1 . In summer of this year, we have options for your young artiste (专业演员) to learn a new creative art or develop an existing talent around the sound. Here are just 4 of a dozen highly unique activities being offered by us in Seattle.

Broadway Bound

Broadway Bound will be offering 12 weeks of in-person musical theater camps this summer. Campers will work together to learn acting, singing and dancing, and then put on a performance at the end of the week.

Dates: June 13-Sept. 2

Ages:5-14

Cost: $ 400

Stone Soup Theatre

Stone Soup will hold its Summer Stage day camps outside at two parks: Meridian Playfield in North Seattle and Jefferson Park in South Seattle. Camps run 9 a. m.—3 p. m, with early-arrival care and aftercare free of charge. Kids can act their hearts out.

Dates: June 13-Aug. 22

Ages: 6-14

Cost: $ 395

School of Rock

Join a band this summer! At School of Rock, kids can spend a week learning and making music at fun day camps. No experience is needed for some camps, such as Rookies Camp, though some require some experience. Most camps come to an end with a live performance.

Dates: June 20-Aug. 26

Ages: 5-17

Cost: $ 495

Gage Academy of Art (Seattle, online)

Gage Academy’s full-day and in-person camps and half-day online camps offer practical art instruction in drawing, painting, sculpting and digital design. The curriculum encourages students to explore new materials and techniques, develop problem-solving skills and celebrate self-expression.

Dates: June 27-Aug. 26

Ages:6-18

Cost: Varies by programs, before-/after-care provided for an additional fee

1. What will campers do at the Broadway Bound?

A．Visit a theater.

B．Give a performance.

C．Meet a famous star.

D．Work for dancers.

2. What is special about Stone Soup Theatre?

A．It offers free aftercare.

B．It will be held in summer.

C．It encourages early arrival.

D．It is about kids’ performance.

3. Which camp will attract children who are interested in making music?

A．Broadway Bound.

B．Stone Soup Theatre.

C．School of Rock.

D．Gage Academy of Art.

2 . In the United States and Britain, 70th wedding anniversaries are known as “platinum anniversaries (铂金婚)”.     1     For example, celebrating the first year of marriage is known as a “paper anniversary”. Fifty years of marriage marks a “gold anniversary”. And the term “diamond anniversary” is used to describe a marriage that has lasted for 60 years.

    2     In the US, people give gifts to couples when they reach certain years of their marriage. The first year anniversary is marked by giving the couple a clock.     3     And they can get musical instruments when they reach their 24th anniversary.

    4     In Canada, couples can receive a message from the country’s governor-general (总督) on their 50th anniversary, and on every fifth anniversary after that. In the US, the president himself will send a greeting to couples that reach their 50th anniversary,and for every anniversary after that.

    5     Or perhaps the truly cool thing is celebrating such a long life full of love and happiness with your special someone.

A．If two people reach their 10th anniversary, they can expect to receive diamond jewelry.

B．People in different countries have their own ways of celebrating wedding anniversaries.

C．The 25th wedding anniversary is popularly referred to as the “silver anniversary”

D．In Canada and the US, couples can even receive special congratulations from world leaders on certain anniversaries.

E．People often celebrate their wedding anniversary by having dinner at an expensive restaurant.

F．In fact, there are many different terms that are used to describe different marriage lengths.

G．How cool would it be to get a letter from the president?