血液驗出巴比妥
Eight preschool students who attended a branch of Kid Castle in Banqiao District have tested positive for the sedative phenobarbital in their bloodstreams, according to New Taipei City Deputy Mayor Liu He-jan.
新北市副市長劉和然表示，板橋區一間吉的堡分校有八名幼稚園孩童的血液中驗出鎮靜劑苯巴比妥。
branch (n.)分校、分店、分支機構……
This comes as the latest development in the case of teachers allegedly drugging children at the school.
這是該校教師涉嫌在幼兒園對兒童下藥的最新進展。
allegedly (adv.)據稱drug (v.)下藥
This matter was brought to the attention of authorities last month when the parents of 17 of the school’s students suspected that their children might have been drugged at school.
上個月，該校17名學生的家長懷疑他們的孩子可能在學校裡被下藥，並向有關部門報案。
bring sth. to sb.’s attention 使某人知悉、使某人注意到某事suspect (v.)懷疑 (n.)嫌疑犯
The parents became worried when they noticed emotional and behavioral changes in their children over the previous few months.
家長們之所以擔心，是因為他們在前幾個月注意到孩子的情緒和行為出現了變化。
emotional (adj.)情緒上的behavioral (adj.)行為上的
As a result, New Taipei City has been investigating the preschool and testing students for drugs.
為此，新北市一直在調查該幼兒園，並對學生進行藥物檢測。
investigate (v.)調查
At Liu’s June 11 press conference, the deputy mayor revealed that eight of the 17 students had varying amounts of phenobarbital — a drug used to treat insomnia and anxiety — in their blood.
在劉副市長6月11日的記者會上，他透露這17名學生中有八人的血液檢測到不同濃度的苯巴比妥，這是一種用於治療失眠和焦慮的藥物。
hold a press conference 舉行記者會varying (adj.)不同的insomnia (n.)失眠anxiety (n.)焦慮
Of the eight, six were reported to have levels of 1.0 to 1.5 micrograms per milliliter (mcg/ml) of the drug, which is considered a “trace amount” by doctors.
其中六人的報告驗出每毫升1.0至1.5微克的藥物濃度，醫生認為這屬於「微量」。
micro- (prefix)微microgram (n.)微克milli- (prefix)毫milliliter (n.)毫升
One of the children was found to have a level of between 1.5 and 2.0 mcg/ml, while the last student had the highest level, measuring between 3.0 and 3.5 mcg/ml.
其中一名孩子驗出1.5至2.0 毫升微克的藥物濃度，而最後一名學生的濃度最高，介於3.0至3.5毫升微克之間。
With other test results to come, the number of affected students may increase.
隨著其他檢測結果的出爐，受影響的學生人數可能會增加。
to come 未來的、即將到來的
In the meantime, “New Taipei City’s Education Department has revoked the preschool’s license,” and nearly all of the school’s 67 students have been moved to other preschools by their parents.
與此同時，「新北市教育局已撤銷該幼兒園的立案許可」，該校的67名學生幾乎都已由家長轉學到其他幼兒園。
revoke (v.)取消、撤銷、廢除revoke a permit 撤銷許可證revoke a contract 撤銷合約
Investigators will continue to find out how and when the children were drugged.
調查人員將繼續追查孩童如何以及何時被下藥。
investigator (n.)調查人員