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進入中英對照讀新聞》From Itaewon to Hongdae, coronavirus spread through karaoke rooms 從梨泰院到弘大 冠狀病毒透過卡拉OK包廂擴散
圖為首爾一個狹窄的店面，3月南韓疫情嚴峻時，一名軍人正噴灑消毒劑。右側是一家南韓稱為「練歌房」的卡拉OK包廂。左側則是一家無座酒吧（stand bar），這種酒吧類似夜店，顧客拿酒等飲料站著看店內的表演，或隨著店內的音樂起舞。 （美聯社檔案照）
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Karaoke rooms emerged as a route of secondary and tertiary transmissions of COVID-19. Health authorities have identified a link between recent five infections at the university district of Hongdae, western Seoul, and cases linked to nightclubs and bars in Itaewon － the same karaoke room.
Karaoke包廂成為2019冠狀病毒病的第2種及第3種傳染途徑。衛生當局已發現最近在首爾西部的弘大（私立弘益大學）校區之5起感染，與梨泰院的夜店及酒吧相關病例之間的關聯，即同一個卡拉OK包廂。
Jeong Eun-kyeong, chief of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, dismissed the possibility of spreading the virus through the ventilation system, adding the virus could have spread through droplets in the air produced by singing.
不過，南韓疾病管理本部本部長鄭銀敬反駁了經由通風系統傳播病毒的可能性，並補充說病毒當時可能是透過唱歌時在空氣中產生的飛沫傳播。
"There is a possibility that the virus was transmitted through contacts in common areas, such as toilets and resting rooms," she said at a briefing Friday. "We see the chance of transmission as being higher through sharing the same space and time than through the ventilation system."
「有一種可能性是，病毒透過在公共區域的接觸傳播，像洗手間和廁所」，她在週五舉行的簡報會上說。「我們認為，透過共用與同時處於相同空間而感染的機會，比透過通風系統更高」。
新聞辭典
route：名詞，路（航）線、路程、途徑、管道。A good education is often the best route to a good job.（良好的教育常常是謀得一份好工作的最佳途徑。）
tertiary：形容詞，第三的、大學（高等）教育的。Tertiary means a third level or stage.（tertiary的意思是第3級或第3階段。）
ventilation：名詞，通風、空氣流通、公開討論。Our classroom had poor ventilation and in summer it became stuffy.（我們教室通風很差，到了夏天就悶。）
