Okay, right now I would like to talk about a situation when I was really surprised by someone’s kindness and the person was actually a stranger, like literally a passerby in the bus when I just… When I stood in the bus and I had a lot of pockets in my head and I also had a backpack right in my back, you know, and it was very tough and I was literally standing and holding it barely and the stranger, it was a middle-aged man with gray hair and he was also wearing glasses and he just like was sitting on the seat and he saw me and they he like literally said oh girl you can sit in there if you want because I see that you have a lot of pockets let me help you and yeah it was like literally in the morning when I was going to school and actually I was like so shocked because nowadays it’s actually rare to see people who are so kind I mean personally yeah so I was surprised and I said like thank you thank you very much and I said and finally I felt such relief but still I was surprised and I I thanked him and he was at the rest of the ride, he was just standing. And anyways, I was surprised because the person, again, wasn’t really looking kind and he was even kind of, you know, not very talkative from the distance. But as soon as he asked me to help me, I was literally shocked. So yeah, that’s the time when I was surprised by someone’s kindness. And that literally proved me that there is still kindness in life and there is still a sweet people out there.
Band 6+: Describe a time when you were surprised by an act of kindness. You should say: - Who showed you kindness - What they did - When and where it happened And explain why you were so surprised.
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Okay, right now I would like to talk about a situation when I was really surprised by someone's kindness. The person was actually a stranger, literally a passerby on the bus. I was standing on the bus, and I had a lot of books in my hands, and I also had a backpack on my back. It was very tough, and I was barely holding everything. The stranger was a middle-aged man with gray hair, and he was wearing glasses. He was sitting in a seat, and he saw me. He literally said, "Oh girl, you can sit here if you want. I see that you have a lot of books; let me help you." It was in the morning when I was going to school. I was so shocked because nowadays it's rare to see people who are so kind. Personally, I was surprised, and I said, "Thank you, thank you very much." Finally, I felt such relief, but I was still surprised. I thanked him, and for the rest of the ride, he was just sitting. I was surprised because, again, he didn't really look kind, and he seemed kind of not very talkative from a distance. But as soon as he offered to help me, I was literally shocked. So yeah, that's the time when I was surprised by someone's kindness. That really proved to me that there is still kindness in life and that there are still sweet people out there.
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