Looking for Crafts(《寻找手艺》 ) is a documentary about the story of 199 Chinese craftsmen (手艺人). _________it wasn’t broadcast on television, you can only watch it online. Although it doesn’t show beautiful pictures or exciting scenes, it _________tells the story of traditional Chinese craftsmanship and their techniques (技术). After watching the film, the warmth and faith of the _________ culture may deeply touch you.

Zhang Jin, the _________ of the documentary is from the countryside of Hunan. After living in a modern and busy _________ for many years, he became nostalgic ( 怀旧的) for the traditional crafts of his hometown, _________ he made up his mind to record them. He sold his flat and invited two friends to join him and travelled all over China. The film was made without professional filming equipment (装备) or a lot of_________ . However, its accented narration (带有口音的旁白) made people feel at home.

In the film you can see an 80-year-old man who makes paper _________ with bamboo for the Dai people. Making umbrellas is a(n) _________ process that includes six steps, but he has insisted on continuing with his hobby for more than 60 __________. After watching the film, many people wanted to buy such an umbrella, but the old man was dead.

It’s __________to notice that the hands of these craftsmen are full of wrinkles (皱纹)-these craftsmen are using their lives to __________ our cultural heritage (遗产). From making a piece of pottery (陶瓷) to creating a musical instrument, these crafts are __________work.

However, true artists give up their own comfort to __________what’s in their heart, which is believed to be the real meaning and purpose of making this documentary. The film __________people of the importance of craftsmanship and has attracted a lot of attention.

I hope these ancient and wonderful skills will still be alive forever.

Troy Kotsur is the second deaf actor to be nominated (提名) for an Academy Award. In his Oscar-nominated performance in Child Of Deaf Adults, Kotsur ________ just one word using sign language.

The movie star, Emilia Jones, acts as the only hearing ________ of a deaf family. To encourage Emilia acting as his daughter to go after her ________ of singing and attending college, Kotsur says, “Go!” “I hope that young people who ________ to be deaf or hard of hearing can get an increased ________,” Kotsur said. “I want those kids to trust themselves more.” The movie has made Kotsur ________ and made history for the deaf community. Kotsur is also the first deaf ________ ever nominated individually for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Kotsur’s road to the Oscars ________ in school. As a child, Kotsur loved cartoons like Tom and Jerry. He would_ ________ the stories for his deaf ________ on the school bus. He later ________ acting at Gallaudet University, a university for the deaf in Washington, D.C. After graduating, he performed with the National Theatre of the Deaf. With few roles in film ________ for deaf actors, Kotsur had to find ________ in stage acting. Beginning with Of Mice and Men in 1994, Kotsur has acted in twenty productions in Los Angeles.

Kotsur wants ________ to change their wrong ideas about what deaf people are like after seeing the film, “We’ve been waiting for so long to recognize deaf actors and it is our hope that deaf actors will not have to ________ so long to be recognized on this level,” he said.

Have you ever seen a movie in which abuilding was burned down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which two trains crashed or a ship _________ into the ocean? If so, you may have wondered how these things could happen without_________the actors and actresses in the film.

The man who knows the _________is the special-effects man. He has one of the most important _________ in the film industry. He may be ordered to _________ a flood or make a battle field explosion. But he may also be told to make a_________ effect which is much less exciting, but just as important to the success of the film.

In a _________of one movie there was a big glass bowl filled with water in which small fish were swimming. The director of the movie _________the fish to stop swimming suddenly so that they seemed to stare at an actor. Then the director desired the fish to _________staring and to swim. But fish couldn’t be ordered to do anything. It was quite a__________.

The special-effects man thought about the problem for a long time. The result was an idea of __________ the fish with the harmless use of electricity. First he applied electricity to the fish bowl, causing the fish to be absolutely__________. Then he rapidly reduced the amount of electricity, allowing the fish to be free. Thus he got the humorous effect the __________wanted.

In other parts of film-making there are also special-effects men who have developed __________skills in creating certain kinds of effects. Jim White, who has been a special-effects man forthirty-two years, is best known for his __________of explosions.