2 . Dede Gardner was born in Chicago in 1967 and studied English at Columbia University. Seventeen years after her graduation, she worked as President of Plan B Entertainment, a production company started by Brad Grey.

At Plan B, Dede finds stories to make into films. Jeremy Kleiner, who is now co-president of Plan B, says Dede was his mentor (导师) before he joined her as a producing partner. “I’ve had the honor to work with her for almost 20 years,” he says. “She’s just a one-of-a-kind person in so many ways. She is very brave and views storytelling as the focus of her films.”

This year, Dede is the only woman to have won two Best Picture Oscars, for Moonlight and 12 Years a Slave. Before, together with Kleiner, she won seven films to Best Picture nominations (提名) including Selma in 2015, The Big Short in 2016 and Minari in 2021.

“Basically, whatever Dede does, it turns to gold,” says Jessie Buckley, one of the stars of Women Talking. “Dede has also changed the culture of making movies. She is always there to make the set feel comfortable when we are obviously coming across difficult things. She’s a great example to follow. She’s very careful with protecting the workers’ voice.”

Dede is actually exploring a much healthier and kinder way to make movies. She’s a producer who consciously thinks about creating a set where there is care. That includes making sure there are therapists (治疗专家) on set for all the workers in case there are emergencies happening.

Since 1981, Pat Sajak has been the host of Wheel of Fortune. And the show     1     (it)has been around since 1975. With four     2     (decade) under his belt, Pat Sajak and his co-host Vanna White have become the faces of the popular show.

“It’s     3     honor to have been in people’s living rooms for that long. People were out there welcoming us. We’re happy and     4     (pride),”Pat Sajak shared. “In most television shows, by this time, you would have said, ‘That’s     5     (probable) enough.’ But this show will not die.”

With Pat Sajak being 75 years old and Vanna White being 65, he shares that their time on the show will not be for much longer.

“Years go by fast,” Pat Sajak acknowledged. “We     6     (get) near the end. It’s been a long time. We’re not gonna do this for another 40 years. The end is near.”

In all his time hosting Wheel of Fortune, Pat has only stepped away once, and that was     7     he needed a surgery.     8     that time, Vanna White was the host of the show.

Back in December 2021, when this     9     (respect) host celebrated his 40-year hosting anniversary, his fans shared a     10     (touch) speech to him online.

7 . In a clinic room filled with medical staff lining up to get Covid vaccines (疫苗), a woman finds herself in tears. Yet, those are not tears of fear or sadness, but tears of joy and pride. It dawns on her that her decades of hard work have finally paid off. The mRNA vaccines she helped develop have saved millions of lives and helped the world find a way out of the worst of the pandemic.

That remarkable woman is Professor Katalin Karikó, a Hungarian-American biochemist, who together with her colleague American immunologist Drew Weissma, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking work on the development of mRNA-based vaccines.

Born in 1955 in Hungary, Professor Karikó had a childhood marked by hardship. In 1985 when the Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences lost its funding, she made a daring and risky decision to start a journey to the US. However, the American dream was hardly plain sailing, and the challenges facing Professor Karikó were only just beginning. Despite the promising results in RNA-related therapy trials, she was told her research was going nowhere. Her applications were repeatedly rejected, and in 1995 she lost her position in the University of Pennsylvania and was forced to retire.

Professor Karikó refused to give up easily. She persevered, forming a partnership with the university's immunology professor Drew Weissman, and eventually they made their big breakthrough, finding a way to modify mRNA so that it could trigger an immune response, laying the groundwork for what would become the Covid mRNA vaccines. When the Covid pandemic hit, the use of mRNA was the reason why vaccines were developed so quickly at unprecedented speed.

Professor Karikó’ s journey, from her humble beginnings to her groundbreaking research, stands as a testament to her unwavering perseverance and determination.

8 . What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word “Hollywood?” Fame or maybe money. Each actor or actress has their own way of becoming famous. But some ______ in their own way. One hero in Hollywood, and the only one that ______ millions of lives, by joining United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), was Audrey Hepburn.

“I can prove what UNICEF means to children, ______ I was among those who received food and medical ______ right after World War Ⅱ,” said actress Audrey at the time of her ______ a Goodwill Ambassador (大使) in 1989. “I have long-lasting gratitude for UNICEF.”

Audrey was born in Belgium on May 4th, 1929. When she was young, she ______ wars and saw her family ______ right in front of her eyes and suffered a lot. After the war, she went to London, where she continued to practice ballet. She had great talent, but ______, her height and malnutrition (营养不良) during the war meant that she was ______ to become a great ballerina (芭蕾舞女演员). All the ______ times she experienced made her think of helping others in need, and that led her to join UNICEF.

Audrey helped children throughout the world by supplying them with love and courage. Most of Hollywood’s stars only think about what will make them ______ and what will make people like them more. Audrey, however, thought about what made people around her happy. “Charity work is like a ______ for me,” said Audrey, “but it is never too hard to do the work you love.”

Audrey is ______ not only because of her hard times during the wars, but also her ______ helping those who have the same childhood as she did. Audrey fought against the negatives (负面) of the world, and turned them into good sides. Even though Audrey has ______, as an angel of beauty and love, people still remember her. Audrey, who opened her heart and mind to people around the world, is sure to last forever.