将不用的公共浴室间改造为自习室，浙江省台州学院的旧物改造不仅变废为宝，还给学生创造了更多的学习空间。

我们来看一段相关的英文报道

Taizhou University in Zhejiang province has remodeled its public bathroom that hasn't been used for years into a 35 self-study rooms and opened it to students in April.

The study rooms are mostly open to senior students who are preparing for their postgraduate qualifying examinations. A total of 93 students have applied for the private study rooms and there aren't any vacancies until next semester.

The cost of the renovation was less than 20,000 yuan ($3,048). A lecturer in the university said, "We only repainted and installed some sockets in the bathroom for the renovation."

浙江省台州学院将多年不用的公共浴室改造成35间自习室，并在4月份对学生开放。

这些学习室主要对大四准备考研的学生开放。总共有93名学生申请自习室，直到下学期都会满员。

翻新工作花费了不到两万元（3048美元）。学院的一个讲师指出：“我们只是将浴室重新粉刷并安装了一些插头。”



【讲解】

文中的self-study room就是“自习室”的意思，其中self-study用作名词，意为“自学；自我研究”，是由self-（自我）和study（学习）构成的单词。常见的词汇搭配有：self-study courses（自学课程）、by one's self-study（自学）。

第二段中的vacancy用作名词，意为“空缺；空白”，如：We still have vacancies for secretaries but other positions have been filled.（我们的秘书名额尚有空缺，但其他职位都满了。）