1 . Lauren and Roy Tyson have one simple piece of advice for parents, “Don’t stop doing what makes you happy.”

These are words to live by for this couple, who turned their _______ for travel into a lifestyle most people only dream of. Their adventure _______ in 2015 when they made the _______ to sell all of their belongings and their home to _______ full-time travelers.

They have covered 26 countries and have welcomed two _______ since they first began their journey! In 2018, they welcomed their son Roman, but even parenthood didn’t _______ them down. Roman has become one of the most well-traveled kids ever, _______ 16 countries with his parents by the time he turned 3.

His parents write a _______ called Tyson Trails about their travels, and Roman often takes his own pictures to add his unique 3-year-old perspective on the blog.

Lauren and Roy believe that showing their children the world is _______, even at this young age.

“________ is the best form of education,” said Lauren. “It opens our kids’ eyes to different ________ and cultures they wouldn’t ________ sitting in a classroom.”

In 2021, the family welcomed another son called Lennon. His first ________ within the United Kingdom was booked by the time he was 5 days old.

Their belief is “Your ordinary family on a mission to experience the extraordinary!” This family is a(n) ________ example that we don’t all have to ________ the same boxes in order to provide a loving childhood for our kids.

2 . I had a great dream when I was in my twenties. I wanted to travel around Africa with my _________. So I left my hometown with great confidence and _________ Cape Town, not really_________ what to do next. Luckily, before my trip actually started, I met a kind, old Nigerian man. He gave me the best travel _________ I had ever received. “Be like a(n) _________on your way around the world.”

It sounded _________, but it really changed my idea about travelling. He helped me realize that travel is about learning and observing local _________. “It’s far too easy to go into a(n) _________ country and believe your ways are better. But if you study, ask questions and try to learn from the locals, you’ll have far richer _________,” he promised me.

On other vacations, when I was on my tour way to Cancun. I was __________ a tourist. I only stayed there for a week to see the __________ and places of interest and then left. The culture didn’t __________me. I left the cities and towns without really knowing anyone or anything that existed in those places to which I had paid a visit.

This time, I promised to myself that I would be a __________ traveler. After seven months of__________ backpacking in Africa from Cape Town to Cairo, I realized that having a student-like mindset (观念模式) helped extend my trip and helped me learn a lot, which __________ me more than any other trips ever did to me.

3 . The most unforgettable thing during my long summer holiday last year, of course was my trip _______ England. This was my first time to go abroad, so it really made me _______.

There were quite a lot of interesting places in England, _______ Oxford. When we walked around Oxford, we saw quite a lot of ancient buildings on _______ sides of the streets. One of the most famous tourist _______ in Oxford is Christ Church, it’s _______ one of the Oxford University’s 39 colleges. There is a huge hall in Christ Church, _______ was used as the dining hall at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter _______. I felt really excited when I heard this.

_______ place that impressed me ____________ during my trip was a place called Stratford upon Avon. It was a small town. Maybe you haven’t ____________ it, but I’m sure you have heard about William Shakespeare — it’s the great man’s ____________. In Stratford upon Avon, I could ____________ Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Shakespeare Countryside Museum, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and a lot of places that are connected with ______________.

I went to Shakespeare’s Birthplace. It was the house ______________ Shakespeare was born and spent his early years. Its sitting room, hallway (走廊), bedrooms, and kitchen were furnished (布置) in 16th century style. I also went to see the Shakespeare Exhibition. It illustrated (以图解说明) Shakespeare’s life and career in both Stratford and London.

I really enjoyed this nice trip to England, from which I learned a lot. I’m very happy that I could visit such an interesting country. I want to go there again in the future.

4 . Though Armenia isn’t exactly ready for groups of foreign hikers, the country rewards those who make the effort. When my son recently finished graduate school, I seized the_________to spend a week hiking_________him in my own father’s homeland. Not long ago, no outsider would have considered such a_________through the former Soviet Republic. But we_________the paths with hikers from Australia, Canada, England and France,_________we left hoping to return.

Armenia isn’t for every_________. “You often will not find marked trail heads, and if you find a map, it will_________be written in Armenian — which doesn’t_________the Latin alphabet.” We couldn’t find a guide until we arrived in the country, and then we had to_________. After spending a day in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, we visited the Dilijan National park. In the forested national park, we__________, the ruins of a 1,000-year-old monastery (修道院)__________in a mountain top clearing. That__________me of the people who hiked to the site to__________when it was built. “It seemed such a very different__________from driving to a church parking lot these days.”

Marc and I never did reach the summit (山顶) of Aragats, Armenia’s__________mountain. That would have__________the climbers to cover 6,000 feet in one day. and when a storm__________, we settled on the mountain’s secondary peak.__________so, “we weren’t disappointed.” A mountain doesn’t always__________to a climber’s first attempt, and a country doesn’t reveal all its treasures in a week. Our adventure, we know, had “only scratched the__________.”