Competitions for Students
Doodle (涂鸦) For Google
Doodle For Google invites students from 4-18 years old to create a Google doodle based on what inner strength means to them. Submissions will be grouped into five age groups and evaluated based on artistic skill, creativity and theme communication. The winner will have the doodle featured on Google. com for one day, along with a $3.000 scholarship.
Never Such Innocent
Never Such Innocent is an international art, poetry, speech and song competition for young students aged 9-18. The theme is "The Unheard Voices of Conflict: Stories from Around the World". The competition invites students to submit artworks sharing their reflections on conflicts or give voice to the conflicts.
Science Without Borders Challenge
Science Without Borders Challenge invites students from 11 19 years old to create art to promote public awareness of the need to preserve and restore the world's oceans and water resources. The theme is "The Magic of Mangroves", in which students have to illustrate how important mangroves are. Top 3 winners will receive a prize worth $500, $350 or $200.
National Geographic Student Photo Contest
National Geographic Student Photo Contest invites student photographers from 16-18 years old to convey what exploration and adventure mean to them through a photograph. 30 finalists will have their photographs published on the National Geographic Student Expeditions website, and one grand prize winner will win a spot on the National Geographic Student Expeditions photography trip.
As a boy, I was a little ashamed of my hometown. Visitors almost always made unfriendly remarks about the distinct smell as they approached the town. However, since I am now working in the tourism industry, I have realized the significance of that smell to the town and even to the world. This is where the Canadian oil industry originated, growing from oil springs to a local miracle in Petrolia.
The "black gold" those first pioneer drillers pumped (用泵输送) out of the ground in the 1860s was the foundation on which our little town was built. In the 1880s, with a population of 5, 000, Petrolia was one of the richest towns in Canada, all because of the foul-smelling substance extracted (提取) from the ground.
Many amazing stories about these great people have been written. Those adventurous individuals brought their hard-earned industry skills to the far corners of the globe, and assisted in the development of major oilfields around the world. Past richness can be seen throughout the town. There is a story hidden behind each street.
A few historical industrial buildings also remain complete. As they have for almost a century, Fairbank Heavy Hardware and the Oil Well Supply Company continue to provide the tools and materials required to serve many oil wells in the area that are still pumping and producing the precious goods. These are just a few of the amazing structures built in a time of wealth and glory.
The present atmosphere of the town is inviting and enthusiastic. Walking tours, a variety of restaurants, unique stores and professional summer theatres and special events throughout the year make it a popular destination for many.
No longer ashamed, I now smile with pride when I think of my hometown. As our new slogan states, "You'll Be Surprised!"
A case highlights a little-known fact about a poor diet: In addition to being tied to obesity, heart disease and cancer, they can also permanently damage the nervous system, particularly vision, according to a report published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
A teen who ate nothing but fries, chips and other junk food for years slowly went blind. The teen's problems began at age 14, when he went to the doctor's office complaining of tiredness. The teen was reportedly a picky eater, and blood tests showed he had anemia and low levels of vitamin B12. He was treated with injections of vitamin B12 along with advice on how to improve his diet.
However, by age 15, he developed hearing loss and vision problems, but doctors couldn't seem to find the cause—results from an MRI and eye exam were normal. Over the next two years, the teen's vision got progressively worse. When the boy was 17, an eye test showed that his vision was 20/200 in both eyes, the threshold (起始点) for being "legally blind" in the United States.
Further tests showed the teen had developed damage to the optic nerve (视神经). In addition, the teen still had low levels of vitamin B12, along with low levels of selenium (硒) and vitamin D. These deficiencies caused doctors to ask the teen about the foods he ate. "The patient admitted that, since elementary school, the only things he ate had been fries, chips, white bread, processed ham slices and sausage," the authors from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom wrote in the report.
This kind of vision loss is potentially reversible (可逆的) if caught early. However, by the time the teen was diagnosed, his vision loss was permanent. What's more, wearing glasses would not help the teen's vision, because damage to the optic nerve cannot be corrected with lenses, said the study lead author Dr. Denize Atan.
Matt Kauffman is a wildlife researcher at the University of Wyoming. He leads the Wyoming Migration Initiative, which studies the migratory (迁徙的) paths of animals like deer and elk (驼鹿) in the American state of Wyoming.
In 2019, Kauffman and other scientists were talking at a conference in Italy. He began learning that wildlife around the world had the same difficulties faced by Wyoming's migratory deer and elk. "We just naturally got together, and nine or ten of us are working on migrations around the world," Kauffman told Jackson Hole News & Guide. "We realized that a lot of the same things we were trying to address by mapping migrations in Wyoming were applicable globally."
Their talk in 2019 was the beginning of an international effort that now includes 92 scientists and environmentalists. Their effort is called the Global Initiative on Ungulate (有蹄类动物) Migration. The aim is to gather information on the seasonal movements of gazelles in Mongolia and Norwegian reindeer. The hundreds of paths would then be presented in an electronic migration map. The researchers wrote a report that recently appeared in the publication Science.
The report describes how animal movements over long distances to get food and other resources are not doing so well. The main reason for the struggles comes from land development by humans. Roads and fences create barriers for the animals, restricting their movement. And the warming of the planet has also unsettled environmental systems.
Joe Ogutu studies migratory east African wildebeest, zebra and Thomson's gazelle for the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. Since 2015, he has watched the ungulate migration called Mara-Loita in southwestern Kenya stop working because of fence-building and sharing land space with hundreds of thousands of sheep and goats. Ogutu hopes that the Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration will bring attention to the Mara-Loita migration and other at-risk paths. "Publicity and attention," he said, "will hopefully lead to its restoration and protection."
Sailing is one of the most interesting and exciting ways to enjoy large bodies of water. You can sail wherever you find enough water and a little wind. Those with less spare time only looking for a fun way to relax can enjoy sailing near the shore.
Some can only fit one person and others are larger. You should choose the suitable sailboat depending on your need. Learning to sail will allow you to enjoy the year-round water, since you can still sail when the water becomes too cold for swimming or waterskiing.
When you sail, your boat is powered by the wind caught by the sail. You control the boat by using a rudder (舵) and more complicated skills. Through handling the sails, sailors can control the force of the wind.
Sailing is a rather complex art. Before you begin, you will need to become familiar with the parts of the sailboat. You must be able to swim well and you need to know first aid, so you are prepared if there is an emergency. Then you need to learn the basics of sailing. such as judging the wind and knowing handling skills.
Sailing is an amazing way to broaden your horizons. You will have some different fun. If you want to try a new sport, sign up for some sailing lessons.
A. Sailboats come in all sizes.
B. The sport of sailing has a long history.
C. The truly adventurous can sail around the world.
D. You will find new ways to enjoy water sports on a boat.
E. Thus, they can change the direction and speed of the boat.
F. You will understand why many people love to spend money on their boats.
G. The best way to learn the complexities of sailing is by taking a few classes.
I was excited after I went into the army. At that time I thought I would stand out when I 1. I believed my father would feel proud of me, because I would not only be his 2 but also a strong man in his eyes.
3, as 7 years passed, I just got the 4 of what I wanted. I still remembered the brotherly 5 I shared with my friends. We had 6 in the past few years but I always cherished the time we had spent together. I always 7 of my victorious return to all of my friends and family. However, when I got there, I soon felt 8 because I realized the life I had had was 9 and I was not the same kid as I had been before. So I 10, unwilling to talk and feeling lonely.
Then I made up my mind to go back to 11 and I thought study was the only light for me. However, my 12 grew when I took classes that I could not understand. I didn't know what I wanted to be for the rest of my life. I began to lose confidence and felt 13 about my future.
At that time, one of my teachers, Mr Brown, told me that my feelings were the 14 feelings of veterans (老兵) who had a(n) 15 in building our country. They also 16 their friends and families. Ile asked me to 17 myself to the new surroundings.
Luckily, I made it. Now, I have friends who are just like me, and I finally become 18 again. I begin to realize that a good 19 is beyond price. I would like to tell those who are in trouble that keep going, and you will never walk 20.
Two new exhibitions, Shape or Shadow from the artist Zhang Gongque and Collect Them All from the street artist Michael Lau, were unveiled (揭幕) at the Guardian Art Center in Beijing over the weekend.
The Shape or Shadow exhibition explored the different (stage) of the art career of the late artist Zhang Gongque from the 1950s to his death in 2020 through 24 oil paintings. Throughout his painting career, Zhang chose to create art an open mind and truly express feelings, opinions as well as present an innocent art world, a realm (领域) of freedom where the artist could imagine (free) as he played with shapes and shadows. The artist often said art creation is a (person) matter unrelated to anyone else and that modern artists should not be bound by the environment, tradition or (they).
As Lau's first solo exhibition in Beijing, the Collect Them All exhibition features 12 paintings and three sculptures from the Hong Kong-based artist, (show) his passion for street art. exhibition includes the series Method, First Encounter, Soliloquy and Crazy Children as well as the large piece Yes, We Made It!, honors Picasso's painting Guernica. The large mural (壁画) (create)by Lau in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic is a monument to the disastrous moments the human race (face) in 2020, which shows if we work together, we can win any battle.
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。
We will go on a trip to Qufu next week. Located in the southwestern of Shandong, Qufu is famous as the hometown of Confucius. The three most famous cultural sites of the city is the Temple of Confucius, the Cemetery of Confucius or the Kong Family Mansion. Together, these three sites were listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Our tour group consisted of 6 men and 4 woman. After reaching in Qufu, we will check into a locally hotel. We plan to taste some delicious food of Qufu. It's great to having the opportunity to travel to Qufu. We hope to have good time there.
1）简述浪费粮食的现象；
2）节约粮食的意义：
3）发出倡议。
注意：
1）词数100左右；
2）题目已为你写好。
