The person who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can set up a warm conversation 41 two people far apart (远离的); it can keep a 42 （friend）with
very little effort.
A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting along. Our meetings were not 43 （pleasure）; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only deepen our misunderstanding. Then he moved to a small island and we lost touch. One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and 44 ( it) people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to 45 (write). Rereading the letter, I 46 (drive) by its humor and clever expressions. I had never known he could write so well. And with that one letter we became friends again.
It might never have 47 (occur) to my brother to write me if he had not been in a place
48 there were no phones. Writing turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch. Because we live in 49 age of easy communication, people often forget that they don't always have to phone 50 email.