The 3rd Flushing (法拉盛) Poetry Festival will be held in April this year to celebrate modern Chinese poets     1     (live) overseas and encourage cross-cultural conversation and translation of poetry from these poets. Poems should be submitted before February 15, 2021     2     (compete) in the festival, which will be open to the public in Chinese and English     3     free.

The festival was started by poets of Chinese descent (血统) in the USA, and this     4     (year) event will be hosted by the editorial committee of First Line New York, an online poetry magazine     5     (attach) to the Flushing Poetry Festival. The purpose is to encourage Chinese poets overseas to publish their original writing, and build a bridge between Chinese poets and poets writing in English and     6     languages. The festival will be held during the time of the National Poetry Month in the USA,     7     the place and the form of the event will be decided later due to the COVID-19 situation.

The lst and 2nd Flushing Poetry Festivals were held in 2018 and 2019     8     (separate) and winning poetry     9    (publish) online. The schedule of the two previous festivals included     10     award ceremony, poetry reading and group discussion.

7 . I’m a single mom, running my own business busily. ________ I need to move to a better school district, I’ve decided that I’m going to have my house ________. But before I do, I need to ________ a new kitchen. I don’t have much money. In this ________, who wants to put more money into their ________ than they have to? But I can’t sell the house with the kitchen as it is. That is pretty ________ !

I ________ something on Facebook about my ________ the other day. But I got a(n) ________ response. One of my friends, who is a general contractor(承建商), told me that he was ________ that I didn’t choose him to redecorate the kitchen (my brother-in-law is doing it for nothing). He understood________ , but asked me why I didn’t ask him for his ________ at the Home Depot to spend less on it.

My brother-in-law, when asked how much he'd ________ me, simply said, “You are my ________ .” And another friend is going to build me a custom cabinet(定制橱柜) (necessary to match the ________ cabinets in this house) for the price of a pre-fab(预制的) cabinet in Lowe’s, so I’m ________ money there too!

I am learning that you can ________ others. I’ve always been a ________ , but I have not been very good at ________. In the world there are people I can rely on, who are here for me, ________ as I am there for them. And that feels really great!

8 . As you work to develop your career (事业), whether you are applying for a job right now or planning what you will do in the future, three things are vital: your passion (激情), your value and your goals. These are three obvious but related beliefs that you need to both know for yourself and be able to communicate to others.     1    

Passion is what drives you. Your passion is what brings a smile to your face, what lights your creative engine and what makes you approach a problem with passion. Your passion could be for a specific field, profession, industry, customer, type of problem, or some combination.     2     The success itself is enough.

    3     It consists mainly of your problem-solving abilities and all the qualities that come with them, such as your skills, knowledge and experience. When you know your value, you can state this to develop cooperation and to encourage employers to hire you.

Goals are what you want to do.     4     They may be very specific, like “I want to work in City X on consumer products in the beauty industry.” Or they could be more general, such as “I want to use my passion for science communications to advance STEM.”

Knowing your passion can help you better define (界定) your value and clarify your goals. And understanding your goals can help you go better to your passion and pronounce your value.     5    

9 . Natural gas produces half as much CO2 when burned as coal, but that doesn't make it harmless. Climate scientists say that rising production of natural gas is becoming one of the biggest driving forces of climate change and that plans for industry expansion could stop efforts to make the Earth’s climate steady. The U. S. energy industry plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars building pipelines and receiving stations in coming years to increase exports of natural gas in supercooled liquefied form, known as LNG(液化天然气).

Climate scientists are concerned about another greenhouse gas that leaks(泄漏) into the atmosphere during natural gas production: methane. Methane has a warming effect up to 80 or 90 times more powerful than CO2 over a 20-year timescale. Many companies say they have been doing more to find and fix methane leaks.

What about gas as a temporary “bridge fuel” to a cleaner future? The industry often describes natural gas as a vital “bridge” to help change from relying on coal-fired power to cleaner sources of energy. Advocates of natural gas argue that gas-fired power plants can provide continuous electricity, backing up wind and solar operations. Climate scientists are increasingly concerned, however, that plans to expand the industry a lot mean that using natural gas as a “bridge” could end up locking the world into a high-carbon and fast-warming future.

10 . LEFTIES historically have had a tendency to be left behind. Recently being left-handed was still considered abnormal. Of course, we now know there’s nothing wrong with being left-handed. And it does come with certain differences.

Lefties may be quicker thinkers. Lefties may be able to use both sides of the brain more easily and efficiently. According to a study published in 2006, lefties tend to have faster connections between the right and left hemispheres (半球) of the brain, which leads to quicker information processing — a cognitive (认知的) advantage that could benefit them in things like video games and sports.

Lefties have the upper hand in some sports. While less than 15 percent of the general population is left-handed, 25 percent of Major League baseball players are lefties. Why? It may be because they tend to have faster reaction times. But there’s another reason. Studies have found that lefties seem to have a real advantage in interactive sports, such as boxing and baseball — but this advantage doesn’t extend to non-interactive sports, like gymnastics and diving.

Lefties may be more creative thinkers. Many studies have suggested a link between left-handedness and creativity. Some research has found that lefties are better at abstract thinking. However, it’s important to find that studies show relation, not its causes and effects, so it takes time to prove the findings.