In response to the death of a junior-high student in New Taipei City who was stabbed several times with a switchblade by a schoolmate on Monday, President Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday that a meeting between the six special municipalities is to be convened next week to discussways to improve campus safety,including measures for reintroducing juvenile offenders and counseling.

針對新北市國中生被刺數刀死亡事件，蔡英文總統昨表示六直轄市將於下週召開會議討論改善校園安全問題，包括重新引介少年犯和諮詢措施。

stab：（v.）用刀等銳器戳，捅，刺
switchblade：（n.）彈簧刀
municipality：（n.）直轄市
convene：（v.）召開，召集
reintroducing：（n.）重新導入；再介紹
juvenile：（n.）青少年
offender：（n.）罪犯
counseling：（n.）諮詢

A ninth-grade male student reportedly stabbed the victim in the neck and chest leaving him with no vital signsafter a female classmate complained to him about the way the other student had spoken to her.The injured student was rushed to Far Eastern Memorial Hospital. Although his heartbeat was initially restored after emergency treatment, the student died on Tuesday night for thefailed surgery.

據報導，一名九年級男學生在女同學對其抱怨受害者與之說話的方式後，持刀刺傷該名受害者的脖子與胸部，致使失去生命體徵。受傷學生被送往遠東紀念醫院，雖然經過緊急治療後初步恢復心跳，但因手術失敗，該名學生於週二晚間死亡。

victim：（n.）受害者
vital：（adj.）生命的
injured：（adj.受傷的
rush：（v.）極速做；趕緊
heartbeat：（n.）心跳
initially：（adv.）初步
restore：（v.）恢復

Ajuvenile court on Tuesday ruled that the assailant should be placed in custody and the female student be released into the custody of a legal guardian.Local media reported that the stabber had already had multiple run-ins with the law for crimes including causing bodily harmand had only recently been released from a juvenile detention center.

週二，少年法庭裁定攻擊者應被拘留，而女學生則應由法定監護人監護。據當地媒體報導，持刀行兇者已經多次因包括造成人身傷害在內等犯罪行為觸犯法律，最近才從少年看守所釋放。

assailant：（n.）襲擊者
custody：（n.）監護；監禁；拘留
release：（v.）釋放
guardian：（n.）監護人
multiple：（adj.）多種的；多個的
run-ins：（n.）激烈衝突
detention：（n.）偵查
juvenile detention center：（n.）少年觀護所，少年拘留中心；感化院
JUVIE是juvenile detention center的簡稱，根據《少年事件處理法》第52條及第53條規定，對於12歲以上不滿18歲的少年：對於少年之交付安置輔導及施以感化教育時，由少年法院依其行為性質、身心狀況、學業程度及其它必要事項，分類交付適當之福利、教養機構或感化教育機構執行之，受少年法院之指導。感化教育機構之組織及其教育之實施，以法律定之，執行期間均不得逾三年。現有誠正中學、敦品中學、勵志中學、明陽中學等取代原有少年監獄與少年感化院、少年輔育院。以學校的形式，轉型為教育方式導正少年受刑人的觀念與方向。

A national education action alliance urged the government to provide alternative education programs specifically tailored to meet the needs of these students becauseat-risk students often come from dysfunctional family backgrounds, have difficulty adapting to a school environment and in some cases pose a threat to school safety.The Ministry of Education in a statement on Wednesday expressed regret over the incident and promised to review the nation's alternative education system to address the educational needs of students that cannot be met in regular schools.

因為高風險學生往往來自功能失調的家庭背景，難以適應學校環境，在某些情況下對學校安全構成威脅，全國教育行動聯盟敦促政府提供專門滿足這些學生需求的替代教育計畫學生。教育部在周三的聲明中對此事件表示遺憾，並承諾審查國家的替代教育體系，以解決普通學校無法滿足的學生的教育需求。

alliance：（n.）聯盟
specifically：（adv.）專門地；明確地
tailor：（v.）使適應特定需要
at-risk：（adj.）處於危險之中的
dysfunctional：（adj.）功能失調的；機能障礙的
adapt：（v.）適應
alternative：（adj.）可供選擇的
address：（v.）解決