Listen to a short passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear. When the passage is read for the third time, check what you have written. I have never been able to understand people who don ’ t see the point in traveling.The common reason is that traveling is a waste of time and money. I ’ ve heard some are 1_______to travel too far away. I can ’ t help but feel sorry particularly for those who 2_____the experience of seeing a new place as a 100 percent 3_____one. Telling them stories about unusual encounters doesn ’ t 4_______the expected curiosity but a “ why would you wanna go there!? ” It makes me 5_______ humanity. Experience is the best teacher and knowledge is power. The things traveling can teach you are beautiful because you learn to trust in what you see rather than what you are told. It was Mark Twain who said, “ Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, ” which in my mind 6________as the closest to the truth about traveling. Too bad there aren ’ t enough people with the means to travel actually doing it. If you have the means to travel actually doing it. If you have the means to go abroad, you should do it despite going out of your comfort zone. You might realize why you loved it once you ’ re back home. I think traveling is also the best thing you could do if you feel7______ at home, don ’ t know what to do with your future, you life, your partner- anything. Once you are away,8_____somewhere very new and unknown, you are forced to 9______ and meet people. This works especially if you travel alone. A new life and especially if you travel alone. A new life and especially the new relationships you build, even if only for a short period of time,10_________opportunities and views you never would have thought of and had otherwise.