2018考研英語雙語閱讀：南方醫科大學將取消混宿制度

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Despite opposition, university to phase out mixed-gender dorm policy

南方醫科大學將取消混宿制度八成大學生持反對意見

Southern Medical University (SMU) has begun phasing out its mixed-gender dorm policy despite opposition from more than 80 percent of surveyed students, local newspaper Yangcheng Evening News reports.

據《羊城晚報》報道，南方醫科大學計劃逐步取消混寢制度。然而，在與之相關的投票活動中，卻有八成以上的學生對取消該制度持反對意見。

The university in Guangzhou was the only in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong to adopt the policy allowing male and female students to live on the same floors.

南方醫科大學坐落于廣州市，是廣東省唯一一所允許男女生住進同一樓層的大學。

In most Chinese universities, male and female students live in separate buildings, or on separate floors of the same building, and visits to areas occupied by the opposite sex are strictly controlled. In a dorm at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, the second and third floors are for female students, while male students live on the fourth floor and above.

在國內的很多大學，男女生都是分開在不同的宿舍樓或者同一宿舍樓在不同的樓層居住，而且針對進入異性宿舍樓都有嚴格管理規定。廣東外語外貿大學則是實行二三樓女生住四層以上男生居住的政策。

SMU, which was founded in October 1951, highlighted a liberal residence policy in their student recruitment drive, portraying it as a symbol of freedom, openness and equality.

南方醫科大學建于1951年10月，其開放的男女生混宿政策甚至成為該校每年招生季的噱頭，以此突出學校自由、開放和平等的原則。

In regards to the policy change, the university said "male and female students have different lifestyles. To prevent noise made by male students playing games late into the night from disturbing female students, and also to make it easier for skimpily-clad female students to dare to open their doors for fresh air during summer, the decision to abolish the mixed gender dorm policy has been made."

針對此次政策的調整，校方解釋道“男女學生在生活方式上有一定的差異，為了避免男同學深夜玩游戲傳來的喧鬧影響到女同學的作息，也為了方便女同學在夏天衣著清涼時仍敢開門通風，故而作出取消男女混宿的決定”。

SMU did not terminate the policy immediately, but the percentage of students living in mixed-gender dorms had dropped from what it was previously, according to the report.

據新聞報道，雖然南方醫科大學并沒有立即取消該制度，但是先前在混宿宿舍居住的部分學生已經搬出原本居住的宿舍。

A student’s mother supported the university’s decision, saying students were still relatively young and that they may not be able to handle the potential consequences.

一位學生的母親表示支持校方的決定，并強調學生們仍舊處于青春期，一旦越界，很難承受相應的后果。

However, in on online survey organized by students, 82 percent of 6,693 participants called for the mixed-gender dorms to remain.

然而，在學生發起的針對是否取消混寢制度的投票活動中，共有6693名學生參與其中，有82%的學生呼吁保留混宿制度。

Wang, a student at the university’s nursing school, said many high school students were surprised and curious about having a mixed-gender dorm, but "it’s really nothing special after you get used to it."

該校護理學院的一位姓王的學生表示許多大學生都對混寢制度表示驚奇或充滿好奇，但實際上習慣了之后非常正常，沒什么不方便的。

Wang said students are helpful to one other, and that the arrangement was not nearly as evil as some people imagined.

王同學還提到，其實混寢制度有利于讓男女生互幫互助，而且過程也沒有外界人們想的那么邪惡。

Ding Yu, an associate professor at Sun Yat-Sen University, said it was totally normal for male and female students to live in the same dorm. Ding also said the influences of history and culture were still powerful, preventing many people from accepting the idea.

中山大學副教授丁瑜表示，男女混宿其實是一件很正常的事情，只是受歷史文化的影響，國內的主流觀念暫時無法完全接納男女混宿制度。

Ding suggested that improved management of dorms was needed to better protect the privacy of students.

丁瑜還表示實行男女混宿的高校還需要配備有效的管理方式，以更好保護學生隱私。

來源:中新網