3 . We like to spend our Christmas holidays somewhere warm abroad, and that year we chose Uganda. Nature, wildlife, and sunny days were a(n) ________ while it was so cold and dark in Europe. Life was pleasant, and we had a rental car and a ________ schedule ahead around the country, expecting that we could ________ as many places as possible during the holiday.

However, just within a few days, we had a car accident at a park. I lost ________ of the car, and it rolled over, ________ windows, the frame and the engine.

________. we were alive! My right arm was severely ________, but we managed to reach a nearby American hospital in Masindi. However, we were asked to stay in town for a few more days owing to my ________.

In the duration, we were amazed to find that Masindi is such a(n) ________ town that we can’t resist to ________ our paces. Hence the ________ of our stay were the market and our daily visit to the hospital. We looked for delicate goods, ________ with medical staff, hotel staff and the people in the market, and learned more about their custom.

Before our ________ , we took a road trip south through the country to see something else. Then we focused on ________ its unique nature and people. What a journey for experience and ________!

6 . Setting off on a solo trip, I soon realized I was never really alone.

After traveling to the UK to visit my _________ who studied there, I decided to return to America. I didn’t sleep well the night before I _________. In fact, although I had really _________ every minute of my pleasant stay, I was once again _________ about traveling alone. Directions were not my strong suit. _________, I was faced with a new _________: I had to change planes in Frankfurt, Germany. “You made it here, Mom. _________ yourself. You’ll also go back home _________,” Whitney said when she saw me off at the train station.

The first ride was _________ enough, but after getting off the __________, I had no idea where to find the bus to Gatwick Airport. I was swept up in a sea of people. Filled with __________, I asked help from a man beside me. “I’m going that way,” he said. “__________ me.” He never slowed down but kept an eye on me while we went across the bus station. “There it is,” he said, pointing as we reached the bus.

I arrived at Gatwick with plenty of time to spare, and I __________ my plane without any difficulty. I was never so happy to get on a plane. I sat down in my seat with a sigh of __________. I’d been worried about traveling alone, but the __________ I’d received made me feel I was never really alone.

8 . The Negative Impacts of Volunteer Tourism

Volunteer tourism, or voluntourism, is an increasingly popular form of altruistic travel. Its appeal lies in being an experience that allows visitors to feel good by being a part of some kind of meaningful change. But despite good intentions from participants, volunteering abroad has been the target of heavy criticism over the past few years.

Voluntourists only have a limited amount of time, and the ability to change the systems and provide support for the places they visit. Being volunteers, they also simply don’t have the skills to do so. And they can sometimes inadvertently perpetuate unhelpful and even patronizing(自视高人一等的)ideas about the places they visit. A number of studies have shown that volunteer tourism can have negative impacts, ___________benefiting the local communities.

*Unskilled labor creates more work

Previously, volunteering opportunities were often___________to skilled professionals, but this is not the___________of volunteer tourism. Anyone can become a voluntourist, which brings a series of problems. Though___________, they are often unskilled, especially when it comes to work such as construction and digging. This can often lead to locals being forced to take on the added responsibility for rebuilding homes and schools that would have been___________inadequate.

*Volunteers take local jobs

In the meantime, this takes jobs away from locals who would have been paid to do the same work. It also prevents them from learning or being taught the skills that could then be used to___________the community. As a famous proverb says, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” The time and efforts of volunteers could be better___________making local communities more economically independent and self-sufficient, allowing them to improve___________even after they depart.

*There is no long-term commitment

Lots of communities do need the help and assistance of volunteers, but what are they able to address in the few short weeks of their “___________”? Most places tend to benefit more from long-term engagement, and often the largest number of meaningful volunteers come from the communities themselves, rather than from____________eager to fix things. While short-term volunteers can do a lot of good, it is often so only when they have skills and training that____________the specific needs, such as medical aid, construction, conservation, teaching, or even religious work; as well as having experience doing the required work and with different cultures.

* There is a lot of focus on__________the volunteer

Voluntourism tends to place a lot of emphasis on the volunteers, sometimes even at the expense of the community they are looking to help. Travel companies attract individuals with promises of____________but immediately-rewarding experiences. This, in turn, can lead to large numbers of volunteers who, instead of helping create a change, can actually____________local communities from becoming more economically independent due to their very presence.

What Can We Do Instead?

Short-term volunteers, especially students, also need to be given the opportunity to explore various different cultures and destinations. But they should take the time to learn about the socio-cultural backgrounds of the places they visit. Short-term placements thus become more about experiences and____________exchange, where they may gain knowledge and respect other cultures, rather than go on trips that “help the poor”.

This kind of cross-cultural engagement can do a lot of good in a world that is increasingly leaning towards violence and xenophobia.

9 . It’s very necessary for you to make a plan in advance before travelling abroad. An important part of the plan is probably to find the right_________. It may take you days to visit travel websites or read magazines to_________information. It’s a long process, so many people visit_________travelers’ blogs and search track records online, because no one wants to waste the_________vacation time on the sites that may_________their expectations.

Now consider another_________—you are an experienced traveler and you want to share your most_________routes with your family, friends or anyone who is interested in_________your footsteps. But sharing is hard work because you need to write,_________photos and videos, and be busy remembering the __________orders. What if all the work can be done for you__________while you travel? The best__________is to try WishTrip. Through WishTrip, you can search other people’s routes and share yours. Please let WishTrip be your helpful__________through the way.

If you are a contributor, use WishTrip from the beginning of your tour to__________the route on the map. WishTrip will__________all multimedia files to the exact locations where they are taken. When you__________the tour, WishTrip’s smart video functions will accordingly__________a super cool video for you to________ in your memory.

You can use WishTrip in any country where you want to travel. Now the sharing economy is Rapidly__________popularity in the tourism industry. With the help of latest__________, such as AI, WishTrip has made great innovations(创新).

10 . In 2019, I went on a winter break trip with my family. One of our _________ was London. The first thing that I _________ when I landed in London was the weather. It was too _________ for my liking as it required me to wear a thick jacket.

After some _________ using a map of London, we decided to go to Buckingham Palace first.

Buckingham Palace was one of the _________ of a “hop-on, hop-off (随上随下)” bus that we took. The palace itself didn’t look very big or impressive from the entrance _________ it got much more impressive when you entered the gates.

While continuing on the “hop-on, hop-off” bus, we _________ the London Bridge, which I didn’t notice until the driver pointed it out to me. While it felt kind of special to be driving on such an iconic (符号的) bridge, the _________ was not as cool as one would imagine it to be.

Besides its history, this bridge was just another bridge that _________ two masses of land, something that pretty much all __________ do.

When we __________ Big Ben, we decided to hop off the bus and take some __________. Big Ben was a pretty __________ experience for me. In many pictures of London, Big Ben is a very visible (看得见的) building in the skyline, and it was very nice for me to see the clock tower __________. I am a big fan of skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and skyscraper-like buildings so this clock tower certainly caught my __________.