I have a big presentation to give this morning. I’m sitting in this ______train. There are so many people around. And this kid is going to spill (溅出) hot coffee all over me.

I shoot the angriest look at him but what’s the ______? He’s in his own world, shaking his head to some ______coming from his earphones. I can’t help ______the position of that coffee because the head-shaking is keeping the coffee in his hand moving.

The train ______and the doors open. I’m given some room now. There is only one more stop ______; thank God. I move backwards in my seat and the kid’s coffee is pushed ______some. It’s like I can finally breathe normally again.

A lot of noise comes toward us and I become ______ again. It’s a family. Oh, God. It’s six of them, carrying a dozen oversized shopping bags. Everyone packs in, and the kid’s ______is in my face again.

I shut my eyes ______I can’t take this anymore. After the longest two minutes of my life, the train finally ______ my stop. I open my eyes and see nearly everyone around me is standing in a line, waiting to ______. I grab my purse and laptop (my presentation’s on it), and slowly bring myself to the ______of the line.

I’m the last to step out. Crossing the gap, I look ______at my feet. Big mistake. In that second, I run into someone trying to ______the train. I lose my balance. I ______my laptop but everything else drops on the ground.

When I look up at who I ran into, I immediately ______he’s holding a cup of coffee. The large man ______to me sincerely but I can’t pay attention to him right now. I need to ______ my clothes.

I see no stains (污迹) and wave him off. As he goes into the train, I think how “funny” it is since I have been so ______ about the kid’s coffee inside the train.

Every evening, my journey begins with a one-stop hop from Victoria Station to Clapham Junction, where I catch the main ___________ home. One evening, I was standing in the crowd when I noticed the rows of ___________ seats in First Class, and a ___________ thought occurred to me. In all my time commuting, I had never seen the ___________ come around. Why didn’t I just ___________ it? I slipped into First Class.

The atmosphere was nice and the seats were ___________. The doors opened and a woman entered the carriage on crutches (拐杖). She settled herself in one of the seats. I should have known what would happen next. “Tickets, please.”

There was ___________ to run. In my haste I had taken a seat by the door, and I was the _________ passenger the inspector turned to. I had no choice but to ___________ my rail pass.

“That’s not a first class ticket,” he said.

My ____________ went blank. Before I could answer, the woman with the bad leg cut in.

“I was told I could sit in First Class,” she said ____________.

The man ____________ and gazed at her.

“Then whoever the person was, he gave you the bad advice,” said the inspector.

While their ____________ went on, I grabbed my bag and slipped out of the carriage into the Standard Class. I pushed into the crowd, then, using a ____________ I had picked up from a spy film, removed my coat to disguise my appearance. When I ____________ at Clapham Junction, the poor woman with the bad leg was on the edge of tears.

A lot of travelers who are going to new cities are often told to begin their trips by a bus tour. This thinking is that they can then go to the places that_______them. But that is wrong. What you see from the inside of a moving bus is_______and removed from the real sights, sounds, and smell outside. So the best way to experience any place is on foot and with absolutely no travel plan._______go wherever your feet and your interests_______you.

You will not only get to the_______sites that are on the bus tour—the museums, the monuments, city hall—but you will have seen much more. You will have_______the present life of the city.

But there is a problem: What if I got lost? No one ever gets_______lost in a major city. At first you can find your way back to a well-known place. If it frightens you to be “lost” , just find a taxi and go back to where you started ; however, the_______things can happen if you get lost. You can_______at a sidewalk cafe to sit and have a rest. You can ask the local people near you. And__________they don’t speak your language, your trip becomes more memorable because of the__________. Here are a few more ways to get the most out of your travel.

First, know before you go.__________a few hours before your trip learning about the history and culture of your destination.

Second, move around like a local. Use the subways and buses of the city you are__________. You will not only save money, but also learn how people really live.

Third, check the bulletin boards. Sometimes you can find advertisements for free concert, and__________fun activities on bulletin boards around universities.

So the next time you see a travel poster wishing you to have a bus tour, just save your money. Instead, wander__________I promise you a time you will remember with great pleasure.