【推荐2】Kimberly and I had planned a trip to Europe for a long time, but we encountered some curveballs. Getting the departure time wrong, we had to ________ from the original train trip to a ship one.

Boarding the ship, we ________ it was not like a spacious hotel. The room was incredibly tight. The ________ in the small bathroom was a spout (喷头) connected to the sink. You turned it on and sprayed yourself,________ the rest of the room.

The week-long ship travel was full of ________. There were people from diverse backgrounds speaking different languages. We had stopovers on ________ of all sizes, where we cycled 30-40 kilometers. Then there were whole gales (狂风) — so fierce that even the buses couldn’t pass for safety ________. So finally we ________ back home.

We still appreciated the experience. Our real passion was about the ________ rather than the destination — the missed rides, the ________ ship, the mixture of cultures, and all the ________.

Sometimes people are so ________ to their comfortable life that it scares them to be off the beaten track. Yet, once out of their comfort zone, the different experiences are what actually ________. Mixing things up, trying new things, seeing something through another person’s eyes, being ________ to adventure — this is how you create ________.

【推荐3】The Water Angel

From June to September, the temperature in Phoenix is so high that it can easily hit the century mark. But that doesn’t stop hikers from ________ the 1.3-mile hike to the top of the city’s famous Camelback Mountain enjoying the desert scenery.________ warn that the path is "extremely difficult.'' If you continue, ________ a liter of water per person is ________. And another sign farther up declares: “if you’re halfway ________ your water, turn around!”

Unfortunately, many people ________ the warnings, ________ Scott Cullymore doesn’t. When he’s not working, the 53-year-old can be ________ hiking up and down Camelback a couple of times a day, giving ________ cold bottles of water to worn-out hikers. He has helped so many hikers that he has ________ a heavenly nickname: the Water Angel.

Cullymore was on Camelback Mountain one day in 2015 when a British ________ died after being lost for nearly six hours in the July ________. That experience ________ him to start helping people who were not aware of Arizona’s ________ form of Mother Nature. If a hiker has a red face and is not sweating anymore, he ________ his backpack, pulls out a bottle, and hands it to the person.

One hiker who was ________ water says. “You think you know the heat, but then you get out here in the ________ and it surrounds you like a thick blanket,” said Austin Hill, who was hiking with a high school friend. “We were ________,” he said, pointing to Cullymore. “We ________into this Good Samaritan(撒玛利亚人) here.” And with that, the Water Angel leaves in ________ of another hiker in need.