中英對照讀新聞》No plans to delay new semester韓新學期無延後開學計畫

南韓的武漢肺炎疫情延燒，京畿道首府水原市的檢疫人員19日在當地一所小學的教室內噴灑消毒劑。（歐新社）

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The government said Friday it has no plans to order a postponement of the new school semester nationwide despite a surge in confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.

南韓政府週五表示，並無通令全國新學期延後的計畫，即使新型冠狀病毒確診病例攀升。

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The Ministry of Education also set up a task force with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to help foreign students coming from China. The education office in Daegu, which witnessed a sudden spike in confirmed cases this week, has delayed the reopening of 341 kindergartens and 456 elementary and secondary schools in the city.

教育部也和首爾市政府成立一個專案小組，協助從中國來的外籍生。大邱市本週確診案例突然激增，其教育廳已將市內341所幼兒園與456所小學及中學延後開學。

Calls are growing for a delay in the reopening of schools amid health concerns. The Seoul Metropolitan Government will provide shuttle bus services from the airport to schools for returning Chinese students, and open city-run facilities to provide temporary housing, meals and daily necessities for the students.

在對健康的擔憂下，要求延後開學的呼聲愈來愈大。首爾市府將提供返校的中國留學生，從機場到各校的接駁車服務，並開放市營設施，提供這些學生臨時住所、餐點和日常必需品。

新聞辭典

postponement：名詞，延後（緩、期）。Her lawyer requested a postponement of her trial.（她的律師請求延後受審。）

novel：形容詞，新（穎、奇）的；名詞，小說。Lee is full of novel ideas.（李滿腦子都是新奇的點子。）

necessity：名詞，需要、必要、必需品、必然性、貧困。Necessity is the mother of invention.（需要為發明之母）；He is in great necessity.（他極度貧困。）

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