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2018年11月21日

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Today, almost 600,000 South Korean students sit the College Scholastic Ability Test, a gruelling, eight-hour set of university entrance exams.

今天，將近60萬名韓國(guó)學(xué)生參加大學(xué)修業(yè)能力考試，這是一項(xiàng)長(zhǎng)達(dá)8小時(shí)的大學(xué)入學(xué)考試。

It is difficult to overstate the significance of the CSAT. Similar to other global standardised exams, CSAT scores open doors to prestigious universities. In Korea, however, social pressure and peer judgement not to attend local colleges cause many students to jockey for a few spots in three top universities located in Seoul (known as the ‘SKY’ colleges). Only 1% of students will be admitted.

CSAT考試的重要性難以夸大。與其他全球標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化考試類似，CSAT是學(xué)生進(jìn)入著名大學(xué)的途徑。然而，在韓國(guó)，受到社會(huì)壓力和同學(xué)的眼光，許多學(xué)生不愿意不就讀當(dāng)?shù)卮髮W(xué)，目光瞄準(zhǔn)了位于首爾的三所頂尖大學(xué)(被稱為“天空”學(xué)院)，去爭(zhēng)數(shù)量極少的就讀機(jī)會(huì)。只有1%的學(xué)生將被錄取。

For a single day, the exam becomes the priority of the entire nation.

這一天，考試成為整個(gè)國(guó)家優(yōu)先考慮的事情。

Work starts an hour later, enabling students to get to their testing centres on time; planes are grounded during the listening portion so as not to create any extra noise. Younger classmates flood the streets to support upperclassmen. Parents pray together that the many hours of study their children have put in will pay off.

上班時(shí)間推后了一小時(shí)，以便學(xué)生準(zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)考場(chǎng);在聽力測(cè)試期間，飛機(jī)停飛，以免產(chǎn)生任何額外的噪音。低年級(jí)的同學(xué)涌上街頭，支持高年級(jí)學(xué)生。父母?jìng)円黄鹌矶\他們的孩子的努力得到回報(bào)。

Without top scores, entrance into the highly desired SKY universities is nearly impossible – which leads many students to sit for the CSAT exams multiple times. The test can become a life-consuming endeavour.

如果你沒獲得最高分，進(jìn)入爭(zhēng)相追捧的“天空”大學(xué)幾乎是不可能的。許多學(xué)生已經(jīng)多次參加CSAT考試。該測(cè)試可以說是一項(xiàng)耗費(fèi)生命的努力。