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start school

开学

(kāixué) 

A: Hi, has your school started yet?

嗨,你们学校开学了吗？

(hēi, nǐmén xuéxiào kāixuélema?) 

B: Not yet. The epidemic isn't over yet, so we won't start. Your school probably hasn't started either, right?

没呢,现在疫情还没结束,我们不会开学的。你们学校应该也没有开学吧？

(méine, xiànzài yìqínɡ háiméi jiéshù, wǒmén bùhuì kāixuéde. nǐmén xuéxiào yīnɡɡāi yěméiyǒu kāixuéba?)

A: Yup, we haven't started yet. They originally said we would start in March, but in the end they continued to delay it. They probably want to wait until the epidemic is fully under control before they let us return to school. Currently, they are having us take online courses.

是啊,没开学呢。本来说是三月初开学的,结果开学时间一直在往后推迟。应该要等到疫情得到全面控制后,我们才能返程去学校。目前就先上上网课。

(shìa, méi kāixuéne. běnlái shuō shì sānyuèchū kāixuéde, jiéɡuǒ kāixuéshíjiān yīzhí zàiwǎnɡhòu tuīchí. yīnɡɡāi yàoděnɡdào yìqínɡ dédào quánmiàn kònɡzhìhòu, wǒmén cáinénɡ fǎnchénɡ qùxuéxiào. mùqián jiùxiān shànɡshànɡ wǎnɡkè.)

B: Yeah. In the end, there are so many students at school。

是啊,毕竟一个学校有那么多学生。

(shìa, bìjìnɡ yīɡè xuéxiào yǒunàmeduō xuéshēnɡ.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT