The 2024 Peace Poetry Awards
The awards con test is to encourage people to explore peace and the human spirit. There are three age categories(类型): Adult(19 & over), Youth(13-18), and Youth(12 & under). The yearly con test is open to people worldwide. Your poems must be unpublished, and in English.
Deadline
All entries(参赛作品) must be submitted by June 30, 2024.
Entry Fee
Adults—$20
Youth (13-18)—$10
Youth (12 & under)—no fee
Notes
1). You may submit up to three unpublished poems. At most 30 lines per poem.
2). Include name, address, email, telephone number, and age in the upper right-hand comer of each poem. For the Youth (12 & under) category, please also include your school's name and your teacher's name.
3). Title each poem.
4). Please keep copies of all entries as we will be unable to return.
5). Email your entries to www.peacepoetryawards.com and Click here to pay our entry for online.
Awards
Adult Winner—$800
Youth (13-18) Winner—$500
Youth (12 & under) Winner—$200
Winners will be announced by September 30, 2024 on our website. Winners will be notified by email and/or mail. Past years' winning poems can be found here.
In the live-streaming(直播) channel of Yang Weiyun, no singing or dancing is performed nor are products sold. Yang teaches pinyin, reading and writing, something that has been most familiar to her for the past 50 years. The difference is her students are mostly adults.
The 73-year-old comes from Huainan city of Anhui province and is an experienced educator. She had been a Chinese teacher in an elementary school for 50 years. In retirement, Yang also wanted to do something meaningful. The rise of short video platforms gave her the idea of continuing her education attempt through live-streaming online. The retiree opened her live-streaming account in May 2021 and offered free pinyin courses designed for kindergarten pupils about to attend primary schools. However, she gradually learned among her viewers there are a lot of illiterate(文盲) adults.
Yang said she found many illiterate adults develop a sense of lack of confidence. They are afraid to go to new places, worried that they couldn't teach their children or read their boss's instructions. So, she added targeted content(内容) to meet their needs. "Many illiterate adults didn't have the chance to go to school when they were young. They are the ones in urgent need of becoming literate. I wanted to give them a new starting point," Yang said.
According to the seventh national census(人口普查) carried out last year, there are 38 million illiterate adults in China. Yang's live-streaming channel offers an easy and private way for those who want to overcome adult illiteracy.
Yang said students learning through her live-streaming channel each have their own demands. So she always prepares her classes carefully after concluding a live-streaming session. She has tried her best to figure out what ways the students can learn and remember better, and her biggest wish now is to see these students graduate from her classes.
A flood hit Yellowstone National Park on June 13, 2022. The disaster was caused by a combination of unusually heavy rains and rapid snow melt(融化). The high and fast water flows destroyed bridges and swept away entire roadways, leaving communities and homes isolated. Fortunately, the approximately 10,000 park visitors were safely evacuated.
The town of Gardiner, along the Montana-Wyoming border, was particularly hard hit. The floodwaters left almost 900 people with no power or water for many days. Gardiner's economy, which depends on the almost three-quarters of a million visitors who pass through the park's north gate annually, is likely to take a hit. The floodwates severely damaged the main north entrance road to Yellowstone, and could take your s to rebuild.
Park officials have begun work on improving another road to Gardiner. This will ensure that locals can access food, supplies, and other essential emergency services. A limited number of tourists may also be allowed into Gardiner once the road is stable.
Yellowstone's north gate is closed indefinitely. But the park's south gate opened to visitors on June 22, 2022. Park officials have started a new entry system to prevent overcrowding. It is based on the last number of the visitor's vehicle license plate and the calendar date of the month. Cars with old(奇数的) numbers can visit the park on odd days of the month, while those with even(偶数的) numbers can go on even days.
Established in 1872, Yellowstone is America's oldest national park. The 3,472-square-mile reserve spans three states and is home to many unique wildlife. It is known for its natural beauty that includes mountains, rivers and lakes. The forces of fire and ice shaped the park over thousand s of years.
Who would have thought a teenager's mobile phone could help them manage their mental health by supporting a good night's sleep? A new app aimed at 12-to 16-year-olds is showing strong early results, improving both the hours of sleep and reducing depression and anxiety.
Sleep Ninja, a free app created by a mental health research organization—the Black Dog Institute, has shown significant early results in improving teenagers' sleep patterns(模式), so critical not just for school readiness but for overall good mental health, co-creator Aliza Werner-Seidler said.
"Adolescents(青少年) struggle to get the recommended 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night," Dr Werner-Seidler, a clinical psychologist, said. "As a result, approximately 40 percent of all young people will experience a significant sleep problem by early high school which heightens their risk of mental ill-health, which is a risk factor for a range of disorders including depression and anxiety."
Those using the app nominate a time to be up in the morning to make it to school or other activities. From there, it work backwards, determining when they should be in bed. The app gives an alert to start a pre-bed routine, which launches at least an hour before bed time. Part of that routine is to put the phone and other devices away, and engage in behaviors more suitable to sleep. Some of this is simply to have a shower, clean teeth, read a book. But the app also offers a form of practical tips to help them establish sleep routines, things like how to set up their bedroom, what to do during the day to improve their chances of sleep and how to reduce those negative repetitive thoughts that come in at night.
Dr Werner-Seidler said Sleep Ninja was the only such app designed specifically for adolescents, and the results so far had been very encouraging. She added that we also saw rate s of depression drop from 77 percent at the start of the study to 44 percent after using the app.
People all need friends because nobody wants to be lonely. A friend can help you in good and bad times. You've made friends since childhood. Here are some sign s to tell you if your friend is a true friend.
Always be honest
Honesty is important to keep your friendship alive. A true friend always tells you the truth. It may be hard sometimes but lying can des troy your friendship. .
Always be there for you
There are always times in your life when you have problems or difficulties. A true friend will always have time to listen to your problems and give advice. But the fact that your friend has time to listen shows he cares for you. Your friend is not a true friend if he can never make time for you when you are in trouble.
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A true friend will always show respect to your ideas whether he agrees or not. Your true friend may say no to you but never insists that he is correct. A true friend sets limits with you because he cares for you and your relationship with him. These limits are also a symbol of respect for you as it can help maintain your friendship.
Always be understanding
We are all different people and we all make mistakes. A true friend is always forgiving and understanding because he doesn't want to take the risk of losing his best friend.
A. Always be respectful
B. Always be supportive
C. However, you may still not know who your true friends are.
D. He may not be able to offer a way of solving your problems.
E. He can always help you solve your problems as quickly as possible.
F. It is possible that some problems will come up between you and your friend.
G. It is important that your friend speaks honestly and never tells lies or makes up stories.
Yesterday, a salesman called me to sell his phone plans. I was at work and I usually don't like spending time on those things, so I 1 myself that I couldn't talk yet and 2 that he call me back at 6 p. m.
That's what he did. So we talked about 20 minutes. He 3 to me his different phone plans. While listening to him, sometimes I was 4 in thought. I gave several "hmm hmm" as a sign of agreement and to 5 that I was still there. Sometimes, I felt a bit 6 . But I stayed calm and 7 until the end of the discussion.
Finally, he said the following to me: "Thank you, Olivier. You are the first person in a long time with whom I had an enjoyable conversation. 8 , people shout at us and slam down the phone. Today, since 10 a. m., I haven't had a phone 9 without arousing anger. I know you had a long day at work and you could have 10 in front of your TV. But you listened so carefully to me. I am 11 and I sincerely thank you."
It set me thinking. He had been the 12 of verbal violence(语言暴力) all through his working day. Physical 13 do not exist in this situation but dehumanization(去人性化) seems to happen. 14 , he was only doing his job. I felt a sense of 15 that I hadn't treated him so rudely.
The Xishuangbanna Wild Elephant Valley is China's first (nation) theme park for the animal. The valley including elephant museum claims to be the only place visitors can safely observe wild Asian elephants. More than 300 wild Asian elephants are in the park, and visitors can watch the elephants dance, walk on a bridge or play with (ball). A small road (run) over 4,000 meters through the tropical forest, (make) sure the animals can close contact with nature. "The wild elephants get (annoy) if they are disturbed," one of the employees Chen Jiming says. Chen has taken care of wild elephants for the past 20 years. Chen and most of his colleagues spend (much) time with the elephants than with their own children. "We do not keep elephants behind iron fences permanently, so all elephants are taken out to adapt the wild environment every day," Chen says. "All the animals in the park (care) for well now, and we are getting along well with each other."
1.邀请他观看演出；
2.演出信息：时间、地点和表演者等；
3.期待回复。
注意：
1.写作词数应为100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
