3 . An Effective Commercial

I have to admit that I rarely watch commercials, since most of them are boring and stupid. When watching commercials, we are “learning” that consumption makes us happy and that we need to buy everything. This really makes me _________. Recently, however, a commercial for a major retail (零售) store got my attention

A young lady is talking over the phone to her family right before Christmas. She is upset because she won’t be with them for the holidays. I believe she is talking to her mother, who asks her if she has received the _________ that were sent to her. The young lady _________ that she hasn’t, and the mother expresses concern that they should have arrived by now. The mother suggests that she check the doorstep. At this point, the young lady opens her front door, and _________ there is her family on the doorstep. They have come to celebrate the Christmas season with her.

This is where I got _________. What a surprise! This has never happened to me, but I can _________ how wonderful it would be. The holidays are a good time to _________ connections and renew relationships among family members. People can communicate with each other and _________ a sense of belonging. So once again I am reminded that the best Christmas gifts are not the ones you buy in the retail store. They are gifts of love, family and time spent together happily.

Commercials can _________ the audience if they are made effectively. A good commercial for me is when I can forget that it is a commercial for something I have to buy and instead __________ it with an experience in my own life or the lives of others.