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.

When it came to musicals, I thought I was a foreigner to them. They brought me nothing but ________, and I would constantly ________ the time when watching one.

Last month, unexpectedly, my friend Tom invited me to join him to see the musical You’re a Good Man, Jerry. I was not particularly ________, because I guessed that I would repeat the ________ circle of half-hearted attention to the plot and characters, turning to WeChat and TikTok from time to time over the performance. However, not to let him down, I ________ to go with him. ________ it would be like, the performance could pull me out of my house.

The musical began ________ after we found our seats. Jerry took the ________, sitting down with a sandwich. ________ nobody eating with him during the lunch, he was portrayed as a ________ boy. He was about to finish his lunch ________ he ________ a little girl also eating alone on the corner of the stage. After a few seconds of hesitation, he chose to ________ himself to go over to start a talk with her. As expected, the girl didn’t take a look at him at first. However, as the performance progressed, the two children found themselves chatting ________. I was deeply impressed with the ________ of Jerry’s singing a song feeling sorry for his ________ of talent. But he proudly declared, “I’m a(n) ________ and remarkable boy despite some weaknesses.”

Industries are crushing standards on all of us, and we often ________ ourselves by our achievements ________ recognize our basic worth as individuals. Everybody loves Jerry, a clumsy, self-doubting, insecure, but lovable 4-year-old. To see Jerry accept himself was eye-opening.

Not all musicals are ________.

British director Sam Mendes’s First World War film 1917 grossed (赚得) more than 10 million yuan ($1.43 million) when it opened on Friday, becoming the first such movie to boost the _______ of Chinese film _______ after the COVID-19 blow.

As of Monday, the movie, which won three Academy Awards— _______ , the best cinematography, visual effects and sound tracking—earlier this year, has _______ more than 38 million yuan, _______ to the box-office tracking service Beacon.

Inspired from a story that Mendes heard from his grandfather _______ his childhood, the film is about two British soldiers who are assigned to race against time and _______ a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking _______ a German trap.

The film was imported by China Film Group Corporation, released and translated by China Film Co., Ltd. and promoted by Alibaba Pictures.

On the popular review site Douban, the film has _______ a high score of 8.5 points out of 10.

Li Yan, a Beijing—based doctor, said the film ________ her of the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic when she was assigned alongside some Beijing fellow medical staff members to ________ Wuhan earlier this year.

“For us, the experience in Wuhan was ________ a war. I can relate to the protagonist in the film, ________ re-prioritizes the meaning of life after ________ near-death moments and ________ the deaths,” said Li in a downtown theatre.