【推荐1】Four Popular Camps

Camp Live Oak

3400 NE 163rd St, North Miami, FL33160, USA

Phone: 888-736-3180

With over 20 years of experience, we meet over 300 ACA standards of health, safety, programming and staffing. We foster sportsmanship, cooperation, self-discipline, respect for nature and leadership. Activities are age-appropriate and include hands-on science, swimming, canoeing, fishing, guest speakers, hiking, sports and field trips! We have a great teen program for those aged from 14 to 16.

YMCA Camp du Nord

3606 North Arm Rd, Ely, MN 55731, USA

Phone: 651-645-6605

For over 50 years, YMCA Camp du Nord has been providing outdoor experiences for families: offering opportunities for enriched family relationships, increased wilderness appreciation and spiritual growth. Each day provides new adventures, where families have quality time together. Activities include canoeing, campfires, age-group programming, cross-country skiing, hiking and fishing!

Road's End Farm Camp

149 Jackson Hill Road. Chesterfield, NH 03443, USA

Phone: 603-363-4900

Simply put, Road's End Farm Camp is a small camp that appeals to kids who just love being around horses, caring for them and riding for enjoyment rather than competition. The camp provides unlimited exposure to horses and rural life in a picturesque setting. Campers enjoy riding and stable chores each morning, arts & crafts each afternoon, and story time in the evenings.

Kingsley Pines Camp

51 Coughlan Cove Rd, Raymond, ME 04071, USA

Phone: 207-894-9030

You can't go very far at Kingsley Pines Camp without hearing a laugh or seeing a smile. In our safe surroundings and enriching environment, children have the responsibility of choosing their own activities. They develop a higher level of self-confidence and form friendships that last forever. Our camp is so fun that they'll want to come back year after year!

1. Which number should a couple dial if they want to camp with their kids?

A．888-736-3180.	B．651-645-6605.
C．603-363-4900.	D．207-894-9030.

2. What can campers do at Road's End Farm Camp?

A．Go fishing in a city park.	B．Compete in horse riding races.
C．Ride horses for pleasure.	D．Listen to stories in the morning.

3. What is special about Kingsley Pines Camp?

A．It focuses on leadership.	B．It invites many comedians.
C．It is full of adventures.	D．It lets kids choose activities.

【推荐2】At the time of year when the sun’s daily appearance is often short-lived, the following warm places in Washington State are your first choice.

Alderbrook Resort & Spa

Less than a two-hour drive from Seattle, located on the edge of the Hood Canal, a nature-filled retreat (休养处) is waving. Seals slide along the waters of the Alderbrook dock (码头), playing a game of “Go Fish” with dive-bombing seabirds. As you sit on the shaking dock just minutes after arrival, you are already in a quieter world.

Suncadia Resort

A mountain escape awaits just over the pass on I-90, about 80 miles east of Seattle. The resort’s annual Winterfest lasts through January 2, full of holiday celebrations and winter recreation, from cross-county skiing and snow mobile tours to ice skating and snowshoe tours.

Willows Lodge

Twenty miles from Seattle, this luxury lodge is nestled into the centre of Woodinville Wine Country. Situated on five landscaped acres that border the Sammamish River, the Northwest-style lodge is within walking distance of more than 35 tasting rooms. When you step into the lodge, fire crackles and hot apple rolls welcome your arrival with a celebratory air.

Seattle-area Retreats

Salish Lodge & Spa is a scenic 30-minute drive from Seattle, bringing you to a lodge integrating Old World atmosphere and modern elegance. Get out to enjoy the surrounding nature, hiking near the rushing 270-foot-tall Snoqualmie Falls or trying activities like fly fishing and snowshoeing. Head to North Bend for a slice of Twede’s Cafe strawberry pie.

1. Where can you get the leisure from sea life?

A．Seattle-area Retreats.	B．Suncadia Resort.
C．Alderbrook Resort & Spa.	D．Willows Lodge.

2. What can you enjoy at Suncadia Resort?

A．Performances of animals.	B．A month-long festival.
C．An exhibition of snowshoes.	D．Amusements with snow.

3. What do Willows Lodge and Seattle-area Retreats have in common?

A．They feature wine tasting.

B．They focus on outdoor activities.

C．They serve food made from fruits.

D．They combine the ancient and modern trends.

【推荐3】New Owl Welcome Day

Sunday, August 22, 2021

New Owl Welcome Day includes three programs: Family and Friends Welcome, Letting Go, and Welcome Ceremony. When you register for New Owl Welcome Day in mid-July. you and your loved ones may choose to attend one, two, or all three of those programs. Please see the details for each program below.

1. On New Owl Welcome Day. Otis College welcomes all newly admitted students and their family and friends to the Owl Community. Parents and families will have the chance to learn about campus resources and ask Otis College staff questions during our Family and Friends Welcome.

Schedule At-A-Glance:

2:00 pm Welcome

2:10 pm Virtual Orientation Introduction

2:20 pm Campus Resource Panel

2:40 pm Closing Q&A

2. Parents and families will then have the chance to join the Virtual Letting Go Workshop at 3:30 pm, presented by the Otis College Director of Counseling Services, James Birks. This session provides helpful tools on how to best support your Otis College students through their academic journey.

3:30 pm—4 : 00 pm Letting Go Workshop

To confirm your attendance at Virtual New Owl Welcome Day, please click HERE.

3. Lastly, all new students will be celebrated during our Virtual Welcome Ceremony in the evening. During this ceremony, many members of our faculty and staff will formally welcome all new students. We encourage all students to attend.

6:00 pm—7:00 pm Virtual Welcome Ceremony

To confirm your attendance at the Virtual Welcome Ceremony, please register HERE.

1. When is the best time to ask Otis College staff questions about the school?

A．2:00 pm, July 15.	B．6:00 pm, July 15.
C．2:40 pm. August 22.	D．3:30 pm. August 22.

2. Who are welcome to attend the Letting Go Workshop?

A．All Otis students.	B．Otis College staff.
C．James Birks and his friends.	D．New Otis students' family members.

3. Where can you most probably find this text?

A．At a university campus.	B．On a college website.
C．In a college textbook.	D．In a university newspaper.

【推荐2】Now, Earth Day is celebrated around the world. We still face many challenges, such as climate change, plastic pollution, and deforestation. But we can all make a difference.

Her Trees Save Lives

Adeline Tiffanie Suwana was 12 when her family’s home flooded. Indonesia, her island nation, is often hit hard by floods and other natural disasters.

Adeline learned that mangrove trees play a key role in flood protection and rallied classmates to plant 200 trees during a school break. They started a group called Sahabat Alam or Friends of Nature, which works to conserve the region’s biodiversity and combat climate change.

Today. Adeline attends university, studying how businesses can help the environment.

Teens’ Two-Fold Invention

EPS—expanded polystyrene foam—is the white, lightweight stuff used to make things like takeout food containers, foam egg cartons, and packing “peanuts”. But it takes up a lot of space and is difficult to recycle. EPS breaks into small pieces as it floats down waterways into oceans, harming wildlife along the way.

Eighth-graders Julia Bray, Luke Clay, and Ashton Cofer looked at EPS’s chemical makeup and saw that it was mostly carbon. That sparked an idea. Could they turn it into activated carbon, a material that filters toxins from water?

After 50 hours of experiments, including one that accidentally set the family grill fire, they succeeded!

Solar for Her School

When Claire Vlases of Montana was in seventh grade, she learned about plans to expand and modernize her middle school. Claire asked the school board to add solar panels to the project. The board liked the idea but said it could contribute just $25,000, one-fifth of the cost. So Claire organized a group of kids and adults who set to work raising the rest.

They asked for donations, even going door-to-door for them. And they appealed to charitable foundations too. One even donated half the cost!

After two years of hard work, the group paid for the solar panels, which now supply one-fourth of the school’s electricity needs.

1. What do the three groups of teenagers have in common?

A．They are Earth-helping heroes.	B．They are from island countries.
C．They are high school students.	D．They are keen on experiments.

2. How much did one of the charitable organizations donate for solar panels?

A．$25,000.

B．$50,000.

C．$62,500.

D．$125,000.

3. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To give models for colorful school activities.

B．To explore the ways to deal with plastic pollution.

C．To inspire people to act for environmental problems.

D．To display the amazing power of effective cooperation.

【推荐3】Youth Art For Healing is a non-profit organization founded by Jan Papirmeister in 2012. As the Executive Director, she makes great efforts to work with schools, hospitals and other healthcare organizations to bring works of art created by the youth into healthcare environments. She wants to provide a sense of comfort, inspiration and healing for patients, their loved ones and healthcare professionals during very challenging times.

As a child, Papirmeister donated her artworks to a volunteer group caring for dying people and a camp for children with cancer. She felt pity for them so she hoped her works could bring a little help. When she grew up, she became a school nurse and showed students how to create drawings to decorate the walls of the health office. Then, as a hospital nurse, she made the time to sit with patients and create art with them. In her job as a nurse, she realized works of art could really help patients feel better.

Her organization Youth Art For Healing is based in Bethesda, MD. It provides opportunities for students to learn about the nature of healing art, the power of art to heal, how to follow guidelines for healing art, and the value of building and strengthening community connections and spirit. As students share their talent with those in need, they come to the realization that they can make a difference.

Papirmeister was awarded a Society for the Arts in Healthcare grant to bring artworks to patients, their families and hospital staff. She also received two SCORE Awards for her efforts to comfort patients and their families. This woman is a shining example of an artist and healer who uses the healing power of art to bring huge benefits to children, patients, their loved ones, healthcare providers, and the community at large.

1. Why did Jan Papirmeister most probably start the organization?

A．To offer people mental support through art.	B．To encourage kids to develop artistic taste.
C．To make a fortune out of it.	D．To help improve doctors’ medical skills.

2. What can we learn about Jan Papirmeister when she was little?

A．She often changed her dreams.	B．She was generous and cared about others.
C．Her artworks were highly appreciated.	D．The suffering of patients inspired her.

3. What are students aware of through working with the organization?

A．Free healthcare is important.	B．They can become successful artists.
C．Art works are easily accessible.	D．They can be helpful in improving others’ life.

4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Papirmeister’s effort has been well recognized.

B．Papirmeister praises students for their progress.

C．Papirmeister asks people from all walks of life to support her.

D．Papirmeister makes a breakthrough in the medical community.

【推荐3】Life is full of people telling you what to do. Reading is a world that belongs to you, inside your own head. Reading for pleasure is so much more than simply “filling up your eyes with words”. It’s about finding a book you love.

Loki: Tales of a Bad God

By Louie Stowell

The Loki series stars a naughty trickster-god (欺诈之神), sent to Earth as an ordinary schoolboy, who records his amusingly crazy adventures in a diary. This special Loki book tells several new stories and is the perfect pick for fans of funny fictions.

Can You Get Jellyfish in Space?

By Dr Sheil a Kanani

You might have heard of dogs going into space — but what about cats and jellyfish? This fantastic book is full of wild and surprising facts about space. It’s the ideal choice for anyone fascinated by things beyond Earth.

Onyeka and the Secret Superhero

By Tolá Okogwu

Twelve-year-old Onyeka is a pupil at the Academy of the Sun — a school for young superheroes, who are known as Solari. She’s sent on a mission to investigate some strange weather events.

Dread Wood: Creepy Creations

By Jennifer Killick

Angelo and his friends at Dread Wood High school have already faced terrifying monsters. In this thrilling mission, they braved the darkness and danger into the tunnels beneath the school to rescue their teacher.

1. What is Loki: Tales of a Bad God mainly about?

A．A special mission of rescuing a teacher.

B．Fascinating stories of animals in space.

C．An investigation of odd weather events.

D．New stories of funny crazy adventures.

2. Which can be the perfect pick for science-lovers?

A．Loki: Tales of a Bad God	B．Can You Get Jellyfish in Space?
C．Onyeka and the Secret Superhero	D．Dread Wood: Creepy Creations

3. What is the shared topic of the last two books?

A．Terrifying monsters.	B．Strange weather.
C．Students’ special mission.	D．Students’   schoolwork.