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進入中英對照讀新聞》Can AC spread coronavirus? 空調可能傳播新冠病毒嗎？
圖為南韓軍人1日在大邱市一所小學的教室，進行消毒工作。在武漢肺炎疫情迫使南韓學子幾週以來只能在家上課後，南韓正準備讓學生恢復到校上課。 （歐新社檔案照）
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As students are expected to go back to school later this month and study through the summer to catch up with what they missed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest questions is whether air conditioning is safe to use.
正當（南韓）學生可望於本月稍晚開學，並為了趕上他們因「2019冠狀病毒疾病」全球大流行的而缺課整個暑假上課之際，最大問題之一是使用空調設備是否安全。
On Thursday, the Ministry of Education released a guideline to keep all windows at least one-third open at all times while running air conditioning.
週四，南韓教育部發布一項指引，即使用空調時，要全部窗戶都開啟至少3分之1。
"At the moment, experts view using air conditioning is okay as long as the room is ventilated frequently," Jung Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet she added, "A Chinese research team raised a possibility of the device contributing to droplet transmission. That needs more research and experimentation to be verified."
南韓疾病管理本部本部長鄭銀敬說，「目前，專家認為開空調是可以的，只要房間常保通風」。但她補充說，「中國一支研究團隊曾提出空調設備導致飛沫傳染的可能性，那還需要更多研究和實驗來證明」。
新聞辭典
catch up with：片語，趕上、對…帶來麻煩（預期的惡果）。We have to catch up with the group ahead.（我們必須趕上前面那群人。）
ventilate：動詞，使…通風（換氣）、給…安裝通風設備、宣布、公開說出（提到）、發表。Is your home well ventilated? （你家通風良好嗎？）
droplet：名詞，一小滴液體、飛沫。Droplet precautions are necessary when a patient infected with a pathogen.（當病人感染一種病原體時，就有必要採取飛沫傳染防護措施。）
