1 . To celebrate the 17th anniversary of PHASE Worldwide (PW), we are, for the first time, putting together a team to cycle the famous Coast to Coast route.

The route is one of the most well-known long-distance cycle routes in the UK. Starting on the West Coast, the route takes in the stunning views offered in the Lake District, before crossing the Eden Valley and the beautiful Northern Pennines. The route then drops down to the post-industrial landscape of the North East, eventually arriving at the North Sea.

It will be completed over three days of cycling. The challenge will begin on the morning of Sunday 30th April with overnights in Penrith and Allenheads, We aim to arrive at the finish on Tuesday afternoon 2nd May. On Wednesday morning, we will transport all participants and their bikes back to the starting point at Whitehaven.

Advice

While much of the route is on sealed surface road and path, there are some sections that are not, It occasionally includes short sections of busier roads where necessary. A road bike should deal with the short gravel (沙砾) sections (mainly at the Waskerley Way).

Touch

If you have any further questions regarding the logistics of the event, please contact eddavys@me.com.

If you have any further questions regarding donation, please contact jonathan@phaseworldwide.org.

Fees

Event Registration: £250, half price for students.

Please read the Coast to Coast 2023 Booking Conditions before registering for your place below.

1. Which of the following can you see first in the route?

A．Northern Pennines.

B．Lake District.

C．Eden Valley.

D．Post-industrial landscape.

2. When will participants return to their starting place?

A．On April 30th,

B．On May 1st.

C．On May 2nd.

D．On May 3rd.

3. How much should Tom pay if he and his 13-year-old son participate in the activity?

A．£500.

B．£375.

C．£250.

D．£125.

2 . Competing for a Trip to Soma Bay, Egypt

Soma Bay is a perfect place for sunny relaxation. If you take a trip there, you can also take part in the competition we organize.

The Destination

Lapped by the Red Sea on three sides and with views of sandy beaches and desert mountains, Soma Bay can attract nature lovers most, Spreading across almost 2,500 acres, the Egyptian tourist attraction has an 18-hole golf course designed by Gary Player, a golfing enthusiast, as well as the largest Thalasso spa in Africa. Kiteboarding, diving and horse riding are all on offer, too.

Of Soma Bay’s five accommodation options, a five-star hotel enjoys a fantastic location on the highest point of the Soma Bay peninsula. It has a number of guest rooms and suites with private balconies, as well as four on-site restaurants, You can enjoy beach-side pizza, take afternoon tea, or stop for a drink by the 18th hole. They are all offered by the hotel.

The Prize

With the official permission of Soma Bay, the winner can enjoy a four-night stay in a classic room at the five-star hotel on a half-price basis. The prize includes return economy class flight tickets with overhead cabin luggage from the UK to Hurghada International Airport up to the value of £650 per person, with direct routes available from cities including London, Manchester and Bristol, plus return airport transfers to Soma Bay (UK transfers aren’t included).

To Enter

Answer the following question online at natgeotv,com/uk/competitions:

ON WHICH SEA IS SOMA BAY LOCATED?

Competition closes on 31 October 2023.

The winner must be a UK adult resident, aged 18 or over.

1. What does the five-star hotel offer?

A．Games on a golf course.	B．Tickets for kiteboarding.
C．Something to eat and drink.	D．Accommodation on the beach.

2. What can the winner get?

A．A free stay in the perfect hotel.	B．A return airport transfer to the UK.
C．A possible direct flight ticket from Bristol.	D．A first class flight from the UK to Hurghada

3. What do we know about the competition?

A．It welcomes children.	B．It covers multiple questions.
C．It targets at Egyptian citizens.	D．It ends on the last day of October.

3 . Writing Competitions

The Bristol Short Story Prize

It’s an international writing competition founded by the editors of the quarterly cultural magazine Bristol Review of Books in 2007. The 2022 Bristol Short Story Prize is open to everyone. The first prize is ￡1,000. Entries must be unpublished stories with 4, 000 words at most. The judges are Tom Drake-Lee, Irenosen Okojie and Jessica Taylor.

Admission fee:￡9

The Bath Novel Award

Since its launch nine years ago, the international Bath Novel Award has helped spotlight and support new writers. The prize is￡3,000. In the event of a joint win, the prize money will be shared equally between winners. It’s open to unpublished and independently published novelists. This year’s judge is Nelle Andrew. All genres are welcome. Writers must submit the first 5,000 words plus one-page synopsis of the novel.

Admission fee:￡29

The BBC National Short Story Award

The BBC National Short Story Award 2022 with Cambridge University invites entries of short stories up to 8,000 words. It’s an award that has enriched the careers of writers since it was founded seventeen years ago. The winner of the contest for single short stories will receive￡15,000. This year’s judges are author Elizabeth Day and broadcaster Katie Thistleton.

Admission fee: free

The Creative Future Writers’ Award

Founded in 2013, it’s an annual development program for talented writers who lack opportunities due to health problems or social circumstances. This year’s theme is How It Started. Prizes include￡10,000 of cash and top writing development prizes supplied by publishers and development agencies.

Writers should submit one piece of writing in one category (50-line poetry to the maximum or 2,000-word fiction to the maximum). The judges are Dorothy Koomson, Joelle Taylor, Aki Schilz and Sarala Estruch.

Admission fee: free

1. Who may act as a judge for The Bristol Short Story Prize in 2022?

A．Joelle Taylor.

B．Nelle Andrew.

C．Katie Thistleton.

D．Jessica Taylor.

2. What do the second and the fourth competitions have in common?

A．They were founded in the same year.	B．They have a strict genre requirement.
C．They set the same cash bonus.	D．They require no admission fee.

3. Which competition may favor applicants with physical disabilities?

A．The Bath Novel Award.	B．The Bristol Short Story Prize.
C．The Creative Future Writers’ Award.	D．The BBC National Short Story Award.

4 . FIFA, soccer's governing body, will seek to expand the Women's World Cup from 24 to 32 teams and double the prize money.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino wants more teams for 2023, but knows FIFA must work quickly "We will discuss it as a matter of urgency and se if we can already decide to increase for 2023, in which case we should reopen the bidding process and allow everyone to have a chance to organize or maybe co-host for some of those who have been bidding already for a 24-team World Cup, ""Nothing is impossible and based on the success of the 2019 World Cup, of course we have to believe bigger and to do what we should have done already probably some time ago, "Gianni said before the July 7 final between the United States and the Netherlands. The U, S. women's team won 2:0, which helped the growth of women's soccer.

Gianni earlier prioritized（优先考虑）enlarging the Men's World Cup. He pushed for a jump from 32 to 48 teams for the 2026 World Cup that the United States co-hosts with Canada and Mexico. A bid to speed up the process of expansion for the 2022 tournament in Qatar failed in May. That event will see teams dividing a $440 million prize. In addition, club teams, meaning professional teams, that let their players participate in the Cup will receive a total of $S209 million.

However, women's teams earn much less for competing at the women's event. FIFA plans to double the prize money and will spend more to prepare players and pay clubs releasing players. Gianni said that share would total $100 million. Gianni said FIFA would double its spending on women's soccer to $1 billion. Later, he said that most of it will not be going directly to players. Most of the money would be reserved for soccer federations（联合会）to request for specific projects that would require approval from FIFA.

1. What's urgent for 2023 according to FIFA's president?

A．Deciding on who to bid for it.	B．Choosing a country to host it.
C．Reforming the bidding process.	D．Discussing whether more teams to attend.

2. What can we learn about the 2019 World Cup?

A．It's a men's event.

B．It allows 32 teams to participate.

C．It contributes to the expansion of women's teams.

D．It doubles the prize for women players.

3. Why does the author mention the Men's World Cup?

A．To encourage people to engage in soccer.

B．To arouse public concern for the Men's World Cup.

C．To show the importance of the Men's World Cup.

D．To stress the need to increase funds in women's teams.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．It's compulsory for clubs to release players.

B．Women players will earn more than men.

C．FIFA attracts more attention to women's events.

D．FIFA will not reject soccer federations' proposal?

5 . As a short-distance track and field runner at high school and college, I often found myself wondering which of the eight or sometimes nine lanes (跑道) on the track was the fastest. It was conventional wisdom that the middle lanes — lanes three through six — were the best.

This idea, in a way, is baked into the rules of track and field. In events with multiple heats — from the college level all the way to the Olympics — the people who run faster times in earlier heats are assigned to middle lanes in later heats. In other words, the fastest runners are rewarded with what are, supposedly, better lane assignment (分配).

Using 20 years of track and field data from the International Association of Athletics Federations, I found that the long-held beliefs about lane advantages are not supported by the data. And in fact, for the 200-meter sprint (冲刺), the evidence suggests that lanes often regarded as the least desirable are actually the fastest.

In most races, the fastest runners are assigned to the middle lanes according to the competition rules. Not surprisingly, the fastest runners — who are in the middle lanes — often win. Are these racers winning because those lanes are the fastest or because those runners tend to be the fastest?

Next time you're watching any of the shorter track and field events in the Olympics, listen and see if anyone repeats the old adage that the middle lanes are the fastest. The data shows this isn't true, so if someone in the outside lanes takes a surprise gold, you'll know it is not because of their lane assignment, but because they were a slow qualifier (入围者).

1. What was the traditional belief in the track and field lanes?

A．All lanes were the same.

B．The inner lanes were the best.

C．The middle lanes were the best.

D．The outside lanes were the best.

2. How did the author get his finding?

A．By referring to long term data.

B．By using other research results.

C．By watching the latest sprinters' competition.

D．By experimenting which lane was the fastest.

3. What does the underlined word “adage” probably mean in paragraph 5?

A．Saying.	B．Style.
C．Package.	D．Stage.

4. Which of the following does the author approve of?

A．Losing racers tend to be in the slowest lane.

B．Winning racers tend to be in the fastest lane.

C．Winning racers often run fastest.

D．Racers win because their lanes are the fastest.