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STORY1: SCHOOL SHOWDOWN
SCHOOL FORCES PARENTS TO VACCINATE THEIR CHILDREN
There's a showdown looming between school officials and parents in
This high school student is arming himself against Hepatitis B and ensuring he'll remain in school. Without the proper vaccines, students must stay home.
If a student has not, is not in compliance, then we're required to exclude them from school. We simply don't like that.
And so three months into the school year with nearly 2,000 students still lacking all the required immunizations, mainly those for chickenpox and Hepatitis B, officials in
If we have stubborn parents who won't do it the easy way, I'm willing to do it the hard way and, and use legal action to, to compel them.
Parents who don't comply face fines of $50 a day and up to 10 days in jail.
These parents have had ample opportunities. The vaccine is available. They could have organized to do this, so shame on them.
Every state requires schoolchildren to be immunized, but few have gone as far as
I think it's right. I don't want my kid going to school with somebody that doesn't have their shot.
Just extreme because there are other measures I'm sure that they could take.
Delinquent parents and their children have been told to show up in court this weekend where the parents will be ordered by the judge to have their children vaccinated immediately, right there at the courthouse.
The new get-tough policy is having an effect. Parents are now calling by the hundreds in an attempt to ensure their children stay in school and they stay out of jail. Lisa Stark, ABC News,
LISTENING REVIEW DECEMBER, 2007
EXPRESSION REVIEW INSTRUCTOR KIM SOO-YEON
STORY1: SCHOOL SHOWDOWN
1. 현대 자동차 노사가 대치 국면으로 치닫게 되면서 노조 지도부가 결국 구속될 수도 있는 상황이다.
(There's a showdown looming between school officials and parents in
2. 독감 철이 되면 많은 사람들이 예방 백신 접종으로 대비한다. 특히 노인과 어린이들이 주요 예방 접종 대상이다.
(This high school student is arming himself against Hepatitis B and ensuring he'll remain in school. Without the proper vaccines, students must stay home.)
3. 우리 나라 아동들은 취학 전에 필수예방접종을 거의 다 맞는다. 하지만 학교에 입학해서 여름 방학 기간은 소아과의사를 통해 아이들이 꼭 맞아야 할 예방접종은 다 이루어졌는지 확인해서 아이가 혹시 학교에 등교하지 못하는 일이 없도록 하기에 제일 좋은 기간이다.
(And so three months into the school year with nearly 2,000 students still lacking all the required immunizations, mainly those for chickenpox and Hepatitis B, officials in
4. 퇴교 조치되는 아이들 중에서 많은 아이들이 실제로 학생들의 안전에 위협이 되거나 학교 교육 환경을 흐트러뜨리는 경우들이기는 하지만 반면에 너무 많은 학생들이 엉뚱하게 퇴교 당하는 경우도 있고 혹은 자신들의 권리를 침해 당하는
(If a student has not, is not in compliance, then we're required to exclude them from school.)
5. 살아가다가 도저히 자신의 능력으로는 더 이상 어찌해야 할지 알 수 없을 때 사람들은 대개 종교에 귀의해 답을 구한다.
(officials in
6. TV라이센스를 받지 않은 회사의 직원들이 PC로 월드컵 경기를 보면 해당 직원의 상급자들이 최고 1천 파운드의 벌금형을 받게 된다고 TVLA, 즉 ‘TV라이선싱 당국’이 경고했다.
(Parents who don't comply face fines of $50 a day and up to 10 days in jail)
LISTENING REVIEW DECEMBER, 2007
EXPRESSION REVIEW INSTRUCTOR KIM SOO-YEON
STORY1: SCHOOL SHOWDOWN
1. 현대 자동차 노사가 대치 국면으로 치닫게 되면서 노조 지도부가 결국 구속될 수도 있는 상황이다.
(There's a showdown looming between school officials and parents in
1. A showndown is looming between labor and management in the Hyundai Motor, a standoff that could land the union leadership in jail.
2. 독감 철이 되면 많은 사람들이 예방 백신 접종으로 대비한다. 특히 노인과 어린이들이 주요 예방 접종 대상이다.
(This high school student is arming himself against Hepatitis B and ensuring he'll remain in school. Without the proper vaccines, students must stay home.)
2. During a flu season, many people arm themselves through vaccinations. The elderly and young in particular are among those who should receive proper vaccines.
3. 우리 나라 아동들은 취학 전에 필수예방접종을 거의 다 맞는다. 하지만 학교에 입학해서 여름 방학 기간은 소아과의사를 통해 아이들이 꼭 맞아야 할 예방접종은 다 이루어졌는지 확인해서 아이가 혹시 학교에 등교하지 못하는 일이 없도록 하기에 제일 좋은 기간이다.
(And so three months into the school year with nearly 2,000 students still lacking all the required immunizations, mainly those for chickenpox and Hepatitis B, officials in
3. Most of this country’s pre-school children receive nearly all the required immunization. However, for students, summer is the ideal time for parents to check with their child’s pediatrician to ensure that required immunizations have been received and to avoid a child not being allowed to attend school.
4. 퇴교 조치되는 아이들 중에서 많은 아이들이 실제로 학생들의 안전에 위협이 되거나 학교 교육 환경을 흐트러뜨리는 경우들이기는 하지만 반면에 너무 많은 학생들이 엉뚱하게 퇴교 당하는 경우도 있고 혹은 자신들의 권리를 침해 당하기도 한다.
(If a student has not, is not in compliance, then we're required to exclude them from school.)
4. While many students who are excluded do in fact pose a threat to safety or disrupt the learning environment of the school, too many students are excluded inappropriately or in violation of their rights.
5. 살아가다가 도저히 자신의 능력으로는 더 이상 어찌해야 할지 알 수 없을 때 사람들은 대개 종교에 귀의해 답을 구한다.
(officials in
5. People who find themselves at their wits’ end during the course of life, they usually turn to religion for the answer.
6. TV라이센스를 받지 않은 회사의 직원들이 PC로 월드컵 경기를 보면 해당 직원의 상급자들이 최고 1천 파운드의 벌금형을 받게 된다고 TVLA, 즉 ‘TV라이선싱 당국’이 경고했다.
(Parents who don't comply face fines of $50 a day and up to 10 days in jail)6. Company directors face fines of up to £1,000 if staff watch World Cup matches on their work PCs and their employers do not have a TV licence, the TV Licensing Authority (TVLA) has warned.
STORY2: VOTE 2008
KEY ENDORSEMENT
Presidential politics tonight, Republican Fred Thompson today got a major endorsement. It came from the leading anti-abortion group, the National Right to Life Committee. Some have questioned Thompson's commitment to pro-life issues. So why this endorsement? Here's Jake Tapper.
The anti-abortion group's endorsement came despite the fact that Fred Thompson opposes a constitutional amendment to ban abortion.
I think people ought to be free, state and local levels, to make decisions that even Fred Thompson disagrees with. That's what freedom is all about.
Asked why they chose a candidate who feels this way, the National Right to Life Committee said there was no other choice.
Rudy Giuliani supports abortion rights. Mitt Romney used to. And John McCain supports embryonic stem cell research. And what about a less popular but more purely anti-abortion candidate such as former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee? Huckabee, they said, cannot win.
To hold records, to position on the life issues and electability, it wasn't close.
And that focus on electability has some conservative activists arguing today's endorsement was more about power than principle.
Unfortunately today, too many conservative organizations are more concerned, more interested in making sure that they have a seat at the table than they are concerned about who's sitting with them at the table.
Thompson had a 100% anti-abortion voting record in the Senate. But in 1991, he lobbied on behalf of an abortion rights group. In an acknowledgment of his evolution on the issue, Thompson now argues his wife's recent pregnancy with their daughter, Hayden, changed him emotionally.
Seeing a sonogram of my own child, I will never think the same exactly again, because my heart now is fully engaged with my head.
STORY3: PAIN AT THE PUMP
PRICE SPIKE
Good evening. This is the time of year when gas prices, traditionally, are going down. This year? Not a chance. Instead, gas prices are getting close to an all-time high.
Today, the government said the average price of a gallon of gas in
So how much does that take out of your pocket and what could you be buying with that money? ABC’s David Muir is here with the numbers. David?
Well, Charlie, the millions of Americans who pull up to the gas pump surely didn't need the Energy Department to confirm what they've witnessed already, crisis at the pump that are nearing record highs. And now, the government says possibly breaking those records by Christmas.
Prices have already risen more than 30 cents in just the last two months. And they're not done rising. Late today, the government said expect another 10 to 15 cents in the coming weeks.
We do think it is very likely that we'll set a new nationwide high price of over $3.23 per gallon before Christmas.
In Sarasota, Florida, today, they're already reporting an all-time high, well above $3 a gallon, all driven by those oil prices, above the $90 mark for nearly a month now. It's a toll now being felt by the consumer. Gasoline accounts for nearly 5% of the average household budget. Though that might sound small, as the price of gas goes up, the impact on the American family grows quickly. Last year, the average American household burned 1280 gallons of gas, spending more than $3200.
That same year's worth of fuel at the price the government is now predicting would cost $4100, that's $800 more, enough money for groceries for the average household for three months or nearly two Dell laptops for the kids. And $800 is what the average American spends on the holidays, the cards, the food, the gifts.
We'll not be doing that this year because it's just too expensive.
And analysts say expect cutbacks in other areas as well, like eating out. The most affected? Mid-priced restaurant chains like Chili's and Applebee's. And at the mall, middle of the road retailers will be hit hardest as well. JCPenney and GAP have already shown declines. Experts say discount stores like Wal-Mart will fare better because families will be looking for a deal.
And to say that the high gasoline price could be the Grinch that stole Christmas this year.
And there's already evidence tonight that middle-income Americans feeling the gas squeeze already might be turning to those discount retailers. Just today, Wal-Mart revealed earnings well above what they were expecting. And, Charlie, analysts say this is a sign this discount dynamic of things to come.