POETRY CHALLENGE
Write a poem about how courage, determination, and strength have helped you face challenges in your life.
Prizes
3 Grand Prizes: Trip to Washington, D.C. for each of three winners, a parent and one other person of the winner's choice. Trip includes round-trip air tickets, hotel stay for two nights, and tours of the National Air and Space Museum and the office of National Geographic World.
6 First Prizes: The book Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart signed by author Corinne Szabo and pilot Linda Finch.
50 Honorable Mentions: Judges will choose up to 50 honorable mention winners, who will each receive a T-shirt in memory of Earhart's final light.
Rules
Follow all rules carefully to prevent disqualification.
▪Write a poem using 100 words or fewer. Your poem can be any format, any number of lines.
▪Write by hand or type on a single sheet of paper. You may use both the front and back of the paper.
▪On the same sheet of paper, write or type your name, address, telephone number, and birth date.
▪Mail your entry to us by October 31 this year.
When I was young. I never fully appreciated why my parents signed me up for every music class. I viewed practicing the piano and the violin as a burden, or something that had to be done every day before being able to watch Disney Channel.
While the majority of my classmates would bond over their dislike of learning an instrument. I found myself gradually expecting to learn new songs, practice them and perform them. Maybe it's because my parents used Disney Channel as an incentive, or maybe I just needed their early push. Regardless. I came to appreciate music as a form of self-expression.
Learning musical notes has benefits to language development and cognitive (以知的) functions. Studies have shown that the left planum temporale, the part of the brain involved in hearing processing and receptive language, is active when musicians are either reading and listening to music or comprehending speech. But when non-musicians are listening to music, their brains do not process it in the same area as language—while processing language is a natural ability, music awareness is something that can be obtained through practicing.
Take Finland for example, where the average person learns to speak three to five languages. This is a result of the country's custom of early music training. in which children learn the fundamentals of musical notes through songs and games. In fact, a study reveals a strong connection between children who study music before and the development of higher IQs and a bigger range of vocabulary.
In addition, evolutionary evidence from Oxford University highlights how speech and language started developing merely 200.000 years ago. It's clear that the neural networks of both music and language have overlap(重叠部分), and that our use of speech as a form of communication has its roots in the original evolutionary history of music. So if you're looking to learn something new, consider picking up a new instrument!
Life doesn't always tum out to be the way we'd like. When situations take an unfavorable tum, we become upset, frustrated, or angry. When others don't agree with us, or act in a manner we find disturbing, anger is a typical response. With the exception of a few extreme circumstances, an angry reaction rarely improves the situation or helps us change our mind. Thoughtful consideration of what feelings and reaction are most helpful actually restores our real power, so consider the following alternatives to anger.
Compassion (同情), consisting of both understanding and empathy, can be a perfect solution to anger. Each person has the right to live a life according to their beliefs, dreams, needs. etc. If someone is acting improperly or not living up to our ideals. We need to remove the "should" and remind ourselves that it is a necessary par of their life's journey. Choosing this alternative response softens one's heart and prevents anger from arising.
Humor is another powerful tool for lessening anger. We take life and personal offense far too seriously. After all. Others' behavior is a reflection of their internal spirits and has nothing at all to do with us and in reality, it is relatively unimportant. Humor puts any serious situation in place. It acts as a protective barrier to emotional pain as we recognize that what is happening has nothing at all to do with us.
So when others behave badly, forgive them for their bad behavior rather than judge them in your heart. When life hands us the exact opposite of what we request, make light of it. After all, this situation is only temporary so why get so bent out of shape when it isn't in line with your ideals? Rain on your wedding day? Break out of the umbrellas and boots and dance in the puddles(小水坑)！
Orbital structures(轨道结构) are becoming increasingly important for worldwide communications and a new generation of technologies. But scientists are warning that the danger of space debris(碎片) is rapidly increasing. Space debris can include pieces of old rockets, non-operational satellites, lost tools and other items. They present a risk to spaceships, satellites and space stations.
In an effort to reduce the amount of debris orbiting the Earth, a group of economists at the University of Colorado at Boulder proposed a yearly fee, or tax, on satellite operators for their use of an orbital path. The group's study on the subject appeared recently in the publication Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Matthew Burgess helped write the study. He said in a statement: "Space is a common resource. but companies aren't accounting for the cost their satellites impose(迫使) on other operators when they decide whether or not to launch. So we need a policy that lets satellite operators directly factor in the costs their launches impose on other operators.
Akhil Rao was the lead writer of the study. He said most of the proposed answers to the problem have been based on using technology to clear away the debris. But, Burgess said, removing debris only means that operators will launch more satellites, and an international treaty(条约) calling for a yearly fee or tax would push companies to be more mindful about launching further objects into space.
Christopher Newman is a professor of space law at Northumbria University in Britain. He said that imposing a space tax could be tricky. New man noted that such a cost could be seen as a restriction on the free use of space, and the effort to place a fee on the use of space could easily be slowed by the many details involved.
Creating Unique Artworks on the Street
In most cities you go to. you will see walls outside covered with paintings of names and pictures. This is called graffiti(涂鸦).
People who like them see this graffiti as art, but others believe it makes cities look horrible and that the people who do it should be arrested.
These days in the UK, there are still lots of places where you can paint graffiti because most people like graffiti that has a lot of beautiful colors.
When did graffiti begin?
There are examples of very old graffiti from Greek and Roman cultures.It came from parts of the city and the people who wrote it were often teenagers. Graffiti is still part of the city culture in many places in the world today.
Banksy
Banksy is Britain's most famous graffiti artist. Banksy's art is ad mired around the world. His paintings usually have a political message. Banksy has become very famous, but nobody knows who he really is. Banksy's art is so popular that people sometimes try to steal it so they can sell it.
Graffiti tours
In some cities, tourists can take graffiti tours.There is a lot of beautiful graffiti in Bogota and much of it shows the history of the country or has a political message. You can also see parts of the city tourists do not usually go to. The tour is very popular and it is also free.This money will be used to help poor Colombian artists.
A. One of these cities is Bogota in Columbia.
B. Some people like these paintings, but others do not.
C. However, you will be asked to give some money if you like the tour.
D. However, modern graffiti started in New York in the early1970s.
E. Graffiti tours are more interesting than the other tours in the world.
F. Perhaps you have ever seen one of the old graffiti arts in Rome, Italy.
G. This makes Banksy angry because the messages in his art are against the idea of money.
On July 20, Yu Yifei, a 26-year-old medical intern (实习医生) at People's Hospital of Zhengzhou made his way home in a sub way train on Line 5 after his first day's training. When downpours struck the city, he1about a dozen people trapped in a flooded subway train as the rainfall in Zhengzhou reached a2201.9 millimeters between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Floodwaters3a barrier and entered the underground area. The train came to a sudden stop before the water began4in the carriages, trapping passengers inside. Thus Yu,5to leave and fearing for his life, made a6call to his father.
As water continued to flow into the carriages, passengers'7rose. When subway workers arrived to withdraw them, Yu8to get out. As he made his way to safety. He heard a cry for help from someone needing a doctor. He quickly9the white medical coat given to him at the hospital10and returned to the platform to save people. On seeing him, a number of frightened people were greatly encouraged and their spirits11. Some even applauded him.
As more passengers were pulled from the12, Yu instructed others in the key steps to save a victim from drowning. He13CPR, or first aid, to those in low-temperature shock from the cold water and near death from drowning. One of the passengers. a female doctor, nearly died. After14consciousness and strength, she joined Yu in treating others. Yu was15and needed all his concentration to perform another CPR procedure.
That night on a subway station platform, he16an exhausting six hours giving CPR to passengers who17survived drowning. He also treated the injured. He18the subway station at about midnight, with the white coat spotted with blood and19. Three hours later, he met his father. With tears in eyes, his father and people20smiled and gave him the thumbs-up.
Henry Norman Bethune was a great Canadian doctor with a very creative mind and a(determine) to help people. As a small boy, he became very interested in medicine and decided to become a doctor. After(graduate) from medical college in 1916. Bethune worked as a doctor in England, the US, and Canada. He reinvented or redesigned over 10 medical instruments to make them(much) useful. He is known best for his service during the World War I.
In 1938, Bethune left for China, after he heard that many people were dying in the war.the difficult situation Dr. Bethune did whatever he could(assist) the Chinese people. He helped to organize hospitals,(teach) doctors and nurses, and showed people how to give first aid. He is respected asunique personality in the history of medicine, owing to the materialization of the concept of "mobile medical unit". Some of the surgical tools developed by him(use) in surgeries even now.(sad), Dr. Bethune passed away in November the following year and was buried in Shijiazhuang. After Dr. Bethune's death, Chairman Mao Zedong wrote an article in memory of him, inhe praised Dr. Bethune as a hero to be remembered in China.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（˄），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词：
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
The Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics was held from March 4 to 13. The Paralympics featured more than 600 athletes from around the world competed in 78 events from six sports. The Paralympics took place in three competition zone—downtown Beijing, the capital northwest Yanqing district and co-host city Zhangjiakou in Hebei province.
The athletes who took part in the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics were inspiration to the world with their courage and determination. They take to the ice and snow, and showcasing their extraordinary abilities and skills, challenging themselves and even breaking world records. Their exciting performances in the sporting events demonstrated its physical, mental and emotional strengths. Additional, they overcame the odds through supporting each other, showing the close bonds and connections of humanity. Can you think of some moments when highlight these amazing athletes?
注意：
1）词数110左右：
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
