韩国高中生竟用整容"慰劳"自己

Exhausted South Korean students are now choosing their reward -- plastic surgery, with university entrance exams finally behind them.

随着大学入学考试的临近，饱受高考压力的韩国学生现在选择补偿自己的新方式：做整容手术。

A number of plastic surgery hospitals have taken advantage of a recent trend by some parents to reward their children for years of hard study with plastic surgery, offering substantial discounts for eye and nose operations.

韩国父母用整容手术奖励自己的孩子，补偿他们这么多年的刻苦学习。很多整容医院利用这个契机，推出鼻子和眼睛手术的特价优惠服务。

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Popular surgeries include "Westernizing" the nose to give it an upward tilt and double-eyelid surgery to make eyes look bigger, which is especially popular with young women.

最受欢迎的整容手术包括隆鼻和双眼皮手术，韩国年轻女性都希望自己的眼睛看起来更大一些，鼻子更翘一些，所以这些手术备受她们喜爱。"We already had a long reservation list with names of students even before they took the test," the manager of one hospital said.

一家整容医院的经理说：“我们已经有了一张长长的预约等候名单，很多学生在考试以前就开始预约了。”

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韩国政府非常重视高等教育，大学入学考试竞争更加激烈。政府年初公布的统计数据显示，韩国父母每年投入近200亿美元用于私人教育和补习学校，相当于整个国家GDP的2%，帮助学生为高考做好准备。

　　Competition is fierce for places in education-obsessed South Korea's universities, and government data earlier this year showed that parents in South Korea spend nearly $20 billion a year, or about 2 percent of the country's GDP, on private education and cram schools to help students prepare.