1 . When I was younger, it was as if my family lived on the road. We were so _______ to packing our truck and trailer and going on the road to our _______ . Typically, these travels would _______ long road trips. Sometimes we would _______ friends. And other times we would be visiting _______ . Although some trips were short-lived, the experiences, _______ , and things I have learned from them would be _______ .

In Mexico, I learned more about the ethnicity (种族) I belong to. Here in the US, I have learned large amounts of knowledge about how culture can _______ from state to state and how it affects everyone else. The people we met on our journeys also contributed to the memories I now _______ of traveling experiences.

As you get older, you start to become ________ of the fact that not everyone was ________ like you and there is more to the world than the ________ bubble we tend to view ourselves in. Taking a little bit from everything ________ the bubble, though. And taking the time to ________ all the new things, we can build our character even more.

Humans have the natural wanderlust (旅行癖), and a strong ________ to explore. We travel every day, even if we don’t ________ it. Going to work or school is just as much traveling as taking a trip to Europe. Everything can be turned into an ________ , and there is something to see at every corner.

Taking the time to ________ that everything we do can be a learning experience can ________ change the way we view our lives. So we should take the time now while we are young to understand this and take ________ of it because we only have so long to live, and there is so much of this world to be seen.