【推荐2】What might life be like if you looked very different from others? Most of us are lucky to be born with “normal” faces.     1    , the movie Wonder shows us that there is no such thing as being normal and that beauty is more than skin-deep.

    2     (base) on a bestselling novel, the movie is about a boy named Auggie. He has a facial deformity (畸形) and has spent most of his life being home schooled. But as he enters middle school, his parents decide to send him to a private school. There, Auggie must deal with judgmental classmates and learn to accept     3    (he) as he is.

In the US, most kids     4     (teach) that it is OK to be different. Most people in the US celebrate being unique.

But some kids have difficulty     5    (accept) uniqueness. It’s easy to pick on someone who’s different,     6    (especial) if you have your own problems to deal with. This is another     7     (center) theme from the movie—even the kids     8     pick on Auggie have their own personal struggles.

As Auggie’s classmates get to know him better, they come to find that he’s a nice kid     9     a great sense of humor. They start to change their attitude toward him. In real life, it may take longer to see such changes happen. But if we give people    10    chance, their hearts and minds may change in the end.

A new film, A Dog's Journey, is the sequel（续集）to A Dog's Purpose,     1    was put on for the first time in 2017. Both movies    2    （base）on novels of the same name by author and humorist W. Bruce Cameron.

Cameron's story shows how one dog protects a loved one, no matter how many    3    （life）it leads. In the first film, Bailey, a dog voiced by Josh Gad, follows Ethan throughout his life to ensure his safety. In the sequel, Ethan gives Bailey a new job: to follow his granddaughter, CJ, and protect her    4    harm.

Dennis Quaid plays the role of Ethan. At a recent press conference for the film in Los Angeles, he said that he was ready    5    （jump）back into the role. Marg Helgenberger plays Hannah, Ethan's wife. She said she felt very    6    （excite）when she was invited to star in the movie, "I was    7    （curiosity）about the story and jumped at the chance to work with dogs.” Kathryn Prescott, who plays CJ as    8    adult, is returning.

When asked about the experience of directing dogs, Gail Mancuso said, “It's    9    （extreme）fun. The dog trainer and I will talk about the tricks we want the dogs to do. Then the trainers train the dogs. When we come on the scene, the dogs will do    10    （they）tricks.”