韩国考生吃太妃糖求好运 家长前往教堂祈祷
<p>韩国高考于今日举行，共有69万考生参加。为了能在考试中取得好成绩，考生都流行吃太妃糖而避讳香蕉和海带；因为前者能帮他们粘住正确答案，而后者则可能会让他们在考试中“摔跤”。考生家长也在考前纷纷前往教堂或寺庙祈祷，希望孩子能考进好学校，然后有个好工作。在韩国高考当天，股市迟开一小时，以保证考生去往考场的道路畅通无阻；而在口语考试时段，禁止飞机起降，机动车司机不得鸣笛。除了太妃糖以外，考试当中还流行赠送叉子和手纸；叉子可以帮助考生刺中正确答案，而手纸则因为在韩语中的发音与“解决”一词发音相似而成为幸运物品。</p><p><span word="Jets">Jets</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="grounded">grounded</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="anxious">anxious</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="pray">pray</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="exams">exams</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="universities">universities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="life">life</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="prayers">prayers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="churches">churches</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="temples">temples</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="of">of</span> 50 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="the">the</span> 690,000 <span word="students">students</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="sit">sit</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="exams">exams</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="boosting">boosting</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="chances">chances</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="eating">eating</span> <span word="toffee">toffee</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="answers">answers</span> <span word="stick">stick</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="staying">staying</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="bananas">bananas</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="seaweed">seaweed</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="slip">slip</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tests">tests</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="stressed">stressed</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="mothers">mothers</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="colleges">colleges</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Kwon">Kwon</span> <span word="Jeong">Jeong</span>-<span word="hee">hee</span>, <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="son">son</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="so">so</span>-<span word="called">called</span> <span word="CSAT">CSAT</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p><p><span word="Kwon">Kwon</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="praying">praying</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Jogyesa">Jogyesa</span> <span word="Buddhist">Buddhist</span> <span word="temple">temple</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="downtown">downtown</span> <span word="Seoul">Seoul</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="prayer">prayer</span> <span word="meetings">meetings</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="CSAT">CSAT</span> <span word="exam">exam</span> <span word="takers">takers</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="anxious">anxious</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="praying">praying</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="months">months</span>.</p>
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