I decided a few months ago I was going to treat myself to a 4-day getaway from Los Angeles and visit Chicago. I booked an airplane ticket on a website. I also found a travel website _____________ a discounted 3-night stay was purchased from a recently opened hotel.
About three weeks before the trip, I had other _____________ (plan) and had to cancel the trip. Only then did I
_____________ (realize) the room, while transferable to another person, couldnt
___________ (change) to a later date and wasnt refundable. I tried selling it but with no success. Five days before the “big weekend” I gave up
____________ (try) and decided I would contact some friends who lived in Chicago and would offer someone a free family vacation. After
_____________ (contact) a handful of people, all of
____________ already had their own plans, I was
_____________ (determine) not to waste the room.
It ____________ (sudden) occurred to me that I was looking at the room in the wrong way. Instead of viewing them for vacation purposes, I eventually found a shelter whose focus was aiding victims of domestic violence(家庭暴力). The shelter was working with a desperate woman and her young daughter, who were fortunately able to make use
____________the room. I was later told by the shelter,” They had a blast.”
We will leave London on 15 July, and we’ll be flying to Morocco. We are going to travel on camels the Sahara Desert.
It seemed that the water led to cholera．John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets．He found that it came from the river, had been polluted by the dirty water from London．Immediately John Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street to remove the handle from the water pump so it could not be used．Soon the disease began to slow
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John Snow had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas．___addition, he found two other deaths in another part of London that were concerned with the Broad Street outbreak．A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water so much that she had had it delivered from the pump to her house every day．
Technological developments have also played their part ______ keeping Valentine’s Day relevant in the 21st century. Valentine’s ecards have been very popular in recent years.
Now，Valentine’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. However, the traditions often differ from place to place.
In Japan，for example，it is normal _______the woman to send chocolates to the man, ___
___in South Korea April 14th is known as “Black Day” and is when the unfortunate men who received nothing on Valentine’s Day gather to eat noodles and show sympathy for each other.
_______is believed that he tried to find comfort from his imprisonment by writing love poems to his wife.