Compléter CEP 101 Version en ligne Cambridge English Proficiency: Reading and Use of English Part 1 par Andres H Learning Networks 1 engrossed diverse taking counts slump track trend corner Wilfred Thesiger , the explorer once said , ? We live our lives second - hand . ' Sadly , his words are true for far too many of us , as we ( 1 ) in front of the television , ( 2 ) in reality television , living our adventures through the words and pictures of others . But it does not have to be that way ? there are more opportunities than ever for taking a break from our increasingly sanitised lives and exploring not only some exotic ( 3 ) of the globe , but also our own abilities and ambitions . The kind of first - hand experience whose loss Thesiger laments is still available for anyone willing to forsake the beaten ( 4 ) and put their mind to ( 5 ) off into the less explored regions of this ( 6 ) planet . The ( 7 ) in travel in recent years has been towards what is known as adventure travel . But adventure doesn't have to involve physical exertion ; be it haggling over a souvenir in Peru , or getting lost in the labyrinthine passages of a Moroccan souk , it all ( 8 ) .