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US Plans School Reopening; Other Countries Begin to Reopen
As students from Vietnam have returned to the classroom, educators are now looking at plans to reopen schools around the world.
In Vietnam, students returned to their classrooms last week wearing masks. They are scanned for temperatures at the school gate. Health officials reported that the country had gone for three weeks without any new cases of COVID-19.
South Korea had been planning for high school seniors to return to classes this week and others to come back later in May.
Instead, officials have delayed the reopening after the latest coronavirus outbreak. They are now trying to identify and contact 5,500 people who had visited a popular entertainment area in Seoul over the weekend.
Both countries have contained the spread of the virus by expanding testing and tracking people who might have been in contact with anyone reported to be infected.
In the U.S., the White House released guidelines to re-open the country in three phases. It proposes that schools may reopen in "phase two," along with theaters, religious centers, sporting events and restaurants. The guidelines suggest that states could make the decision after documenting a 28-day decrease of COVID-19 cases and putting in place a strong testing program.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security supports plans to re-open the U.S. in phases. The center, however, notes that there are still unanswered medical questions. One is about the rate at which children can spread the virus to others. That unknown makes it more difficult to know when schools should reopen.
The center suggests, "If schools are reopened, decisions will need to be made regarding whether tele-education will need to be provided to those students who do not come back to school, alongside in-person education being provided in school."
The American Enterprise Institute, or AEI, is a research organization that supports limited government and conservative policy. In a report for the institute, John Bailey and Frederick Hess suggest that education leaders should begin planning now to reopen in the fall based on new information about how the coronavirus disease spreads.
The two say: "Depending on the public health situation, there may be waves of stopping and starting, partial or staggered openings, or other developments."
The AEI says American leaders may learn from schools reopening in other countries. For example, Danish health officials have reopened schools but with required hand washing and social distancing rules. Spaces between students are larger and classes are much smaller. Tables, door handles and other surfaces are disinfected two times a day.
The report suggests changes to school operations including lunches and transportation.
Schools may permit only one student per seat on the school bus to observe social distancing guidelines. Large cities will need to provide a safe environment for students using crowded public transportation.
Lunches may be served in classrooms or in smaller groups. Now, some schools are bringing meals not just to students but also to people in need in the community. All of these services will add to the costs of operation and require more money.
Students will be returning to school after a long period of isolation. Some will have lost friends and family members to COVID-19. People in their family may have lost jobs. More mental health workers will be needed to help them deal with depression and anxiety.
Older teachers and staff members are at a higher risk of serious illness if they get the virus. And some may wish to continue teaching from a distance until a vaccine is available.
A small school in the western state of Montana is one of the first to reopen in this school year on May 7.
The Willow Creek School has 56 students. Bonnie Lower, head of the school system, said she knows the school is taking a risk in reopening for just two and a half weeks. But a local survey showed most of the parents in this rural community wanted to re-open the classrooms. They wanted their children to continue their studies and experience a little of normal life before the school break, she said.
To follow the CDC guideline for social distancing, Lower planned to give teachers a special tool: 1-meter-long plastic pool "noodles" to measure the distance between desks.
"It's the handiest tool on the planet right now," Lower said. "I swear we are going to live and die by the noodle."
I'm Jill Robbins.
重点解析
重点讲解：
1. in contact with 和……联系；接触；
Who are you in contact with?
你在和谁联系。
2. come back 回来；恢复；
I begged him to come back to England with me.
我恳求他和我一起回英格兰。
3. in need 需要帮助的；在困难时；
I am in need of a loan of a bike for a few weeks.
我需要借辆自行车用几个星期。
4. take a risk 冒险；承担风险；
You take a risk by investing it all in one area.
你将所有的积蓄投资一处是很冒险的。
参考译文
美国计划重新开学，其他国家的学生开始返校
随着越南学生重返课堂，教育工作者正在考虑在世界各地重新开学的计划。
在越南，学生们上周戴着口罩回到教室。他们在学校门口接受体温扫描。卫生官员报告说，该国已经三周没有出现新冠肺炎病例。
韩国一直计划让高三学生于本周复课，其他学生则在五月晚些时候复课。
而在最近的疫情爆发后，官方推迟了重新开学的时间。他们目前正试图确认并联系，上周末在首尔一个热门娱乐区参观的5500人。
越南和韩国通过扩大检测和跟踪可能接触过任何上报感染者的人，遏制了病毒的传播。
在美国，白宫发布了分三阶段进行国家重启的指导方针。该方针建议学校可以在“第二阶段”重新开学，剧院、宗教中心、体育赛事和餐厅也可以在该阶段重新开放。指南建议各州在记录28天新冠肺炎病例减少的情况下，可以做出该决定，并制定出一份强有力的测试方案。
约翰霍普金斯健康安全中心支持分阶段重启美国的计划。不过该中心指出，仍有一些医学问题没有得到解答。一是关于儿童将病毒传播给他人的速度，这一未知因素使人们更难知道学校重新开学的时间。
该中心建议，“如果学校重新开学，就要决定是否需向那些未返校的学生提供远程教育，同时在学校提供面授式教学。”
美国企业研究所是支持有限政府政策和保守政策的研究机构。在该研究所的一份报告中，约翰·贝利和弗雷德里克·赫斯建议，教育领导人现在应该根据有关新冠肺炎传播方式的新信息，开始计划在秋季重新开学。
二是说：“取决于公共卫生状况，可能出现起停、部分或交错开放的波动，或其他发展方式。”
美国企业研究所表示，美国领导人可能会向其他国家重新开学的学校学习。例如，丹麦卫生官员已经重新开放了学校，但制定了洗手和社交距离的规定。学生彼此之间的空间要更大，班级人数也更少。桌子、门把手和其他表面每天消毒两次。
报告建议改变学校的运作方式，包括午餐和交通。
学校只允许校车上每个座位坐一名学生，遵守社交距离准则。大城市需要为乘坐拥挤的公共交通工具的学生提供安全的环境。
可以在教室或人数更少的小组中提供午餐。现在，一些学校不仅为学生供餐，也为社区有需要的人提供餐食。所有这些服务都会增加运营成本，需要更多的资金。
学生们将在长期隔离后重返学校。一些学生的朋友和家人因为新冠肺炎而去世，他们的家人可能失业了，需要更多的心理健康工作者帮助他们应对抑郁和焦虑。
年长的教师和工作人员如果感染病毒，病情严重的风险更高。有些人可能希望在疫苗出现之前，继续进行远程教学。
蒙大拿州西部的一所小学校，于5月7日重新开学，是本学年重新开学的首批学校之一。
柳树溪学校有56名学生。校方负责人邦妮·洛尔说，她知道学校冒着重新开放仅两周半的风险。但当地的一项调查显示，这个农村社区的大多数家长都想重新开学。她说，他们希望孩子们在放暑假前继续学业，并体验一点正常的生活。
为了遵循疾控中心关于社交距离的指导方针，洛尔计划向老师提供一种特殊的工具：一根一米长的胶凝聚 “面条”，来测量课桌之间的距离
“这是目前最便利的工具，”洛尔说，“我发誓我们的生死都依仗这根面条了。”
吉尔·罗宾斯报道。
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