02/23 SHLIVE丨THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 魔都万兽归笼，寒假作业都写完了吗

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The new semester began today for primary and secondary school【中小学】students in Shanghai, with more than 1.4 million students returning to class. Song Wenjing takes a look at their first day back.

今天，上海中小学生的新学期开始了，超过140万学生返回课堂。下面请跟随记者宋雯婧去了解一下孩子们的“开学第一天”。

Wearing a mask and temperature checks are required upon entering schools. Each school is also required to disinfect【消毒】 classrooms daily. Before the new semester, teachers had collected the health QR codes【健康码】and travel history records of students and those who live with them.

进入学校必须佩戴口罩，并进行体温检测。各学校还要求每天对教室进行消毒。在新学期开始前，老师们已经收集了学生们以及其家人的健康码和出行记录。

Fourth grader Ma Jingding usually went to Lanzhou, Gansu Province to celebrated the Spring Festival with his grandparents, but this year he didn’t. His father had bought plane tickets, but ultimately decided to cancel the trip.

四年级的马京鼎通常会回甘肃兰州和祖父母一起过年，但今年他没去。其实父亲已经买好了机票，但最终还是决定取消这次旅行，留下就地过年。

Interview: Ma Jingding / Forth Grader马京鼎 四年级甘肃小朋友

During our Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner【年夜饭】, dad, mon and I had a video call with my grandparents. I hope that the pandemic will end as soon as possible so that I can visit my grandparents this summer.

除夕晚上我们通过视频的方式给奶奶拜了年。我希望情能早日过去，今年暑假我就能去看奶奶啦。

Some students prepared heartwarming gifts for school employees who had to work during the Spring Festival, first grader Wang Yuging wrote “fu” characters and made boxes of tanghulu【糖葫芦】, and crispy sugarcoated haw, for them.

有些孩子为春节期间留守学校的工作人员准备了暖心的小礼物。一年级的王玉靖给工作人员们写了“福”字，还为大家做了几盒脆甜的糖葫芦。

Interview：Wang Lan / Class Teacher 王岚/班主任

Home economics【家政】has always been one of our strengths and we want to combine it with Spring Festival customs. So many students learned how to make dumplings and spring rolls. Some even managed to cook dishes, they have also been encouraged to record happy moments with their families.

把学习家务和体验春节民俗结合在了一起。让孩子们学习一项家务和过年习俗相结合。包饺子、汤圆、春卷还有的小朋友学会了炒冬笋肉丝。我们也鼓励孩子把这些瞬间记录下来。

Kindergartens also reopened today. Some welcome kids with decorations such as figures of lions and oxen. The celebration will continue to entire week until Friday’s Lantern Festival【元宵节】, when students will be encouraged to express their best wishes to their teachers and classmates. 

幼儿园今天也开学了。有些幼儿园还装扮上了各种狮子、牛的喜庆形象迎接孩子返校。返校后的庆祝活动将持续整整一周，直到周五的元宵节，到时候，学校还会鼓励小朋友们向老师和同学表达他们美好的祝愿。