Please Don't Be Afraid To Travel On Your Own

    You want to travel. You make an unclear plan. ____ But either way, you're leaving in six months time. You start doing research every single night.

    Of course, as this will be your first ‘real' travel experience, you naturally prefer to travel with other people. ____ But the first friend you ask, perhaps your closest friend, turns you down and so you move on to the next friend. ____ The third friend, the fourth friend and even that guy that you don't really like say no as well.

    ____You hope that one of your friends will change their mind and decide to join you. Maybe you decide to forget about your trip altogether, fully believing that you can only travel so far away from home with a friend or travel companion (同伴) by your side.

    Don't give up just yet. Here's my advice to you. You may be on your own when you board that flight to Bangkok or Mexico City, but believe me, once you arrive, you'll never actually be alone. That's how travel works. Unless you stare at the ground and never talk to anyone, you're going to meet people when you travel, lots and lots of people from all over the world. ____

A. Don't give it up.

B. Maybe you'll fly to Thailand or to Mexico.

C. Meeting new people is one of the worst things to do.

D. But they too, tell you they have no interest to join you at all.

E. They will be interested in meeting and hanging out with you.

F. So you start asking your friends to join you in your journey.

G. Maybe you decide to put off your trip for another six months.

①我国处理民族关系的原则是民族平等、团结和共同繁荣

②我国维护和发展各民族的平等、团结、互助、和谐关系

③民族区域自治制度是我国的根本制度

④党和国家重视发展少数民族地区经济

    We could all say that we have bad days as we go through life, but what does it take to have a really good day?

    I remember a day recently when I had to go to the 1 for special tests because I wasn't feeling well and my doctor sent me to a specialist to try and find the cause of my illness.

    As I 2 to the hospital, I was feeling sad and certainly wasn't on top of my game. As I got to the hospital, I began my 3 for a parking lot. I finally found one not too far from the entrance to the hospital.

    As I got out and brought my change out of my pocket, I noticed a man looking a little 4 standing in front of a parking meter (停车记时收费表) two cars away. He seemed to be searching his pockets for what I supposed were 5 for the meter.

    Although I 6 didn't feel that great, I thought that I should at least go over to him and find out if I could 7 him. As I stood beside him, he turned to me looking worried. I asked him if he had a problem I could help with. He said that he had no coins at all because he was only thinking about visiting his sick wife when he left his house.

    I reached into my pocket and 8 out two dollars and gave it to him without saying a word. And, without waiting for a reply, I turned on my heel and said to him as I was walking away: “Have a good day.”

    The funny thing was that I felt a lot brighter, a small smile came to my face, and I seemed to walk just a little quicker. I was walking away when he called out: “Thank you so much.” You know, I didn't even 9 him to say anything. He didn't have to say a word to me. It was simply enough to know that I had helped someone else who needed a little10. That's all it took to bring a smile to my face as I went on toward completing my own business.

    You know, it doesn't take much to help someone else.