1 . The number of times I’ve been asked how I became a food and travel writer is too many to count. Frankly, I’m not exactly sure how to ______. Eating is a necessary part of life, and I appreciate good ______, whether it’s chicken and rice served from a hawker stand or a perfect dish in a Michelin-starred restaurant.

I’m not a ______ writer of food, since I ______ review restaurants in the traditional sense. Instead, I’m more interested in food’s ______ and what it reveals about cultures. For instance, how did Mexican cacao get to Europe, and how did the Czech kolache find its way to Central Texas? Knowing the ______ behind such things is a ______ in history that goes far beyond a pretty dish presented on a plate.

There’s not a more ______ way to get a taste of a place than by taking food-themed tours. Many tours include market visits, which are the best way to experience life as a(n) ______. Markets are the hearts of communities and reveal not only the way a culture eats, but also how they ______ and interact.

Traditions and culture are deeply ______ food and through cooking lessons. The number of cooking classes that I’ve ______ around the world can’t be counted. Now, I’m no Alain Ducasse in the kitchen, and rarely do I ______ at home. However, including these types of classes into my journey is something that I ______. And even though the acquired cooking skills don’t translate back to my home kitchen, the cultural ______ still resonates (产生共鸣).

4 . The scientific conference in China was over. And then our ______ that day was to have fun, which would be to see a bit of China as a ______ . The bus arived. An English-speaking tour guide ______ us and we were off. We left the busy suburb of Yiwu and ______ the mountains.

Hongfu Mountain Forest Park is remarkably beautiful with trees growing on the cliff, which leads to ______ shapes. The ______ are covered in plants that range from tropical to deciduous (落叶的) at higher altitude. The paths are well ______ in Chinese but there are very few signs in English. Some of the unique buildings have poetic names like “bamboo shoots”. I also studied the ______ and tried to match the shape with the ______ .

There were a large number of stone ______ leading up to the temple. We started to climb, and at one point we stopped for a group of ______ . I took the opportunity to sit, rest and ______ the view from the top.

It was late in the afternoon. The sun was sliding westward. We got into the ______ for the trip back to Yiwu. It had been a long and exciting day, which made me ______ . I had had another glimpse of China and taken a lot of pictures for memory. As I gradually fell asleep, I ______ my day’s adventure in my mind.

6 . Last summer, my family and I went on a road trip to the Grand Canyon. It was our first family vacation in years, and we were all ______ to spend some quality time together. We ______ our car with snacks, water, and a lot of sunscreen, and then ______ the road.

The trip was long, but we kept ourselves ______ with card games and singing along to our favourite songs. When we finally arrived at the Grand Canyon, we were ______ by the breathtaking views. We spent the next few days hiking, taking pictures, and ______ the area.

One of the highlights of the trip was when we went on a helicopter ______ of the Grand Canyon. It was a great ______, and we all felt like we were on top of the world. We took a lot of pictures and videos, and we still ______ them to this day.

As the trip came to an end, we all felt a sense of ______. We didn’t want to go back to our busy ______. We wanted to stay together and keep exploring. ______, we knew that we had to go back home.

Looking back on the trip, I realized how important it is to spend time with ______. In our busy life, we often forget to slow down and enjoy the little moments. The trip ______ me of the importance of ______ memories and cherishing (珍惜) the time we have with our loved ones.

7 . We must have been about halfway through our Contiki trip and we arrived in Rome, the capital city of Italy. On this particularly hot day after _________ many winding beautiful streets, we ended up at St. Peter’s Basilica.

Our tour guide jokingly said he had forgotten the _________ back to the hotel and asked if anyone knew how to _________ to the hotel. None of us did, but then Julie, an American girl, confidently put, “I can _________ it.” We all thought she was joking too, for Julie was nearly _________. But she said, “No. Seriously, I can take us all back.” Our team _________ her as she led us through the winding streets. Someone asked, “How can you _________ remember the way we _________?” She answered, “I just know. Feel how beautiful and cool the air is. We are by the fountain. This is where we turned left.” We continued. “I’m _________ freshly baked bread,” she said. “We turned right by this __________ and this is the café we passed by. I’ve recognized the __________ of that coffee machine. It is __________ to trust me.”

Sure enough, every turn had the things we hadn’t __________ before. Those things revealed themselves like hidden diamonds. We discovered more and more about the __________ of this city.

Finally, we made our way to the hotel. What struck me most was how Julie made us all see a rich and __________ city through her eyes. It made me experience travel in a totally new way.

8 . I didn’t possess any of that pioneer spirit of exploring the unknown. Besides, the long journey would take ________ for transportation, accommodations and meals. Unless someone paid for all those ________ items, that road trip wasn’t happening anytime soon. But I always imagined ________ being at all the places.

I had only read about in books. One day, I noticed a brochure ________ a teacher creativity fellowship (团队) program for the summer. This fellowship was for teachers like me who had taught for a number of years and needed a(n) ________ passion for continuing our teaching career. I read over the ________ of the program. One of the examples   ________ traveling to domestic (国内的) locations to study literature and history.

Not expecting any ________ , I went ahead and mailed my ________ . Then, reality hit me. Two months later, I learned I was one of eighty ________ from hundreds of applicants.

With a(n) ________ on the outside and fear on the inside, I ________ the process of packing and booking hotels near the sites I wished to visit. I started on my travels the next morning with a new purpose in each step.

Yes, I ________ my adventure and continued using all I learned in my long teaching career. Ever since that trip, I have traveled to ________ locations and given presentations about my fellowship and my life has changed due to a brave ________.

10 . Brad Ryan and his 85-year-old grandma, Joy Ryan, are nearing the finish line on a goal they once thought was impossible: Visiting all national parks together.

The duo (二人组) kicked off their _________ in October 2015, when Brad was looking for a way to spend a two-day weekend. He said the idea _________ from a conversation he had with “Grandma Joy” about his past adventures on the Appalachian Trail. “I felt sorry that she was always _________ vicariously (间接感受到地) through my stories,” Brad said. “And so just knowing that she had never seen _________ and mountains and the oceans and these _________ wild places on Earth, it just felt like a _________ that I had to her to make sure that she had some memories to take away in her life story as well.” Brad began _________ their adventures on the social media in 2019, and they quickly _________ a large number of followers.

“You don’t assume your grandma going with you on a camping trip is going to be anything but _________,” Brad said. “That was my ____________. That was my misperception (误解) of what age means. More ____________, her spirit was good enough for her to go traveling. “It’s been a ____________ adventure; it really has,” Grandma Joy said. “It’s really been a beautiful time. And I wouldn’t trade it for anything,”

As for ____________ from Brad and Grandma Joy, they encourage everyone to ____________ opportunities for exploration. “We realize that not everybody is going to be able to travel to every national park, “Brad said. “But there is some adventure to be found in every ____________ of the country and we hope that people will go out and seek that adventure.”