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Win a trip to the OREGON COAST-Dare to Explore the Pacific Ocean. Build the biggest sand castle on
the beach. Search tide pools for sea life. Watch the bright orange sunset over the ocean. Whether you've been
to the Pacific Ocean before or have only closed your eyes and imagined it, we want to know how you would
explore the Oregon Coast if you had the chance to go this summer.
JUDGING
1. Clear relationship between the Essay and the Drawing 40%
2. Creativity and skill in design and form of the Drawing 40%
3. Expression of the passion to draw and explore 10%
4. Journalistic quality, tidy nature and overall quality of the Essay 10%
PRIZE
By entering, you will have the chance to win an all expense paid trip to the ORECON COAST. Activities
will include: kite flying, studying beautiful sea creatures, searching for sea life in a boat, science exploration at
a science center and roasting over a beach campfire.
Who may enter: The competition is 0pen to kids aged 6-14.
TERM: Entries (参赛作品) must be postmarked no later than July 31,2009.
How to enter
Surf travelogue. com/kids to download and print out an entry form.
Be sure to mark whether you have or have not been to the Pacific Ocean in山e form. Create a drawing of
the Pacific Ocean on a piece of paper using a pen or paints.
Write an article of 100 words or less to explain why you want to go, what you think you would see and
what you would explore if you have never been to the Pacific Ocean, or describe your favorite memories from
your last visit.
Send to Dare to Explore the Pacific Ocean. NG1145 14th street NW. Washington D. C. 20036
1. What is the most important for the judging?
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A. Whether your article is written in a neat way.
B. The article and the drawing should be closely related.
C. Whether you show your passion to draw and explore.
D. The skill in your drawing the map of the Atlantic Ocean.
2. If you win the competition, you may _____.

A. fly a kite on the beach
B. search the beach for sea plants
C. roast the sea creatures over a beach campfire
D. win an all expense paid trip to Washington D. C.
3. What information can you get from the passage?

A. Your article should be 8t least 100 words.
B. Every kid can rake part in the competition.
C. You must send the drawing before June 31, 2009.
D. Your entry form should be downloaded and printed out.
4. You can most probably read the passage in _____.
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A. a textbook
B. a travel guide
C. a newspaper
D. a research book