[ti:Colleges Plan Fall Opening, But Campuses Will Not Be the Same] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:01.64]Growing numbers of U.S. colleges and universities [00:07.56]are saying they will reopen before autumn. [00:13.44]There will be, however, big changes to college life [00:18.96]to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. [00:23.76]Large lecture rooms will no longer be used. [00:28.56]Student housing will not be full. [00:34.48]Schools will require students to be tested for the virus. [00:40.32]And some smaller colleges may even bar students from leaving their grounds. [00:48.92]Some universities have given up hope of offering in-person classes in the fall term. [00:58.12]So, they will be offering students online classes. [01:03.32]Yet others are announcing plans to welcome students back in August. [01:11.44]The schools that plan to open admit an outbreak of COVID, [01:17.08]the disease caused by the virus, may force them to close again. [01:25.00]But, their leaders say, financial and social demands are simply too strong to ignore. [01:36.52]At West Virginia University, President E. Gordon Gee [01:43.80]said students do not want to wait for a vaccine. [01:48.48]He added that the university's finances were part of the decision. [01:56.88]If science were the only concern, "we would keep everything shut down [02:03.24]until we have a vaccine and until it's working," he said. [02:09.88]"We will open, but it will be different." [02:16.28]Colleges planning to reopen include Purdue University, Texas A&M University, [02:25.24]the University of Notre Dame and several statewide systems. [02:33.88]The California State University system has said its 23 campuses [02:41.04]will stay mostly online this fall. [02:45.60]School officials said they feared another outbreak of the virus later this year. [02:54.84]Others including the University of South Carolina and Rice University in Texas [03:02.60]plan to reopen, but they will have a shorter fall term. [03:09.96]They are hoping that another outbreak, if there is one, [03:14.68]will hit in November or December. [03:19.72]U.S. President Donald Trump has urged schools to reopen, [03:25.76]but his top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, has expressed concerns. [03:34.20]Last week, Fauci spoke at a U.S. Senate hearing about the coronavirus. [03:41.56]He said he did not believe there will be a vaccine by the end of the summer. [03:49.32]Trump said that was "not an acceptable answer." [03:55.32]Colleges and universities that plan to reopen have told students to expect [04:02.24]social distancing measures to be enforced. [04:06.92]This will include a requirement to wear face masks. [04:13.24]College officials say there will be widespread testing, [04:17.96]and students found to be infected will be put in quarantine. [04:25.96]But some Americans wonder whether the schools [04:29.76]will be able to provide large numbers of tests. [04:35.32]In a call with 14 university leaders this month, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence [04:43.92]promised to help colleges improve testing operations. [04:49.16]But some on the call said details, [04:52.92]especially about how to pay for the testing, was not clear. [05:00.20]"The testing is going to cost money," said Mike Lovell, [05:05.00]president of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [05:10.44]He noted that many schools already have financial problems. [05:18.24]Once students are back on campus, [05:21.24]the main goal will be to keep them apart, colleges say. [05:26.68]Chairs will be placed at least two meters from each other. [05:32.28]Big lectures will be made into smaller groups or move online. [05:38.92]Some colleges are discussing teaching some classes outside buildings [05:44.56]or in temporary shelters. [05:49.28]The biggest problem for colleges is the question of student housing. [05:55.28]At some schools, housing meant for several students [05:59.44]will be limited to just one or two. [06:03.12]Restrooms will be restricted to just a few students. [06:10.28]At Trinity College, a school of 2,000 in Hartford, Connecticut, [06:15.92]officials hope to place every student in their own room. C [06:22.04]ollege officials have been trying to find a way to make sure students [06:27.32]will have space to sleep and study several meters apart. [06:34.32]At least one college may not let students leave the school's grounds. [06:40.28]In a recent letter to students, Amherst College in Massachusetts [06:45.88]said officials "may need to require that you limit your movement [06:51.52]to on-campus locations only." [06:55.52]I'm Susan Shand. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM