Student Band Rocks far Charity

      Teenagers like to sing,dance and play musical instruments? but most of them do it for fun. There is a group of young American teenagers doing it for charity.

      Last year,Julien Harris,14, of New York,USA. organized a rock band to raise money for charity foundations. She invited a couple of her 8th-grade friends to join her band ? Word of the Day. “ We ’ re all music lovers and we can each play a musical instrument ? so we want to do something to help society through our band ,” said Harris. She plays the guitar and sings for the band,which mainly plays rock and pop.

         In the past few months,the band has raised money for Forever 9 ,a charity to help give equipment for children ’s sports teams. On May-2,it played for another foundation,2-Day Walk ? to right breast cancer.

        “It's wonderful. Children with good lives need to know to give back ,” says Lori Lefkowitz. She is proud of her son Matt ? 15 ? who plays for the band.

These days,Word of the Day has been practicing hard for their June 5 concert. It's their second show for the 2-Day Walk. u The hardest part is to keep the beat and play the right Chords," says Harris.

         Members know that what they are doing is meaningful. They hope the concert can help people who are dealing with breast cancer. “ We ’ re doing what we love,and we ’ re doing it for a good cause. That makes it much better,” says Asa Lieberman,14.

A) Answer the following questions according to the passage.

1. Why did Julien Harris organize a rock band last year?

2. What's the name of her band?

3. What does Julien Harris do in the band?

4. What kind of foundation is Forever 9 ?

5. What is Julien Harris’s recent concert for?

6. What can you learn from Julien Harris and her band?

B) Fill in the blanks according to the passage.

l. A group of young American teenagers sing ? dance or play musical instruments not for fun ? but .

2. Julien Harris organized a rock band and invited a couple of  to join her band.

3. Lori Lelkowitz says that children with good lives need to know to .

4. On May 2 the band played for another foundation,  ,to fight breast cancer.

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