“孩子边输液边做题”引热议

近日，全国多地进入呼吸道传染病高发期。医院里，孩子们边输液边做题的画面在网上广为流传并引发热议。

甚至有国外网友不相信这是真实照片，认为是AI合成的假图片。

🤔️小作业：

1. How has the public reacted to the images of children doing homework in hospitals?

A) They have largely praised the hospitals for their initiative.

B) There has been a mix of praise and concern for the children's well-being.

C) The reaction has been predominantly negative, with criticism of the parents.

D) It has sparked a debate on the education system's demands on children.

A) The quality of the homework being compromised.

B) The potential distraction from the healing process.

C) The lack of appropriate educational supervision.

D) The pressure on sick children to continue their studies.

无注释原文：

China hospitals set up ‘homework zones’ so sick children can study during pneumonia outbreak

From: The Independent

Hospitals in China have set up special "homework zones" for children battling respiratory illnesses amid an outbreak of pneumonia in the northern part of the country.

China is grappling with a surge in cases of respiratory illnesses in children due to an "overlap of known pathogens".

The rising number of cases has "overwhelmed" the hospitals in the capital Beijing and neighbouring cities, with thousands of patients reporting to outpatient and emergency departments daily.

Chinese health authorities last week claimed no novel viruses were detected and the cases were linked to viruses such as influenza, rhinoviruses, the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, the adenovirus, as well as bacteria such as mycoplasma pneumoniae that infects the lungs.

The bacteria is a common cause of "walking pneumonia" – a non-medical term for a mild case of pneumonia.

Images and videos of children doing homework while receiving intravenous drips in the hospital have triggered a debate on social media.

Young children were provided with chairs, desks and infusion frames for them to study while receiving drips in Jiangsu and Anhui, and central Hubei provinces, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Children wearing masks were seen completing their homework while their parents helped them.

Hospitals popularised separate study zones for sick children a couple of years ago and parents have since then encouraged the practice.

A parent at one of the hospitals said they didn't "intend to let my kid do homework here" but the good study atmosphere at the hospital prompted her to push her kid to do his homework.

“My kid had to do his homework this way because if he did not finish it, he would have to do a lot more when he returns to school after he recovers,” a father told the broadcaster.

Parents were criticised for putting their sick children through study at a time when they should've been resting.

"This picture is real and children doing their homework in hospitals is common in China. We live in a country of hell mode," said one user on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The practice is “very common in China”, declared one X user. “Some hospitals even have a permanent area reserved for these students who ‘like’ to do homework and it’s something they publicise and brag about,” the social media user added.

“These kids may be physically ill, but these adults are mentally ill,” an online observer said on Chinese social media platform Douyin, according to the South China Morning Post.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

China hospitals set up ‘homework zones’ so sick children can study during pneumonia outbreak

From: The Independent

Hospitals in China have set up special "homework zones" for children battling respiratory illnesses amid an outbreak of pneumonia in the northern part of the country.

在中国北方肺炎高发期，医院为患有呼吸道疾病的儿童设立了专门的“作业区”。

respiratory /ˈrɛspərətərɪ/ 表示“呼吸的”，英文解释为“connected with breathing”，如：the respiratory system 呼吸系统，respiratory diseases 呼吸道疾病。

pneumonia /njuːˈməʊnɪə/ 表示“肺炎”，英文解释为“Pneumonia is a serious disease that affects your lungs and makes it difficult for you to breathe.”

China is grappling with a surge in cases of respiratory illnesses in children due to an "overlap of known pathogens".

由于多种“已知病原体叠加”感染，中国正努力应对儿童呼吸道疾病病例激增问题。

1）表示“扭打；搏斗”，英文解释为“to take a firm hold of sb/sth and struggle with them”举个🌰：Passers-by grappled with the man after the attack. 袭击之后过路人便与这男人扭打起来。

2）表示“努力设法解决；尽力解决；设法对付；尽量克服”，英文解释为“to try hard to find a solution to a problem”举个🌰：The government has yet to grapple with the problem of air pollution. 政府还需尽力解决空气污染问题。

🎬电影《钢铁侠3》（Iron Man 3）中的台词提到：trying to grapple with something from some hard-crypt data files 希望能在一些加密的数据文件里找到线索...

1）作动词，表示“急剧上升；飞涨；剧增”，英文解释为“If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.”举个🌰：The company's profits have surged. 公司的利润激增。

2）作名词，表示“剧增”，英文解释为“A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.”举个🌰：An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash. 突然出现的电压剧增导致电脑死机。

🎬电影《雷神2：黑暗世界》（Thor: The Dark World）中的台词提到：But she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her. 但她体内涌动的能量太大 她撑不住的。

可以作名词，也可以作动词，1）表示“（活动、课程或时间）相互重叠，有共同之处”，英文解释为“If two or more activities, subjects, or periods of time overlap, they have some parts that are the same.”举个🌰：My musical tastes don't overlap with my brother's at all. 我对音乐的喜好和我弟弟完全不一样。

2）表示“（与…）交叠，（与…）部分重叠，叠盖”，英文解释为“to cover something partly by going over its edge; to cover part of the same space”举个🌰：The fence is made of panels that overlap (each other). 这个围栏是由交叠的板条搭成的。

pathogen /ˈpæθəˌdʒɛn/ 表示“病原体”，英文解释为“any small organism, such as a virus or a bacterium that can cause disease”。

The rising number of cases has "overwhelmed" the hospitals in the capital Beijing and neighbouring cities, with thousands of patients reporting to outpatient and emergency departments daily.

病例数量的增加已使首都北京及邻近城市的医院“不堪重负”，每天有数千名患者前往门诊和急诊部。

overwhelm /ˌoʊvərˈwelm/ 1）表示“（强烈地影响而）使不知所措”，英文解释为“If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.”举个🌰：He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past. 他陷入了一种对过去的渴望而不能自拔。

2）表示“彻底制服；击败”，英文解释为“If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.”举个🌰：It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy. 显然同盟国一次大规模的进攻就会彻底击败已被削弱的敌军。

outpatient /ˈaʊt.peɪ.ʃənt/ 表示“门诊病人”，英文解释为“a person who goes to a hospital for treatment, but who does not stay any nights there”如：an outpatient clinic 门诊部。

inpatient /ˈɪn.peɪ.ʃənt/ 表示“住院病人”，英文解释为“a person who goes into hospital to receive medical care, and stays there one or more nights while they are being treated”

Chinese health authorities last week claimed no novel viruses were detected and the cases were linked to viruses such as influenza, rhinoviruses, the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, the adenovirus, as well as bacteria such as mycoplasma pneumoniae that infects the lungs.

中国卫生部门上周通报称，未发现新病毒，这些病例与流感（influenza）、鼻病毒（rhinoviruses）、呼吸道合胞病毒（RSV）、腺病毒（adenovirus）以及肺炎支原体等感染肺部的细菌有关。

flu的正式说法，influenza /ˌɪn.fluˈen.zə/ 表示“流行性感冒，流感”，英文解释为“a common infectious illness that causes fever and headache”

bacterium /bækˈtɪə.ri.əm/的复数，bacteria /bækˈtɪə.ri.ə/ 表示“细菌”，英文解释为“a type of very small organism that lives in air, earth, water, plants, and animals, often one that causes disease”如：an illness caused by bacteria in drinking water 饮用水中细菌引起的疾病。

The bacteria is a common cause of "walking pneumonia" – a non-medical term for a mild case of pneumonia.

这种细菌是导致“行走性肺炎”（walking pneumonia）的常见原因，“行走性肺炎”是非医学术语，指的是轻度肺炎。

Images and videos of children doing homework while receiving intravenous drips in the hospital have triggered a debate on social media.

孩子们在医院边打点滴边做作业的照片和视频在社交媒体上引发热议。

intravenous /ˌɪn.trəˈviː.nəs/ 表示“进入静脉的;静脉的”，英文解释为“into or connected to a vein”如：intravenous feeding/fluids 静脉进食/输液，an intravenous drip/injection 静脉滴注/注射。

drip /drɪp/ 1）作动词，表示“（使）滴下”，英文解释为“If a liquid drips, it falls in drops, or you make it fall in drops.”举个🌰：Water dripped down the wall. 水顺着墙滴下来。

2）作名词，表示“输液；滴注器”，英文解释为“a method of slowly giving someone liquid medicine or food through a tube into a vein, or a piece of equipment for doing this”举个🌰：He was on a drip for three days. 已经给他输液输了三天了。

3）表示“一滴；滴液”，英文解释为“a drop of liquid”如：drips of paint/sweat 几滴油漆/汗珠。

1）作动词，表示“发动；引起；触发”，英文解释为“to make sth happen suddenly”举个🌰：Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction. 坚果可以引起严重的过敏反应。

2）作名词，表示“扳机”，英文解释为“The trigger of a gun is a small lever which you pull to fire it.”举个🌰：A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger. 一个男人用枪指着他们，扣动了扳机。

类似的还有：

📍stir表示“激发，激起（强烈的感情）；引起（强烈的反应）”，英文解释为“to make someone have a strong feeling or reaction”举个🌰：The poem succeeds in stirring the imagination. 这首诗能够激发起想象力。

📍provoke也表示“激起，引起”，英文解释为“to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one”如：provoke debate/discussion 激起辩论/讨论。

📍spur 鼓动；激励；鞭策；刺激；鼓舞”，英文解释为“If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.”举个🌰：It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats. 是金钱驱使这些渔民驾驶单薄的小船冒险出海远航。

🎬电影《龙之心3：巫师的诅咒》（Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse）中的台词提到：To spur the clans to war. 激励部族发起战争。

Young children were provided with chairs, desks and infusion frames for them to study while receiving drips in Jiangsu and Anhui, and central Hubei provinces, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

据中国中央电视台报道，江苏、安徽和湖北中部地区有医院为孩子们提供了椅子、书桌和输液架，以便他们在输液时能够学习。

infusion /ɪnˈfjuː.ʒən/ 1）表示“注入；灌输”，英文解释为“the act of adding one thing to another to make it stronger or better”举个🌰：An infusion of $100,000 into the company is required. 公司需要注入10万美元的资金。

2）表示“（药物等的）输注；注入用药物”，英文解释为“an act of slowly putting a drug or other substance into a person's vein ; the drug that is used in this way”

frame /freɪm/ 1）表示“（图画、门、窗的）框，框架”，英文解释为“a border that surrounds and supports a picture, door, or window”如：a picture frame 画框；

2）表示“帧；（摄影胶片的）画格；（电视或电影的）画面，镜头”，英文解释为“one of the pictures on a strip of photographic film, or one of the single pictures that together form a television or cinema film”

3）表示“（建筑物、车辆或家具的）构架，支架，骨架”，英文解释为“the basic structure of a building, vehicle, or piece of furniture that other parts are added onto”如：a bicycle frame 自行车车架。

Children wearing masks were seen completing their homework while their parents helped them.

照片中可以看到戴口罩的孩子们在父母的帮助下完成作业。

Hospitals popularised separate study zones for sick children a couple of years ago and parents have since then encouraged the practice.

医院几年前开始推广为生病儿童设立单独学习区的做法，自那时起，父母就开始鼓励这种做法。

A parent at one of the hospitals said they didn't "intend to let my kid do homework here" but the good study atmosphere at the hospital prompted her to push her kid to do his homework.

一位在医院的家长表示，他们“本来不打算让孩子在这里做作业”，但医院良好的学习氛围促使她鼓励孩子完成作业。

作名词，1）表示“（计算机屏幕上的）提示符（显示计算机已经准备好接受指令）”，英文解释为“a sign on a computer screen that shows that the computer is ready to receive your instructions”

2）表示“（给演员的）提词，提白”，英文解释为“words that are spoken to an actor who has forgotten what he or she is going to say during the performance of a play”

3）作动词，表示“促使；导致；激起”，英文解释为“to make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen”举个🌰：His speech prompted an angry outburst from a man in the crowd. 他的讲话激起了人群中一男子的愤怒。

📺美剧《斯巴达克斯：血与沙》（Spartacus: Blood and Sand）中的台词提到：One cannot but wonder what would prompt such an act 不知他们为何遭此不幸。

4）作动词，表示“（尤指）给（演员）提词”，英文解释为“to help someone, especially an actor, to remember what they were going to say or do”举个🌰：I forgot my line and had to be prompted. 我忘词了，只好让人提词。

“My kid had to do his homework this way because if he did not finish it, he would have to do a lot more when he returns to school after he recovers,” a father told the broadcaster.

一位父亲接受央视采访时表示：“我的孩子不得不这样做作业，因为如果他没有完成作业，等他康复后回到学校就会有更多作业。”

1）表示“广播员；（电视或电台的）节目主持人”，英文解释为“a person whose job is presenting or talking on television or radio programmes”

2）表示“电视台；广播公司”，英文解释为“a company that sends out television or radio programmes”。

Parents were criticised for putting their sick children through study at a time when they should've been resting.

家长们因在孩子应休息的时候让他们学习而受到批评。

"This picture is real and children doing their homework in hospitals is common in China. We live in a country of hell mode," said one user on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“这张照片是真实的，孩子们在医院做作业在中国很常见。我们生活在一个极度竞争的社会，”一位X（原推特）用户表示。

hell /hel/ 1）表示“地狱”，英文解释为“in some religions, the place where some people are believed to go after death to be punished for ever for the bad things they have done during their lives”

2）表示“悲惨的境况；苦难的经历”，英文解释为“an extremely unpleasant or difficult place, situation, or experience”举个🌰：Work is sheer hell at the moment. 目前的工作如同在地狱一般。

The practice is “very common in China”, declared one X user. “Some hospitals even have a permanent area reserved for these students who ‘like’ to do homework and it’s something they publicise and brag about,” the social media user added.

一位X用户表示，这种做法“在中国非常普遍”。“有些医院甚至专门为‘喜欢’做作业的学生保留了固定区域，而他们还为此大肆宣传和炫耀，”这位社交媒体用户补充说。

permanent /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/ 1）表示“长久的；永久的，永恒的”，英文解释为“lasting for a long time or for ever”举个🌰：She is looking for a permanent place to stay. 她正在寻找一个固定的住所。

2）表示“常在的；固定的；永久的”，英文解释为“Something that is permanent exists or happens all the time.”举个🌰：Mont Blanc has a permanent snow cap. 勃朗峰的山顶终年积雪。

作名词，1）表示“贮藏（物）；储备（物）；备用（物）”，英文解释为“the act of keeping something or a supply of something until it is needed, or a supply that you keep”举个🌰：She keeps a little money in reserve (= for use if and when needed). 她留下了一些钱以备不时之需。

2）等于reservation，表示“（尤指保护野生动物生存的）自然保护区，禁猎区，保护区”，英文解释为“an area of land kept in its natural state, especially for wild animals to live in and be protected”如：a nature/game/wildlife reserve 自然保护区/禁猎区/野生动物保护区。

作动词，表示“把…专门留给；把…留作；保留”，英文解释为“to keep something for a particular purpose or time”举个🌰：I reserve Mondays for tidying my desk and answering letters. 我把周一的时间留出来专门清理办公桌和回复信件。

brag /bræɡ/ 表示“吹嘘，夸耀”，英文解释为“to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own”举个🌰：She's always bragging about how much money she earns. 她老是吹嘘自己挣钱如何如何多。

“These kids may be physically ill, but these adults are mentally ill,” an online observer said on Chinese social media platform Douyin, according to the South China Morning Post.

据《南华早报》报道，一位网友在中国社交媒体平台抖音上说：“这些孩子可能身体上病了，但这些大人是心理上有病。”

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