Thank you for your proposal about virtual reality cinema. I’m very interested in RealCine. _________, before using it in my next film, there are some points I would like to mention.

I think viewers will be _________ by a film that allows them to be a character in the film. The example of climbing Mount Qomolangma left me_________ a deep impression. I think it is wonderful that the_________ temperature may be felt by the viewers, but I’m not sure how the _________ of achievement will be experienced via virtual reality.   _________ seems to me that it all depends on the viewer who is watching the film.

I like the idea that virtual reality can _________ teenagers with a way to experience the world, for example, by experiencing the role of a football player. I think my grandfather will be _________by the idea that even old people can be sent on adventures. It’s fantastic! But I don’t know how much money will be needed to develop such a film. I’m_________ that RealCine may be too expensive for ordinary people to afford. We are not ready to ____________the risk of investing in RealCine yet. However, I have talked about your proposal to other people in my company, and the idea is being considered by them. I will let you know our final decision soon.

Yours sincerely,

Cheng Yige

【推荐2】Brushing my teeth, I heard what sounded like branches scraping (刮擦) the roof. I stopped for a while, ________ what it could be, given that no ________ were close to our house. Then I guessed the sound must be from a branch that was ________ onto our roof by Hurricane Isabel.

Then I heard the sound of breaking glass. A second later, the entire house ________. My husband and I stared at each other in frozen horror before rushing to ________ our baby daughter asleep in her bed across the hall. The sound had scared her ________ — never had a cry sounded so sweet. My husband ________ her up and ran to our room.

Seeing the falling walls ________ on the floor of our living room, we decided to venture (冒险去) out. My husband started the car ________ I hurried out with our baby to let a neighbor know we were safe. Shaking but happy to be ________, we drove away, heading to a friend’s home.

The next morning, bright sunlight ________ displayed the storm’s destruction. We returned home to see that a giant tree in the centre of our ________ had divided our house into two! As we stood on the sidewalk, the firefighters ________ us that our home had received the worst ________ in the city.

In the days and weeks that followed, we remembered the feeling of ________ when we realized that everyone who ________ in our lives was not injured — me, my husband and our daughter.

Yes, we lost many things. But those things were ________ and we can buy later.

Every so often we pull out the ________ of the tree’s destruction taken when we came back and feel surprised at how ________ we were and still are. We should always be ________ for whatever we have.

【推荐1】When I was a boy, I, together with my dog Doobie and parents, lived across a river from the main road. The only way to get to our house was across an old, wooden _______. We also lived right next to Camp Caesar which hosted camps all summer long. And the best thing about it was that it had a public swimming pool. I remember _______ almost every day of my summers at that pool. I would be there when the pool _______ at 1 pm and swim until it closed at 5 pm. _______ my brothers and a lot of friends would be there, too. We had so much fun laughing, playing, swimming and splashing.

One time, _______, I went to the pool only to find it crowded with _______. None of my friends were there but some older parents with little children. I stayed for a while but felt _______. I _______ early and walked home. When I got go the wooden bridge, suddenly I saw my friend who was never _______ at the pool. He stood on the bridge with his face smiling and his __________ wagging(摆动). It was my dog Doobie patiently __________ for me to come home. I __________ across the bridge to hug(拥抱) him and then we both ran down to the __________ below our house to swim. We jumped into the cold, clear water. We swam around each other. We splashed, played and chased. Doobie happily __________ my loneliness with his doggie kisses and gentle love.

The summer in my childhood flew by so fast. During all of those __________ spent swimming as a boy I remember that day the most.

【推荐2】This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series from the Hidden Brain team about people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.

Mary Amato was having a(n) _________ crisis. She quit her job and became a stay-at-home mother after her first child was born.

People would say, “You _________ working.” and for Amato, that felt more like an accusation(指责) than a(n) _________ of fact.

“I had been working harder than I had ever worked and not getting a single paycheck or _________ from my social network,” she said.

_________, her husband, a(n) _________ science writer, did get recognition for his work. He won an award from a chemistry association. She joined him at a feast in California where he was praised for his work.

The room was filled with a lot of scientists, _________ men. It was a(n) _________ affair and the couple dressed up in a tuxedo(无尾晚礼服) and a formal black dress.

Eventually, the host _________ her husband with a very long list of his accomplishments. Then, he turned his __________ to Amato and gestured to her, “A homemaker and mother of two.”

Amato was __________. “I remember feeling a sense of __________, and I thought they must see me as stupid or as a traitor to the cause,” she said.

Amato became very self-conscious, too embarrassed to __________ with people after the speeches. So she just sat at her table staring at her dessert plate until an older female scientist walked up to her.

“She said, ‘I just want you to know that what you’re doing is so __________,’ ” Amato said.

Those simple words were exactly what Amato needed at that time and they completely changed her __________.

That moment happened years ago, but it still has a big influence on Amato.

【推荐3】Once we reach the age of 60 or 65, we all look forward to retirement and living a/an ______life. But that is not the plan for David Flucker from Scotland’s Edinburgh, who is 100-year-old. He______works three days a week at the St. Columba’s Hospice Care shop.

David ______ his 100 birthday this June, but went to work the next day______at the shop. David______ four hours traveling roundtrip to the shop, which he does______the weather. David started working in the ______ shop after he was______ with cancer and it took him two weeks to be cared for by the Hospice. He just wanted to pay it forward for the kindness he ______. “It is a ______feeling to be doing something, ” said the ______, who lives in Balgreen, Edinburgh.

“It is two buses and a 20-minute walk to get to the shop, ______two hours. I work three days a week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which are the ______days.” The grandfather-of-seven says the shop in Occan Terminal gets a lot of donations such as toys, books, jigsaw puzzles, and he has to ______them all to sce if they’re OK. But what he loves the most is the ______aspect of his work-when people come in just to chat.

On 22 June, when the senior ______100, the store held a window display on his birthday showing a few glimpses of his life. The store______ a post on the official page of the store where David’s workspace ______. The post shows how David has become an/a ______ for many around the world. Shared on Facebook, the post got many likes and______ and left social media users amazed.