Name: 每天早起上課好痛苦？美國加州立法宣布延後學生上課時間！ (California Becomes The First State To Push Back School Start Times | TODAY)
Uploaded: 2019-11-03T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 2 min 38 s

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Overnight, the State of California giving students a late pass, becoming the first state in the country to mandate later start times at most public schools.

一夜之間，美國加州決定發給學生「遲到許可」，成為全美國第一個規定大多數的公立學校延後上學時間的州。

The proposed legislation signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday designed to help students by giving them more sleep.

此法案由州長 Gavin Newsom 於週日正式簽署生效，希望可以讓學生有更多睡眠時間。

The law requiring middle schools to begin classes at 8 a.m. or later, while high schools will start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.

此法要求中學於早上 8 點以後上課，而高中不能早於早上 8 點半。

Wait a minute, Doc, are you telling me it's 8:25?

等等，博士，你是說現在是八點二十五分嗎？

The reason, according to some studies, later start times mean more sleep, leading to better health and school performance among adolescents.

原因是某些研究指出，晚點上課代表能增加睡眠時間，使青少年更健康、成績更好。

Students who start school later have decreased rates of depression, they have higher test scores, there's less car accidents in the community because they're driving less drowsy.

學生上課時間延後可使罹患憂鬱症的機率下降、考試成績更優異，還有因為不再睡眼醒惺忪而有助於減少社區車禍的發生。

According to the National Sleep Foundation, teenagers need 8 to 10 hours of sleep a night but only about 15% get that much.

國家睡眠基金會指出，青少年需要 8 至 10 小時的睡眠，但只有 15% 的青少年可以做到。

The average amount, less than 7 hours a night.

青少年的平均睡眠時數少於 7 小時。

However, not everyone is behind the move.

不過，並不是每個人都支持這項政策。

Waking up later is better, but getting out later is kind of like in conflict with the other schools and students that have to play sports like me.

晚點起床當然很好，但晚放學的話，就會跟其他學校不一致或對像我這樣玩運動的學生不方便。

Daycare cost, like that would be another potential expense that I just don't have as a single mother.

安親班的費用，那會是一筆額外開銷，像我這樣的單親媽媽沒有辦法負擔。

Daycare cost would have to be... you have to go to daycare before school.

安親班的費用…在去學校前得先送到安親班。

In addition to upending family schedules, some critics say later bus shifts could affect school budgets and even traffic.

除了會打亂家庭日常安排外，一些評論家表示延後校車接送時間會影響學校預算，甚至是路上交通。

I went to school early, and I didn't have no healthy time, and I'm doing okay.

我之前上學時間很早，也沒有健康的睡眠時間，但我現在也沒什麼不好。

A new law hoping to help students excel in school, now under debate for being too little too late.

設立新法規是希望幫助學生在學校能有優異的表現，但現在來說卻已經有點無濟於事且為時已晚。

And you know, people are passionate on both sides.

你知道嗎，雙方的討論很熱烈。

It's interesting, my kids don't have school today, right? It's a holiday. I have two second graders and a fourth grader. They're up so early.

有個有趣的現象，我的小孩今天不用上課，今天是假日。我的孩子兩個小二、一個小四，他們都好早就起來了。

When they don't have school, they're up on the weekends and holidays.

他們不用上課的時候，週末和假期都會很早起床。

I will say there are a lot of kids who just seem tired in the morning. They seem kind of groggy, and maybe a little extra time if it will help them ultimately, academically, maybe we all just have to get used to it.

我覺得很多小孩早上看起來都很累，看起來有點昏昏欲睡，也許有多點睡眠的時間會對他們或對學業有幫助，或許我們只是需要適應而已。

But you made a good point: that...that would push practices later, and everything like dinner time.

不過我覺得你說得很好的是，這會使得所有日常事務都得往後延，像晚餐時間。

By the time they get home, they still have homework. It pushes everything later, but they're doing it.

他們回到家後還要寫作業，這樣會把所有的事情都延後，但他們還是得做完。

You know what? You were in school at 7a.m., and guess what?  You turned out just fine.

你知道嗎？你以前早上 7 點到校，然後你猜怎麼著？你發展的挺好的。