【推荐2】Drama Kids Summer Camps

Drama Kids Summer Camps are perfect for children wanting to discover their dramatic gift, as well as for those students wishing to continue to develop acting and public speaking skills.

KINDERKIDS SUMMER CAMP: ADVENTURE LANDS (Ages 4-5)

On July 12th, little kids will have fun with our award—winning dramatic movement exercises, speeches and imaginative acting. The young campers will explore new adventures, visiting places like an African safari and a rainforest. We will introduce them to the wonderful world of dramatic fun. Camp tuition is $ 100 (half-day) or $ 150 (full-day) and includes all supplies and a summer camp T-shirt.

TALES FROM FARAWAY LANDS (Ages 6-10)

Campers will participate in various class drama activities and perform in a special end-of-camp performance. Through the creative process of drama, you will take a 5-dav summer vacation in which our actors will perform scenes from distant lands, dress up in native costumes, and adopt a foreign name. Camp tuition is $ 1,000 and includes all supplies and a summer camp T-shirt.

ONCE UPON A TIME SUMMER CAMP (Ages 6-10)

Campers will explore their favorite characters from storybooks using the art of masks and movements from August 1st to August 5th. They can develop unique and fun characters with their own colorful masks. Camp tuition is $175 (half-day) or $250 (full-day) and includes all supplies and a summer camp T-shirt.

Campers who attend a full-day program will need to bring a bag lunch each day.

DKI ACTING ACADEMY PLAYHOUSE (Ages 11-13)

Would you like to begin acting classes, or further develop your writing skills? You can develop your creative abilities in the ten-day camp through creating interesting dialogues, designing sets and costumes or acting in a play that you create.

You’ll have fun in a wonderful night of DKI Acting Academy Playhouse! Camp fee is $175 a day and includes all supplies.

1. How much should a mother pay for her 4-year-old twins to attend the camp at least?

A．$100	B．$ 200
C．$ 300	D．$ 350

2. What can campers do in Tales From Faraway Lands?

A．Visit an African safari and a rainforest.

B．Play the role of their favorite characters from books.

C．Join various drama activities and give their performances.

D．Perform scenes from distant lands dressed in special costumes.

3. In which camp do campers have a chance to be a drama writer?

A．Kinderkids Summer Camp: Adventure Lands

B．Tales From Faraway Lands.

C．Once Upon A Time Summer Camp.

D．DKI Acting Academy Playhouse.

【推荐3】What’s On

Master’s teens

Forceful Cuts, now running at the Art Museum of China Profiles, through to Sept 17, shows the late artist Huang Yongyu’s efforts in woodcut art. His woodcuts show a good assessment of human nature, with wisdom and humor. Huang once said he lived every day in the same serious way as he worked on wood, “paying great attention to every cut”.

9 am—5 pm, closed on Mondays.

66 Shapowei, Daxue Road, Siming district, Xiamen, Fujian province.

Art into soul

Two artists Xu Li and Andrey Kovalchuk are presenting an exhibition at Shanghai’s New Art Museum, through to July 30. Xu is showing dozens of his oil paintings. Kovalchuk, who chairs the Russian artists association, brings 24 sculptures. The show compares the cultural traditions and individual concerns of the two cultures.

9 am—5 pm, closed on Mondays.

1528 Gumei Road, Shanghai.

Eternal glare

The use of raw lacquer (生漆) to better preserve objects, such as bowls, and meanwhile decorate life can date back to the Neolithic culture in China. Throughout centuries, lacquer art has been viewed as an important part of Hubei’s cultural heritage (遗产). Dozens of fine examples of this art from the collection of the Hubei Museum of Art are now on show at World of Lacquer, an exhibition running through to July 30, at the Anhui Art Museum.

9 am—5 pm, closed on Mondays.

1 Chengdu Road, Binhu New District, Hefei, Anhui province.

Academy work

Over 240 paintings, prints, sculptures and seal engravings(篆刻)are on show at the gallery of the China National Academy of Painting until July 8, offering a look of the works of academy artists all over the country. The exhibition shows works done in the traditional style and new explorations.

9 am—4:30 pm, closed on Mondays.

54 Xisanhuan Beilu, Haidian district, Beijing.

1. Which exhibition can we enjoy at Shanghai’s New Art Museum?

A．Lacquer art.	B．Woodcuts.
C．Seal engravings.	D．Oil paintings.

2. Where can an ancient art of preserving objects be appreciated?

A．The Art Museum of China Profiles.	B．Shanghai’s New Art Museum.
C．The Anhui Art Museum.	D．The China National Academy of Painting.

3. What is the feature about the exhibition held in Beijing?

A．It shows a variety of works.	B．It displays academic artworks.
C．It covers exhibits of different cultures.	D．It exhibits the artworks from a late artist.

【推荐1】

Hearing Specialists Develop New Ultra-Lightweight-（超轻的）TV Listening Earbuds（耳塞）:At just Half an Ounce, they Weigh 90% Less than Traditional TV Headphones！

HAVING TROUBLE HEARING THE TV CLEARLY? Get ready to clarify TV dialogue like never before, with our new Ultra-Lightweight Wireless TV Listening Technology. Big and heavy TV headphones are now a thing of the past, thanks to Hearing Specialists who have developed new ultra-lightweight wireless TV earbuds, which enable the wearer to hear the speech and dialogue on any TV show with clarity. The unique speech clarification audio works for those with any level of hearing loss, and has been proven to outperform even the most advanced digital hearing aids for TV clarity. TV VOICE PRO AUTOMATICALLY CLARIFIES TELEVISION DIALOGUE □Revolutionary TV speech enhancement technology made simple □Speech enhancement technique based upon clinical hearing assessments of over 1,000 people with varying levels of hearing loss and proven TV listening difficulty □Connects to any TV in under 2 minutes FEATURES WITH THE TV VOICE PRO AIR SYSTEM ☆Listen at your own volume without altering the TV audio for others in the room. ☆Uses state-of-the-art Bluetooth technology for uninterrupted listening up to 35 feet from your TV. ☆Simple volume control located on the earphones, with additional loud volume range to suit those with even severe hearing loss. ☆Sit back, lie down, or move around. So comfortable to use, you can watch TV any way you like. ☆Is guaranteed to work with any TV, new or old. As a special offer, Rcaders Digest readers can use Gift Voucher（礼券）Code READERSDIGEST at the TV Voice Pro website checkout for $ 50 OFF the purchase price, and free shipping available until December 31, 2020. Visit www. TvVoicepro. com to order online or over the phone on 415 277-2026. 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

1. TV VOICE PRO AIR is aimed at ________.

A．TV designers

B．hearing specialists

C．people with hearing difficulty

D．wearers of digital hearing aids

2. According to the advertisement, TV VOICE PRO AIR enables the wearer to ________.

A．enjoy TV even over 35 feet from his/her house

B．listen to TV clearly at whatever volume

C．improve his/her hearing ability in daily life

D．watch more TV programs

3. What can be learned about TV VOICE PRO AIR from the advertisement?

A．You need to place a special order for it if you have severe hearing loss.

B．You need to pay $50 for its shipping if you buy it in 2021.

C．You can get a discount as long as you use Gift Voucher Code.

D．You can get your money back within 30 days if dissatisfied with it.

【推荐2】Consumers are being confused and misled by the hodge-podge （大杂烩） of environmental claims made by household products, according to a “green labeling” study published by Consumers International Friday.

Among the report’s more outrageous （令人无法容忍的） findings, a German fertilizer described itself as “earthworm friendly”, a brand of flour said it was “non-polluting” and a British toilet paper claimed to be “environmentally friendlier”.

The study was written and researched by Britain’s National Consumer Council （NCC） for lobby group Consumer International.It was funded by the German and Dutch governments and the European Commission.

“While many good and useful claims are being made, it is clear there is a long way to go in ensuring shoppers are adequately informed about the environmental impact of products they buy,” said Consumers International director Anna Fielder.

The 10-country study surveyed product packaging in Britain.Western Europe, Scandinavia and the United States.It found that products sold in Germany and the United Kingdom made the most environmental claims on average.

The report focused on claims made by specific products, such as detergent （洗涤剂）, insect sprays and by some garden products.It did not test the claims, but compared them to labeling guidelines set by the International Standards Organization （ISO） in September, 1999.

Researchers documented claims of environmental friendliness made by about 2,000 products and found many too unclear or too misleading to meet ISO standards.

“Many products had specially-designed labels to make them seem environmentally friendly, but in fact many of these symbols mean nothing,”said report researcher Philip Page.

“Laundry detergents made the most number of claims with 158.Household cleaners were second with 145 separate claims, while paints were third on our list with 73.The high numbers show how confusing it must be for consumers to sort the true from the misleading.” he said.

The ISO labeling standards ban vague or misleading claims on product packaging, because terms such as “environmentally friendly” and “non-polluting” cannot be tested.“What we are now pushing for is to have multinational corporations meet the standards set by the ISO.” said Page.

1. According to the passage, the NCC found it outrageous that ____.

A．all the products surveyed claim to meet ISO standards

B．the claims made by products are often unclear or misleading

C．consumers would believe many of the manufactures’claim

D．few products actually prove to be environmentally friendly

2. A study was carried out by Britain’s NCC to ____.

A．find out how many claims made by products fail to meet environmental standards

B．inform the consumers of the environmental impact of the products they buy

C．examine claims made by products against ISO standards

D．test the guidelines set by the International Standards Organization

3. What is one of the consequences caused by the many claims of household products?

A．They are likely to lead to serious environmental problems

B．Consumers find it difficult to tell the true from the false

C．They could arouse widespread anger among consumer

D．Consumers will tend to buy products they don’t need

4. It can be inferred from the passage that the lobby group Consumer International wants to ____.

A．make product labeling satisfy ISO requirements

B．see all household products meet environmental standards

C．warn consumers of the danger of so-called green products

D．prove the efforts of non-polluting products

【推荐1】Kids Wall Art
Large wall posters for kids. Your kids will love these cool posters by artist Darla Daly. Zebras boarding in the skateboard park, a group of jungle animals play in the playground and two giraffes take a drive in the city. Your kids will enjoy decorating their bedroom walls with these posters and their friends will think they are the coolest!
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Name: Alphabet Wall Art Size: 44×72cm(17.5″×28″) Dispatch time: at 9:00 am. every day Prices: $6.8/piece Colorful alphabet art for your kids’ bedroom and playroom. A fun, educational art piece that all kids will enjoy. Kids and babies will love learning their animals and the ABC at the same time!

Name : Kids World Map Size: 45×75cm(17.5″×29.5″) Dispatch time: at 5:00 am. on Wednesday Prices: $7.2/piece A Colorful, large print by artist Carla Daly. Your kids will love this illustrated world map showing the lands, oceans and the fun animals that live in them. An educational map that will keep your kids amused for hours!

Name : Skateboard Park Size: 44×60cm(17.5″×23.5″) Dispatch time: at 9:00 am. on weekends Prices: $8.8/piece Fun zebra children’s wall art! Children and kids will love these fun animals enjoying this popular kids’ sport. Boys and girls will enjoy decorating their bedroom walls with this colorful bedroom wall art.

Name: City slickers Size: 44×55cm(17.5″×23.5″) Dispatch time: at 2:00 pm. every day except Friday Prices: $6.5/piece Cute kids wall art of two cool giraffes taking a drive through the city, unusual, fun style for kids walls! Your kids will love this fun giraffe wall art. Boys and girls will have fun decorating their bedroom walls with this colorful bedroom wall art.

1. Of the four posters, which one is the cheapest?

A．Alphabet Wall Art.	B．Kids World Map.
C．Skateboard Park.	D．City Slickers.

2. Which poster has the biggest size?

A．Alphabet Wall Art.	B．Kids World Map.
C．Skateboard Park.	D．City Slickers.

3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Kids can just learn some English letters on Alphabet Wall Art.

B．City Slickers posters can be bought at 2:00 pm every day in a week.

C．Kids can get some geography knowledge on Kids World Map.

D．Kids can find two cool giraffes on Skateboard Park.

4. The underlined word “illustrated” in Poster II most probably means “_____”in Chinese.

A．印刷	B．装饰
C．展示	D．图解

【推荐2】When it comes to perfect views, it really does take a village. Searching for the most camera-ready communities on the planet, we find four villages that fit the bill. Spend a few minutes there and you will realize that “quaint (古色古香的)” and “charming” aren’t just adjectives and that they are a way of life.

Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia

The village seems to disappear into the sky and the blue horizon. All the houses are painted white, the skies are clear, and the backdrop includes the Bay of Tunis which is only in a deeper shade of blue. It’s not surprising that the atmosphere here is a bit random, and it is also home to plenty of lively cafes and art galleries.

Wengen in Switzerland

Wonder how the world was before cars were invented? Wengen, a Switzerland’s village, might just help you get the answer. Cars have been banned in this area for more than 100 years. Imagine seeing woods all around you, snow covered mountains, log cabins and the locals who have kept their Swiss culture undamaged.

Eze in France

France’s most attractive village is Eze. Seemingly frozen in time, Eze has managed to keep its old-world charm. It is the perfect melting pot of cultures because of its closeness to Nice, and today the village enjoys its rich heritage. The architecture here is so special that Walt Disney frequented this village for inspiration.

Bibury in England

Bibury was described by William Morris as “the most beautiful village in England” — known for its watercolor views. The 17th-century stone cottages and a still-working 1902 farm are some of the ancient village’s must-sees.

1. What are the tourists prevented doing in Wengen?

A．Traveling around by car.	B．Viewing woods everywhere.
C．Learning about Swiss culture.	D．Appreciating snowy mountains.

2. Which village did Walt Disney often visit to get inspired?

A．Eze in France.	B．Bibury in England.
C．Wengen in Switzerland.	D．Sidi Bou Said in Tunisi.

3. What do the four villages have in common?

A．They have modern architecture.

B．They are all situated by the sea.

C．They have beautiful stone cottages.

D．They own old-world and amazing scenery.

【推荐3】In Singapore, art is more than what meets the eye. Galleries and museums here are not just places to be inspired, but also homes to distinctive souvenirs. Take home well­designed pieces that reflect your personality.

Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI)

41 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238236. ＋65 6336 3663.

Mon.－Fri. 10 am－7 pm; Sat. 9 am－6 pm

STPI is a space for experimentation of print and paper. Walk through the gallery and join other art lovers in developing an appreciation of print and paper art practice. STPI allows you to own a piece of the work produced by artists at the gallery workshops.

Red Dot Design Museum (RDDM)

11 Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018940. ＋65 6514 0111.

Mon.－Thur. 10 am－8 pm; Fri.－Sun. 10 am－11 pm

From lighting to parasol (阳伞), the Red Dot Design Museum presents award­winning products and design concepts from over 30 countries. Head to the Design Museum Shop, there are many interesting design objects and collections sourced from all over the world.

National Gallery Singapore (NGS)

1 St. Andrew's Rd, Singapore 178957. ＋65 6271 7000.

Mon.－Thur., Sat.－Sun. 10 am－7 pm; Fri. 10 am－9 pm

NGS occupies two major landmarks — the former Supreme Court and City Hall — and features over 8,000 artworks, which is the largest public display of modern Southeast Asian art and culture. It is also a home to a host of international exhibitions that have inspired the world and will be remembered for years to come.

Singapore Philatelic Museum (SPM)

23­B Coleman Street, Singapore 179807. ＋65 6337 3888.

Daily 10 am－7 pm

Fascinated by stamps? SPM features postage stamps dating all the way back from the 1830s. Enjoy this vibrant museum's in­depth presentation of local and international postal history. Send Singapore­inspired postcards or collect miniature postboxes from Singapore and around the world. Charming souvenirs at the museum store will make creative decorations for your home or office.

1. Which number is available if you have any question on Red Dot Design Museum?

A．＋65 6336 3663.

B．＋65 6514 0111.

C．＋65 6271 7000.

D．＋65 6337 3888.

2. Which of the following is the address of National Gallery Singapore?

A．41 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238236.

B．11 Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018940.

C．1 St. Andrew's Rd, Singapore 178957.

D．23­B Coleman Street, Singapore 179807.

3. Where can you go if you are fond of stamps?

A．Singapore Tyler Print Institute.	B．Red Dot Design Museum.
C．National Gallery Singapore.	D．Singapore Philatelic Museum.

4. Where is this passage most likely to be found?

A．In a travel guide.

B．In a report.

C．In a textbook.

D．In a novel.