1 . Many people tend to bring electronic products when travelling, including me. Last year I just ruined my summer vacation by bringing________ a modern convenience: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my e-mail. Instead of reading great novels, I ________ to reading online newspapers each morning. And that was the problem: I was acting as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my ________ wasn't.

So this year I made up my mind to try something ________: getting away from the Internet. I knew it wouldn't be easy, since I’m not good at self-control. But I was ________. I started by ________ the iPad to my wife. Then, a stroke of luck: The mobile phone ________ at our cabin was worse than in the past. I was trapped in a small circle and ________ to carry out my plan. ________cut off from e-mail and my favorite newspaper websites, I had little way to ________ the world. I had no choice but to do what I had planned to do all along: read books.

With determination and the strong support of my wife, I succeeded in my vacation ________ against the Internet. I finally realized that it was I, of course, not the iPad, that led to the problem.

I knew I had ________ when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. "Don't need it," I said. ________, as we return to work, a test begins: Can I ________ when I'm back at work? I had no ________of giving up my iPad completely. But I hope to resist the temptation (诱惑) to use it every five minutes.