The trip to that city was eye-opening for everyone, and near its end, all the young people in our group began to reflect on what it had meant. We ____ (1) ____ the first night we had arrived. We had all gone into the markets of the city ____ (2) ____ the young people could experience its energy. But what we actually saw simply ____ (3) ____ us all- the run-down houses, the children in rags, the people begging for money ... Walking home, ____ (4) ____ under a low bridge, we came across ____ (5) ____ families of homeless people seeking a bit of dry ground to sleep on ____ (6) ____ the night. We had to step over bodies as we found our way through the darkness.
The poverty(贫困)was ____ (7) ____ than anything my young companions had ever imagined. Back in the hotel, an air of sadness settled over the group. Many ____ (8) ____ and cried. Spending time in this ____ (9) ____ moves a person to care about humanity.
That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had ____ (10) ____. Gently, I encouraged everyone to talk about the difficult ____ (11) ____ that day's discoveries had inspired. Sitting together ____ (12) ____ a circle as everyone had a chance to speak, we all began to realize that ____ (13) ____ of us was alone in our struggle to cope with our reactions.
Based on my ____ (14) ____ in poverty-stricken areas, I suggested that ____ (15) ____ the emotions we had were painful, they could also be important in helping us to move forward. We all ____ (16) ____ that we had seen things that should never be allowed to happen. ____ (17) ____, what could we do about it? Together, we began to brainstorm ways we could help to ease the ____ (18) ____ we had seen. As I encouraged group members to focus on ____ (19) ____ they could do, a sense of determination ____ (20) ____ the previous sadness. Instead of despair, these young people began to feel a call to action.