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英語課外閱讀1
Foreign children living in Chinese mainlanddemonstrate better performance than the worldaverage in multiple areas including openness tonew experiences, multilingual communication andsocial group expansion, according to aninternational expat survey issued on May 23 byHSBC.
據匯豐銀行5月23日發佈的一項“全球移居人士調查”顯示，在中國生活的外籍孩子在接納新生事物、多語言溝通、擴大社交羣體等多個層面的表現均高於全球平均水平。
The survey, conducted over nine years, is theworld's largest sustained investigation of its kind, inviting interviewees to share theirexperiences living overseas.
匯豐銀行的此項調查已持續開展了九年，是全球規模最大、持續時間最長的同類調查之一，會邀請受訪者分享其在海外移居的體驗。
It covered more than 26,000 expatriates from countries and regions including Chinesemainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, France, the U.K., the U.S., Australia, India and Indonesia.
參與本次調查的全球移居人士超過26000位，涵蓋中國內地、香港、臺灣、法國、英國、美國、澳大利亞、印度、印尼等多個國家和地區。
The survey showed that about 80 percent of foreign parents in China believe their childrenhave become more open-minded since coming to Chinese mainland, 10 percent higher than theworld average.
八成受訪的在華外籍父母表示，他們的子女來到中國內地學習生活後變得更願意接納新文化及新事物，該比例高出全球平均值約10個百分點。
Meanwhile, 80 percent of the foreign children living in Chinese mainland can communicate inthe local language, far above the global average of 59 percent.
同時，近八成在華外籍父母表示，其孩子已能夠流利使用當地語言進行溝通，該比例也遠高於全球平均值的59%。
In addition, nearly 60 percent of foreign parents in China believe their children's social circleshave been expanded by expatriation. Over half of them think their children have become moreconfident, and that their expat lives will benefit their overall development.
此外，近六成身處中國內地的外籍父母認同移居生活擴大了其子女的社交朋友圈;超過半數則認爲自己的孩子表現得更爲自信、新生活更有助他們的全面發展。
The survey also found that living in another country brings challenges for children, alongsidethe advantages.
但該調查也發現，在另一個國家生活在給孩子帶來這些優點之外，亦帶來了挑戰。
Nearly 50 percent of foreign parents in Chinese mainland consider adapting to new schools thebiggest challenge for their kids, while homesickness and the language barrier ranked secondand third.
近半數在華外籍父母表示，其子女移居到中國內地後需要克服的最大困難是適應新的學校，其次是想念故鄉以及語言障礙。
英語課外閱讀2
A top Beijing university has introduced a facescanner to keep students staying in one of its all-female dormitories safe.
北京一所高校已經引入了一套“人臉識別系統”，以此來保證女生宿舍樓中學生的安全。
The face-recognition technology has controlledwho goes in and out of the Beijing Normal Universitydormitory since it was introduced last month.
上個月，北京師範大學引進了這一人臉識別技術，以控制該校宿舍的進出人員。
Before the system was installed, the school recordedimages of all the residents, both with and without their glasses, news portal ported last Monday.
《澎湃新聞》上週一報道，在該系統安裝之前，學校採集了所有住宿生的圖像信息，既有戴眼鏡的也有不戴眼鏡的。
The school said that the system will not only make things easier for students who forget to taketheir student cards with them, which they had previously needed to scan to enter the dorm, but also reduce the workload of staff.
校方表示，之前學生需要刷學生卡才能進入宿舍，而人臉識別系統不僅給忘帶學生卡的同學提供了方便，也大大減輕了員工的工作負擔。
They say if the program is a success, more scanners will be installed around the campus.
如果這一試點取得成功，他們將在校園安裝更多的識別機器。
A student surnamed Zhao told that residents have to say their name, input theirstudent number or swipe their student card before the machine scans their faces.
一位姓趙的同學向《澎湃新聞》透露，住宿生需要在機器掃描他們的臉之前，喊出自己的名字、輸入學號或者刷學生卡。
"It is convenient and it gives me a sense of security because strangers can no longer get inand out of the building," Zhao said, adding that she prefers to input her student number as shefinds it "awkward" to speak to a machine.
趙同學說道：“這很方便，而且給了我一種安全感，因爲陌生人再也無法進出宿舍樓了。”她還表示，自己更喜歡輸入學號，因爲她覺得對機器說話有些尷尬。
