最近大家都在家躲新型病毒，
瑟瑟发抖的我不禁想起一句应景的英文谚语：
With all the commotion surrounding the fear of the new virus recently, I can’t help but think of a particular proverb:
“A stitch in time saves nine.”
“一针及时，可省九针。”
正如纽约参议员Chuck Schumer在1月26日就新型冠状病毒发表的一份声明中说的那样：
In fact, New York Senator Chuck Schumer had said in a statement in regards to the new coronavirus on January 26:
“如果问我公众能从新型病毒带来的危害中学到了什么，那就是‘一针及时，可省九针。’ 我们越能未雨绸缪，人们就越能安康。”
“If we have learned anything from the risks that new viruses pose to public health it is that a ‘stitch in time saves nine,’ and the more we can do to be proactive, the better off the public will be.”
这句著名的谚语的含义是：
如果你能尽快解决当下的问题，
那就为之后的工作省去许多不必要的麻烦。
The meaning of this well-known proverb is: if you try to solve the problem as soon as you can, then it will save you some extra work later on.
在新型冠状病毒肆虐的形势下，
“一针及时，可省九针”的意思也可以解读为
“如想消它气焰，现在就要给足重视！
In the case of this new coronavirus, “a stitch in time saves nine” means, if it needs immediate attention, then give it the attention now!
