希臘給學生髮巨型口罩

Greece supplies gigantic masks

希臘給學生髮巨型口罩

Greece's plan to supply schools nationwide with free face masks has failed spectacularly after the delivered ones turned out to be too large for both children and adults due to wrong measurements.

希臘給全國學校提供免費口罩的計劃出了大問題，由於尺寸錯誤，口罩送到學校後大家發現實在太大，不僅孩子們戴不了，給大人戴也不合適。

Greek officials admitted the failure on Tuesday, after the first batch of masks was delivered to schools.

9月15日，首批口罩送到學校後，希臘政府官員承認出現了失誤。

Deputy health minister Vassilis Kontozamanis tried to explain the failure as a "misunderstanding" between the government and the contractor, stating the measurements were given for "pre-stitched" fabric.

衛生部副部長瓦西利斯·康託扎馬尼斯試圖解釋稱，之所以口罩太大，是因爲政府和承包商之間出現了“誤會”，他說，政府給的口罩尺寸是指口罩原料布大小。

The masks, intended for children under 10, measured 10 by 18 centimeters and those for older school children, a ginormous 12 by 22 centimeters.

政府爲10歲以下學生訂製的口罩尺寸爲10釐米x18釐米，10歲以上學生的尺寸爲12釐米x22釐米，大到不可思議。

Greek social media has been flooded with absurd imagery of the gigantic masks schoolchildren brought home.

學生們把這些口罩帶回家後，各種搞怪圖片在希臘社交媒體上刷屏。

In most cases, the face masks supposed to cover mouth and nose worked as full-face masks instead, and puncturing holes in them was the only way to see.

大多數圖片上，本來只應覆蓋口鼻部位的口罩大到可以當面罩蓋住全臉，想看到外面必須在口罩上挖洞才行。