en-us	Due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), China postponed the start of the spring semester for all schools.  
zh-cn	由于新冠肺炎疫情的发生，眼下，中国各地延迟了高校及中小学的开学时间。 

en-us	As such, classes have continued across the country by going "contactless." 
zh-cn	取而代之的，是一场大规模开展的“无接触式”教学。 

en-us	Schools are switching to online lessons as required by China's Ministry of Education. 
zh-cn	根据教育部门的要求，中国各地的高校及中小学纷纷把课堂搬到了线上。 

en-us	Some have selected online courses on e-learning platforms for their students to study by themselves. 
zh-cn	他们有的是选定一些在线教育平台的网络课程资源，让学生们自行学习。  

en-us	While others have asked teachers to live stream their lessons.  
zh-cn	有的则是让老师们用网络直播的方式为学生们授课。 

en-us	For students in remote rural areas, the education authorities have provided learning resources on dedicated TV channels. 
zh-cn	而农村偏远山区，则有教育部门提供专门的电视课程资源。 

en-us	In this special semester, 95-year-old professor Zhang Li, the most senior teacher at Tsinghua University, offered his quantum mechanics course online. 
zh-cn	在这个特别的开学季里，清华大学教龄最长的老师95岁的张礼，亮相线上，讲授“量子力学前沿选题”。 

en-us	Students and teachers are able to interact via Danmu – a popular online commenting system which allows viewers to post real-time comments directly on top of the video. 
zh-cn	学生们课上发言、讨论乃至接话茬的“传统”被中国最流行的视频留言功能——弹幕所取代。 

en-us	And various school events such as exams, flag-raising ceremonies, and parent-teacher conferences are all being moved online. 
zh-cn	各种在线考试、在线升旗仪式、在线家长会等通过网络平台组织起来。 

en-us	Reports show that currently, schools in more than 30 provincial-level regions across China are having online classes in virtual classrooms on a mobile office platform. 
zh-cn	据悉，当下，中国30多个省份的学校通过某移动办公平台开发的在线课堂展开教学工作。 

en-us	Thanks to the development of the mobile internet, online education in China has made substantial progress over the past decade or more. 
zh-cn	随着移动互联网的兴起，中国的在线教育已经有了十几年的发展。 

en-us	Although the "experimental" online education adopted in response to the outbreak has encountered some challenges,  
zh-cn	疫情发生后，尽管全国各地“集中体验”线上教学，遇到了一些挑战和问题， 

en-us	it has provided a chance for related technologies and infrastructure to improve rapidly,  
zh-cn	但与在线教育相关的技术和基础设施建设也得以快速更新， 

en-us	spurring on the development of online education in the country. 
zh-cn	这在客观上又进一步加速了中国在线教育的发展。 

en-us	Online education is an important way to share educational resources.  
zh-cn	在线教育是实现教育资源共享的一个重要方式。 

en-us	Reports show that during the epidemic, online platforms have allowed some people in lower-tier cities to access high-quality educational resources for the first time. 
zh-cn	据了解，疫情期间，一些低线城市的人们首次通过线上获得优质教育资源。  

en-us	In fact, internet infrastructure, public services and technology in underdeveloped areas has been advancing in recent years, driven by national strategies. 
zh-cn	事实上，近些年来，在国家战略的推动下，互联网基础设施、公共服务和技术正在下沉， 

en-us	Many less-developed regions which face teacher shortages are exploring new ways to change the status quo through the "internet plus education" strategy.  
zh-cn	很多师资匮乏的欠发达地区都在探索通过“互联网+教育”改变落后的教育现状。 

en-us	In China, a country with a vast area and large population, this kind of resource sharing plays an important role in narrowing the education gap and promoting education equity. 
zh-cn	在幅员辽阔、人口众多的中国，这种资源共享，对于缩小教育差距，促进教育公平发挥着重要作用。 

en-us	On top of this, as many universities and platforms open their teaching and academic resources to the public, people now have more channels and opportunities to acquire new knowledge, read good books and explore beyond the familiar. 
zh-cn	此外，随着众多高校、平台开放自己的教学资源、学术资源，很多人也有了更多的渠道和兴趣，去学习一些新知识，读一些好书，探索一些从未涉猎的领域。 

en-us	Online education, which has been widely adopted due to the epidemic, may well bring some new changes to both Chinese education and society.
zh-cn	疫情导致的大规模线上教育，或许将在中国教育和社会领域带来一些新的变化。