The CT COLT（康州语言教师协会）Poetry Competition Committee is happy to announce the opening of registration for the 2022 St. Louis COLT Poetry Competition, taking place on Friday, July 21, 2022, from 3:30 to5:30 PM. The Poetry Recitation Competition is an annul event open to students whose teachers are members of CT, COLT. As you know, last yea we sadly lost our long time board member and treasurer, Paul M. St Louis. In honor of his yeas of commitment to the COLT board and poetry competition, the competition is being renamed.
REGISTRATION
All registration materials are now online.
● School Registration / Member Rate
Registration is free for members, and an additional $9 per student will be added.
●School Registration/Non-Member Rate/Includes Membership-$30
This rate includes membership for the person in charge and an additional $9 per student will be added.
Please note registration closes on June 30, 2022.
AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
CT COLT is pleased to recognize and reward the excellence and achievement of deserving students. Winners:
●will receive a paper certificate.
● will receive a collection of poems.
●will have their names published on the CT COLT website.
●will have a special letter of recognition sent to their headteacher.
●will receive a well designed pen.
We hope that you and your students will be able to participate in the competition this year.
From the age of 6, Samirah Horton was bullied（欺凌）by her classmates for the things that made her different-her size and her sharp voice. Rather than giving up, Horton decided to pick up a microphone and make sure other children knew they weren't alone. "I didn't want other kids to go through that experience, "says Horton, "especially at a very young age. Now, alongside attending eighth grade classes, she's also building an anti-bullying platform to reach students across the country.
For as long as Horton remembers, she's felt a special connection to music. She remembers her mother always having the radio on, and her father teaching her how to deejay（主持）. Music gives her unlimited power to do the duty. "It's music that fuels my mission, allowing me to spread this important message, " she says. Now as the Kid DJ for her hometown team, you can hear anything from the hip-hop classics to songs of her own, including the anti-bullying song "No You Won't Bully Me".
Her message has reached beyond the DJ set. At 8, Horton turned one of her songs into a 26-page picture book, which has reached thousands of people across America. In the book, she references the over 160, 000 students who miss school daily for fear of being bullied.
Horton isn't sure exactly what the future holds, but for now, she's positive about leading her school's student government. "I don't know exactly what I'll be doing, but I know I'll be making a positive influence on the world, "she says. She's already on her way, but her biggest achievement in her own eyes is persuading others not to doubt themselves along the way. "Don't care what anybody tells you, "'she says. "You are never too young to make a change"
Nearly two years after the COVID-19 outbreak, China has granted approval to its first antibody combination treatment for COVID-19.
A team from Brii Biosciences, Tsinghua University, and the People's Hospital of Shenzhen has accomplished the task in 20 months. It would usually takes 10 years. "It can reduce the rate of hospitalization and death by 80 percent, " said Zhang Linqi, leader of the research team.
The new antibody drug is immediately effective when conducted intravenously （静脉注射）. Moreover, the treatment can protect people, especially those whose physical condition doesn't allow vaccination, from becoming infected by COVID-19 for around nine to 12 months, said Zhang. How does it work? When a virus infects a cell, it relies on an important type of protein: the spike proteins on its surface. The spike proteins serve as a key to unlocking a cell. If a virus cannot enter a cell, it will be destroyed immediately. The job of our antibodies is to block the virus from entering cells. So its target is very precise. In addition, thanks to the coordination between the two antibodies, it is highly efficient and durable in controlling the virus, according to Zhang.
Lab tests suggest that the antibody combination can be effective against common COVID-19 variants, including the Alpha, Beta, Delta, Lambda and Mu. Testing with the newer Omicron strain is ongoing. The qualities of the new drug make it especially useful for high-risk groups, such as frontline medical workers and people who are not suitable for vaccination due to various possible health problems.
The new drug is expected to come to the market soon, but it's not cheap. That's because of limited production. Also, it typically must be administered intravenously in a hospital setting.
Noting that China has used science and technology to fight COVID-19 since the beginning of the outbreak, Zhang said: "Science is the core to solving the issue. Science has shown its power in all sectors, from medical treatment, medicine and vaccine development to prevention and control measures. "
Climate change has been a long-standing issue that continuously drives scientists to find green, sustainable fuels. The universe's most abundant element, hydrogen （氢）, has drawn their attention and is now on its way to becoming the future of green fuel.
More than $150 billion worth of green hydrogen projects were announced globally in 2020, according to Reuters. Airbus, a European multinational aerospace corporation, has taken the lead in the new sustainable fuel industry. It has designed self-contained hydrogen fuel cell pods that can be attached to the underside of airplane wings, promoting the use of hydrogen fuel for long-distance flights, which aim to achieve zero emissions. The company plans to launch hydrogen-powered aircraft in 2035, according to Daily Mail.
Compared to fossil fuels, hydrogen is a much more eco-friendly fuel. When hydrogen burns, the only by-product is water. However, the traditional way to get hydrogen from natural gas or coal generates considerable carbon emissions. The greenest way is to obtain hydrogen from water using electrolysis（电解） powered by renewable energy, although this process requires so much electricity that it is quite expensive. The key to making hydrogen competitive with fossil fuels is to lower the production cost to under $1. 50. This would require lowering around 50 percent of renewable power costs and 75 percent of electrolyzer costs, according to Australia's renewable energy agency.
Also, shipping liquid hydrogen is challenging, given that needs to be chilled to -253 C to do so. Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries is set to complete the construction of the world's first liquefied hydrogen carrier by early 2021. According to Reuters, most of the world's big hydrogen export projects are looking to ship hydrogen in the form of liquid ammonia（氨）, which can be changed to hydrogen and needs to be chilled to only -33 C.
With more and more countries aiming to cut down carbon emissions to solve the issue of global warming, green hydrogen will help decarbonizing industries that can't be electrified hit the targets.
"We could use these circumstances, where loads of public money are going to be needed into the energy system, to jump forward towards a hydrogen economy, " said Diederik Samsom, who heads the European Commission's climate cabinet.
For years, Jessica and Eric have lived down the street from their favorite sandwich shop. Despite its being so close to home, they preferred to dine in, and always tipped generously when they did. But, during the pandemic in 2020, the café temporarily closed, then reopened-for take outorders only. So their new routine became to order online, go pick up theirfood, and eat it at home.
That is, until the day they drove up and a waitress ran out to meet them. "I was wondering if I'm doing something wrong, because you never leave a tip," she said. Eric attempted to explain: "Because we aren't being waited on, we didn't think tipping was necessary.""She stormed off," Jessica says.
The pandemic has been particularly hard on people working for tips. Some haven't been able to do their jobs at all, while others don't interact with customers the same way. Meanwhile, many customers felt the need to tip more because of the new risks and hardships that essential service workers suddenly faced.
"We were tipping based on emotion, and that may not have had anything to do with the service. And that service also became harder to assess." says Toni Dupree, a professional etiquette（礼仪）coach. Some old standards no longer seem fair, and several newer ones will apply long after the pandemic is over.
Next time, in Dupree's view, you're unsure whether a tip is in order, follow this simple rule: The novelist George Eliot asked, "What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?" Dupree adds: "Tipping well is one way to make things easier for someone else."
A.When in doubt, tip.
B.That made it worse.
C.It is service itself that counts.
D.Tipping never crossed their minds.
E.To enjoy good services, tipping is amust.
F.Just as many services have changed, so should tipping.
G.Tips dried up in either case, causing a lot of people to suffer.
As an athlete, I've always worked hard to push myself to my limits. And with that usually come some1 and pains. So last year when I started to feel some muscle soreness （酸痛）after a 2physical exercise, at first I didn't think it was a big deal. I was 3for a marathon at the time, so over the weekend I'd done a 20-kilometer4. The following Tuesday I hit my favorite gym to do a work out that 5 alot of upper body weight lifting. My6 told me to take it easy on my body, but I 7 I'd be fine and powered through it. Afterward, my coach noticed a 8swelling in my arm and said he was worried. I tried to brush him off but he 9 I drink a lot of water and check in with him in a few hours. Sure enough, by that afternoon the swelling had10 and I headed to the doctor. I still thought he was making a mountain out of a molehill, but I 11 my coach so I did it.
The doctor took a close look at the swelling and diagnosed me with rhabdomyolysis （横纹肌溶解症）, a 12 condition where muscle over use causes kidney failure. As they gave me some medicine to help 13 the toxins （毒素）, my doctor told me that we would have been having this discussion in the emergency room if I'd 14 even another 30 minutes. Things were touch-and-go over the weekend but I made a full 15. Thankfully I had a great coach I could trust—he saved my life!
More than 500 pieces of relics （discover） at the Sanxingdui Ruins site lastyear. The relics include golden masks, jade and ivory artifacts and bronzewares were exquisitely （精美地）built and （unique） shaped, said the Sichuan ProvincialCultural Heritage Administration on Sept. 9, 2021. The new discoveries bringthe total number of items unearthed at Sanxingdui nearly 2, 000 after theexcavation of No. 3 to No. 8 sacrificial pits began in October of 2020.
Tang Fei, chiefof the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute,said, "The new discoveries demonstrate once again that the （imagine） andcreation of theancient Chinese far surpassed what people today had expected, "Tang added that the excavation of the new pits has entered a critical stage,with more （item） yet to beunearthed. He also anticipated that the items found will challenge the （convention） wisdom of archaeologists.
Originallydiscovered in late 1920s, the Sanxingdui Ruins have been considered as oneof the world's greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century. （locate） inthe city of Guanghan, around 60 km from Chengdu, the ruins covering an area of12 square km are believed （be） the remnants （遗迹） of the Shu Kingdom,dating back some 4, 500 to 3, 000 years.
From the time I was old enough to help on our Indiana farm, I knew what my father expected of me. Three generations of men in my family were doctors. I heard stories of the lives my grandfather had saved and I heard similar tales about my father. As Dad grew ever more godlike my mind, so did the force of the expectation that I would follow in the family tradition.
But as college neared, I began to feel that becoming a doctor was not what I really wanted to do. I didn't dare tell him about my uncertainty. With the weight heavy on my mind the summer before college, I was given a challenge that I hoped would be a distraction.
Dad kept several bird dogs which I trained on our farm. As usual, Dad turned Jerry over to me. "See what you can do with him," he said.
I didn't anticipate problems. Jerry was a willing dog of about ten months. The first part of his training was easy. He mastered the basics: sit, stay, down, walk. His only problem was "come". I'd call" Jerry! Here!". He would turn and look at me, then go on about his business. In the following days, I noticed he would just take off through the grass, fast as a wild thing. Despite my intense desire to train him well, I began to feel a strange sense of joy when he ran.
"Why won't he do what I want him to?" I asked myself. I had never failed with a dog before, but I was surely failing now. When September came, I finally had to tell Dad that this bird dog wouldn't hunt. The thought that I had failed us both made me guilty.
"Son, I know this dog doesn't do what he should," he said, "but what he does do is something he likes." He continued to look at me firmly. For a moment I felt he could see into my very heart.
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"Dad, I don't think I can do medicine," I took a solid breath. He gave me a tight hug, said good night and left me. |
