Major school districts around the United States     1     (permit) students to attend class without face coverings to date. New York City ended the     2     (require) rules on March 7.

As we all know, the rules relating to face coverings or masks have caused fights among     3     (educate), school boards and parents throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Some families are happy that their children no longer have to wear masks, which can make children focus     4     study better, while others hold the different ideas about the quitting of the restriction.

Falling COVID-19 infection rates and new federal health recommendations are the driving force for     5     drop of the rules. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued new guidelines     6     (say) most healthy Americans, including students can     7     (safe) stop wearing masks. However, there are still many concerns about low vaccination rates among American children     8     officials in many large cities have said they will keep mask rules for the time being.

Undoubtedly, wearing masks can cause trouble for students to understand     9     teachers are instructing in the classroom. But it remains     10     (see) what will happen in the following months, so we are supposed to be cautious about the ongoing changes.

5 . English Poetry Competition of 2022

Enter your poem for a chance to win something! Our poetry contest is held twice a year. Write a poem about how the pandemic (疫情) has changed your life.

Prizes

The contest awards one first place prize of $2,000 and a first prize wall plaque ($100 value); twenty second place prizes of $100 each and a second place wall plaque ($75 value); one hundred third place winners of a third place wall plaque ($25 value).

Rules

Follow all rules carefully to prevent disqualification (取消资格).

IMPORTANT:

☆Poet must be at least thirteen years of age.

☆Only one poem per person, per family is allowed.

☆A poem in its entirety must be an original work by the person centering the contest.

☆All entries are judged anonymously (匿名地). Please do not include your name, address, phone number, etc., or your entry will be disqualified.

Deadline: Email your entry by 31st May 2022.

Length: 42 lines max. No minimum. Title not included in the line count.

Format: Entries must be typed. We do not accept handwritten submissions.

Fees: £10 per poem.

Judging: The judges’ decision is final and no individual correspondence (通信) can be entered into. Judges are unable to comment on individual entries. Judging is fair.

Copyright: Worldwide copyright of each entry remains with the author but the Bridport Prize has unrestricted rights to publish the winning and highly praised poems.

6 . Larrey, a French military surgeon, attended to the wounded at the battle of Waterloo. On the battlefield, he had to _______which soldiers needed medical attention most urgently,_______ their military rank. In doing so, he came up with triage, a system of _______ between urgent and non-urgent patients. Triage remains as _______ today as it was in the Napoleonic campaigns.

Though most doctors today have _______ been in battlefield conditions, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed that. In Italy there are reports of doctors _______ in hospital hallways because of the _______ they have to make. In America and Europe many doctors are faced with terrible decisions about how to _______ scarce resources such as beds, intensive care, and ventilators(呼吸机).

One general solution is to _______ that resources are directed to the patients who have the greatest ________ of successful treatment, and who have the greatest life expectancy. Take the ________ of ventilators for example. If a young patient arrives needing a ventilator and none are ________, there is a chance that one will be ________ from someone else that is identified as being less likely to survive.

Such framework does not ________ older patients or those with health problems. Italian doctors say that it helps if the framework is decided in ________, and patients and families are ________ informed. Whether on the battlefield or in a ________ ICU, humans tend to treat others according to their need and chances of ________. This framework seems broadly morally ________. Even so, it will involve many heartbroken ________ along the way.