It was 7:00 in the morning. My cousin Jenny woke me up. It was the summer vacation, and she started talking about the camping place. We went there every year.

After I got out of bed and got ________, I had breakfast with her. At the same time my dad was talking with ________ brother Paul about going to the mountains near the lake.

After talking about it, we decided ________ to the mountains and we prepared(准备) drinking water food, clothes, tents and ________ things.

We arrived there in the evening and then we began to have fun. My father and my uncle put up tents and my mother and my aunt cooked dinner. My cousins and I played ________ interesting game and we also made a bonfire(篝火). All of us danced around it. We ________ a lot of firewood(木柴) to keep the bonfire going.

We just slept for ________ hours and got up very early the next day. We went fishing by the lake after eating breakfast. The water was so cold, ________ the weather was fine. Two hours later, we wanted to climb the mountains. We prepared all the things we needed in the climbing.

There ________ lots of animals on the way up. We walked about one hour and got to the top. ________ there we could see beautiful views(风景).

My dad is a sports lover. He always encouraged me to be on sports teams as I grew up. As I became _______ sports parent, he went on to give me advice.

Last year, Dad asked my son, Joe, _______ he was going to join the basketball team. Joe said, “I don’t know.” Dad knew that Joe was afraid and unsure of _______. He thought for a moment, and then said, “Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you _______ do something, and never be afraid to try something new, even if you think people will laugh at you.”

This spring, Joe decided to _______ basketball and made the team. His grandfather was very happy. After the first few weeks of training, the assistant coach had to leave the team. The coach sent out asking if any parents would take over the job. Like _______ other parents, I thought someone else would volunteer. Then a second and third _______ came out asking for help. No one was volunteering. I remembered what my father had told my son about never being afraid to try something new. _______ the next practice, I told the coach I could take over the job. Another parent walked up to me and said, “That’s lovely, _______ you can’t coach these boys.” This parent looked at me, a short woman, and ________ I could not coach a basketball team of teenage boys. I did it anyway.