bags, the same bill, please.”

I________the extra things into her shopping cart without being noticed, as she was busy________the accidentally scattered(散落的)apples she’d bought. I left that store and realized I was by no means rich, but I had enough to get by.

【推荐3】Watching TV shows was my usual way to spend most weekends. Sometimes, I find it a bit ________. Thus, one day, after finishing another TV series, I thought all this time could partly be used to do something ________, such as volunteering. While ________ online for opportunities, I chanced upon a post for a computer tutor with West Neighbourhood House, which volunteers to help the elders. Going to West Neighbourhood House this time as a ________ was beneficial to me. After all, it was with the organization’s help that I ________ to get a new job. The volunteer experience assisted myself in ________ the new standards of my job.

As a computer tutor, I volunteer Friday nights and Saturday afternoons to help the ________ improve their computer literacy. Since 2019, I’ve ________ three elders who’ve become my regular ________ in using tablet apps and the Internet. Volunteering has also been a great ________ experience for me. I became interested in learning about other ________ because most of the elders came from ________ countries and liked to share their stories about their culture. I’ve also learned the ________ of patience. I’ve realized through ________ that people have different learning styles. I never knew these sessions could ever teach me lessons such as ________ and diversity.

The past few months have been- such a ________ ride so far that I can only be thankful for the amount of ________ that comes from my students. Each tutoring session ends with a thank you, a smile to show they ________ my time. This is what my volunteering has become so far. I’m ________ to have spent my time in this way and I ________ to have more students in the future.