(HL-예술/취미/종교) Girl Scouts About More Than Selling Cookies

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For almost 29 years, Martha Gach has been a Girl Scout. She has been both a Girl Scout and an adult volunteer. “One thing that has stayed the same – developing self- confidence for our girls and developing leadership skills,” Gach said. And Girl Scouts continue to raise money by selling cookies. It is something they have done for 99 years. What is different today, she said, is that Girl Scouts spend more time on teaching outdoor skills, such as climbing mountains. And they work on technology and engineering projects. Today, these kinds of activities are called, “STEM” -- short for developing skills in science, technology, engineering and math.
* volunteer = 자원 봉사자/ self-confidence = 자신(自信)/ raise money = 돈을 마련하다/ short for ~ = ~의 생략[단축] (형)인    

The Girl Scouts have been an organization since 1912, when Juliette Gordon Low set up the first “troop,” or group, of girls. Today, there are 2.7 million Girl Scouts: 1.9 million girls and 800,000 adults who are mostly volunteers. That is enough to make the Girl Scouts the largest girls’ organization in the United States. But the numbers are down by more than one million since 2003. Girl Scout leaders say they have a harder time finding adult volunteers. That is because more women are not only working, but sometimes have more than one job, according to Girl Scouts. Gach volunteers in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. She said it also is harder to keep girls interested in Girl Scouts after middle school. “There are other demands on their time,” she said. Among those new demands is the growth in girls’ sports since a 1972 U.S. rule required equal sports programs for girls and boys.
* set up = 설립[건립]하다/ have a hard time (~ing) = (~에) 어려움을 겪다/ demands(pl) (on ~) = (어렵거나 힘이 드는) 일[부담], 요구(되는 일들)

Girl Scouts About More Than Selling Cookies - WTS.mp3