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PBS NEWSHOUR 표현 정리 (4/4, MAY, 2009) INSTRUCTOR KIM SOO-YEON
1. 떨쳐 일어나 일익을 담당해 줄 것을 여려분에게 부탁드립니다: I'm asking you ~
2. 전국적으로 직접 자원 봉사에 대한 관심이 뜨거워지는 것에 대한 그의 응답이었다: He was responding ~
3. 오바마 대통령은 오늘 ‘전미 자원 봉사단’의 규모를 세 배로 확대하는 법안에 서명했다: President Obama today signed legislation ~
4. 나는 많은 젊은이들이 일하고 자원봉사 활동을 하고, 전례없을 정도로 많이, (활동에) 참여하는 것을 봐왔다: I've seen ~
5. 이들은 9/11테러의 와중에 성인이 된 세대이다: They're ~
6. 이들은, 가장 미국적인 가치를 갖춘, 사회활동 참여에 적극적인 세대가 되었다: they've become a generation ~
7. 매년 자원봉사자들은 어린이들과 소외된 자들을 교육하고, 공원과 하천을 청소하며, 서민 주택을 건설하는 일에 동참해왔다: volunteers each year have pitched in ~
8. 이런 (자원봉사) 프로그램들은 힘을 불리게 된다: Programs like these are ~
9. 이런 프로그램들은 적은 수의 멤버들을 움직여 수많은 자원 봉사자들로 바꿔놓는다: They leverage ~
10. 우리는 이들의 봉사 활동을 현재의 가장 시급한 도전과 과제들을 해결하는 쪽으로 집중시킬 것이다: we will focus ~
11. 뇌암으로 투병 중인 케네디 (상원의원)이 오늘 긴 기립 박수를 받았다: Kennedy, who is ~
12. ‘아메리코 (전미자원봉사단)’는 (자원 봉사 댓가로) 자원 봉사자들에게 교육비 지원을 해준다: AmeriCorps rewards ~
13. 온라인 신청이 올해 234퍼센트 증가했다: Online applications are up ~
14. 이 새 법이 전국적으로 그리고 민초 차원에서 어떤 변화를 가져올까요? what difference will ~ ?
15. 왜 현재 국민들의 봉사 활동에 대한 관심이 급증했을까요? why such a surge ~?
16. 부분적으로는 자신보다 더 큰 무엇인가에 참여하고자 하는, 현재 부상하고 있는 20세기 말 전후 세대가 그 동인이라고 생각합니다: I think it's also driven in part by ~
17. 경제 위기 상황을 그 원동력으로 보는 것에 대해 잘 이해가 가지 않는 부분이 있습니다.: Here's what I don't get ~
18. 왜 사람들이, 이런 시기에, 자원봉사를 하려고 할 것이 아니라, 돈이 되는 일자리를 찾으려 하지 않고 있는 것인가요? Why aren't people just ~?
19. 어메리코’ 회원들은 생활비조로 용돈을 받습니다: Members in AmeriCorps receives ~
20. 젊은이들의 경우에는 학업을 더 할 수 있도록 돕는 차원에서 교육 장학금을 지원하기도 합니다: It also provides an educational award ~
PBS NEWSHOUR 표현 연습 (4/4, MAY, 2009) INSTRUCTOR KIM SOO-YEON
1. 경제가 악화되는 상황에서 미국 전역의 자선단체들마다 돕곘다는 자원봉사자의 손길로 넘쳐나고 있다. 지난 2개월 동안, 자원 봉사 활동에 대한 문의와 자원 봉사 활동 오리엔테이션에 참석하겠다는 미국인들이 늘었다. 관계 당국에서는 오바마 대통령이 직접 자원 봉사 활동을 촉구한 것, 미국 내에 끼니를 못 챙기거나 집이 없는 사람들이 늘고 있는 것에 대한 우려, 그리고 실업률 증가로 인해 자원봉사할 시간 여유가 생긴 사람들이 많이 늘게 된 것 등을 직접적인 자원 봉사활동이 이렇게 급증하는 원인으로 보고 있다.
Charities around America have been inundated with volunteers as the economy has worsened.
In the past two months, more Americans have been inquiring about volunteer opportunities and attending volunteer orientations. Officials attribute the surge in interest in hands-on volunteering to a number of factors, including President Obama's call to service, concern about growing hunger and homelessness in the United States, and the higher unemployment rate, which has left many people with more time to volunteer.
2. 중국과 일본이 차세대 휴대폰 개발을 위해 손을 잡고 중국 시장에서 빠른 속도로 점유율을 높여 가고 있는 한국의 삼성 전자와 LG전자를 견제하려는 속셈을 보이고 있다
중국은 이번 달 동영상 전화 및 인터넷 접속이 가능한 제3세대 휴대폰 서비스를 시작했고 일본의 휴대폰 제조사들도 중국 시장 점유율을 높이기 위해 호시탐탐 기회를 노리고 있다. .
China and Japan are teaming up to develop a new generation of mobile phones... challenging Korea's Samsung and LG electronics... whose shares of the Chinese market have been increasing rapidly.
3. 작년 말 현대자동차 노조는 연말 연시를 맞아, 가정 형편이 어려운 어린이들에게 선물을 보내기 위해 사랑의 기금 모으기를 실천했었다. 현대중공업도 지난 여름 잇따른 자연 재해로 집을 잃은 사람들을 위한 사랑의 집짓기에 참여했다. 최근 몇 년 사이이 이렇게 사회적으로 어려운 사람들을 위해 자원봉사를 하는 기업들이 늘고 있다.
By the end of last year Hyundai Motors workers union spearheaded fundraisers to buy presents for children who were facing slim holidays. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. also has pitched in with Habitat for Humanity to build new homes for victims of a string of natuarl disasters last summer. In recent years an increasing number of corporate volunteers have been joining forces in volunteering for community needs.
4. 우리는 현재 처한 에너지 딜레마 상황과 석유에 대한 지나친 의존을 종식시킬, 미래에 대한 새로운 구상이 필요하다. 따라서 우리 나라의 지도자들은 석유에 대한 우리의 기본적인 수요를 줄이는 것에 초점을 맞춰야 한다. 이는 우리의 에너지 국가 안보와 직결되는 부분이다.
We need a new vision for the future that will end our current energy dilemma and addiction to oil. Our leadership must focus on reducing our need for oil, which is where real national energy security lies.
5. 나는 경제 위기를 전혀 나쁜 것으로 보지 않는다. 나는 경제 위기를 가장 강한 자는 살아 남고 죽은 나무는 퇴출시키는 일종의 진화 과정으로 본다. 경제 위기는 또한, 인류로서 우리가 끝없는 고난을 기초로 그리고 극복하고 진전을 이루어 온 역사가 보여주듯이, 혁신의 동력이 될 수도 있다.
I don’t see this economical crisis as being a bad thing altogether… I kind of see it as evolution - the strongest survive and it clears out the dead wood. And it could also be a driving factor for innovation, as histroy shows that we, as humanity, have made a progress on and over endless hardshiops.
6. 조건이 좋은 일자리를 찾는 가장 중요한 방법 두 가지는 첫째, 입과 인맥을 통해서이다. 이미 직장이 있는 사람들은 일자리가 비게 되면 대개는 알고 있기 때문에 친구나 친지가 그런 회사에서 근무하고 있는 것도 도움이 된다. 자리가 비게 되면 알려 줄 수 있으니까. 또 다른 취업의 지름길은 직접 회사들을 찾아가서, 지원서를 달라고 해서, 항상 이력서를 준비해 갖고 다니다가 그 곳에서 지원서를 작성하는 것이다.
Two of the most important ways of finding a decent paying job is by word of mouth and networking. People who already work at companies usually know when a position is being offered so it helps to have a friend or relative who already works there. They can let you know if a position comes available. Another good way of landing employment is to visit companies in person, ask for employment applications, and fill them out while you are there and always have copies of your resume with you.
4. Obama Signs Bill Expanding National Civilian Service Corps
President Obama signed a $5.7 billion national service bill that will triple the size of the AmeriCorps program and renew the call for community involvement. Analysts mull the new measure.
JIM LEHRER: Next, a major expansion of national service programs. Gwen Ifill has that story.
BARACK OBAMA, President of the
GWEN IFILL: Responding to a surge of interest in hands-on volunteering around the country, President Obama today signed legislation that could triple the size of the AmeriCorps national service program.
BARACK OBAMA: I've seen a rising generation of young people work and volunteer and turn out in record numbers. They're a generation that came of age amidst the horrors of 9/11 and Katrina, the wars in
GWEN IFILL: Since AmeriCorps was created in 1993, 75,000 volunteers each year have pitched in to educate children and the disadvantaged, clean parks and streams, build affordable housing, and feed the hungry.
The president spoke today at a
BARACK OBAMA: Programs like these are a force multiplier. They leverage small numbers of members into thousands of volunteers. And we will focus their service toward solving today's most pressing challenges.
GWEN IFILL: The $5.7 billion bipartisan measure was sponsored by Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy and Republican Senator Orrin Hatch. Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, received an extended ovation today.
SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY (D),
VOLUNTEER: What would we have to use to get 625?
GWEN IFILL: AmeriCorps rewards its volunteers with education assistance, $1.6 billion during the last 16 years. Online applications are up 234 percent this year.
Renewed interest in service
GWEN IFILL: So what difference will this new law make nationally and at the grassroots? Alan Solomont is chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent federal agency in charge of AmeriCorps,
And Lise Day runs the Lorain County, Ohio, chapter of Big Brothers and Big Sisters. She joins us from
Alan Solomont, why such a surge in interest in national service now?
ALAN SOLOMONT, Corporation for National and Community Service: Well, I think part of it is the economic crisis. People want to help their neighbors out and I think feel their neighbors' pain.
A lot of it has to do with the Obama effect, the president's call to Americans to serve. And I think it's also driven in part by this emerging millennial generation who want to be part of something greater than themselves.
And this is -- this, which resulting in this legislation, is going to allow the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide opportunities for hundreds of thousands of Americans to serve, to tutor young people, to build affordable housing, to clean up the environment, and those people in turn will mobilize millions of volunteers to tackle those community issues.
GWEN IFILL: Here's what I don't get about the economic crisis as the driving factor. Why aren't people just trying to find paying jobs at a time like this, instead of trying to volunteer?
ALAN SOLOMONT: Some of the service programs that the corporation administers provides paying positions. Members in AmeriCorps receives a living allowance that helps them -- a modest one, but helps them survive and allows them to devote themselves full time to intensive service in their communities.
It also provides an educational award for young people that will help them further their education.
And, frankly, what we're seeing is millions of Americans who want to help out, who are not unemployed, but who want to volunteer to tackle problems in the community that have been created by this economic crisis. We call it a compassion surge, but there's something going on out there where Americans are really wanting to help one another.
GWEN IFILL: There is an argument to be made that perhaps it's not government's role to do this, that this sort of compassion surge would go along just fine on its own without government money involved, especially at a time where everything is so tight.
ALAN SOLOMONT: Well, that may be an argument of some, but I think there's a deep national consensus that this is very much an appropriate use of public funds.
This legislation received more bipartisan support than probably any legislation that we will see in this Congress. And every sector of our society -- from business, nonprofit organizations to the government -- are all supportive of increasing the opportunities for Americans to serve and of using public money as seed money to launch those efforts.
Funds to strengthen programs
GWEN IFILL: Lise Day, tell us about your experience in Loraine County, Ohio. Is what Alan Solomont is saying here on the national level what you're seeing on the local level?
LISE DAY, Big Brothers, Big Sisters: Most certainly. We've had a tremendous surge in volunteerism, which is wonderful. We have so many children who need and want that caring adult in their life, to be a friend and role model through Big Brothers, Big Sisters.
But we can't charge the volunteers to volunteer. We wouldn't dream of it. And we certainly wouldn't charge the children. And so somehow we have to bridge that gap and make sure that the background checks are accomplished, that the volunteer is interviewed, and screened, and supported, and trained. And all of those things require just a little bit of money to leverage that tremendous goodwill.
GWEN IFILL: So when I ask you, where is the -- if the federal money is, indeed, trickling down and what you use it for, you're using it for, what, kind of infrastructure of the volunteer movement?
LISE DAY: Yes. Mentoring is one of those things that would happen pretty naturally on its own if we weren't so afraid of each other. And there are very good reasons today to be cautious in engaging with a child or for a child to engage with an adult.
And, basically, what Big Brothers, Big Sisters does is makes that safe for people to build that friendship through one another, because the organization has that structure.
Mentoring relationships that do not have structure do not last. And research has told us that, if the relationship lasts less than six months, you've done more harm than good to that child, because it's just another adult who has walked out on them, didn't care, turned their back.
And we don't want anybody with great intentions to find themselves ill-equipped and feel as if they couldn't continue. So we have professional staff, social workers, who help. And they take care of anything that -- where the child needs a referral or anything where there's something that's a little bit more than the volunteer wants to take on.
And that's one of the hallmarks of Big Brothers, Big Sisters services, that long match longevity. We make friends for life.
GWEN IFILL: Who do you see volunteering? Do you see -- is it young people? Is it older people? Who are the people who are knocking on your door?
LISE DAY: All kinds of people. We've traditionally had a harder time bringing men on than women. We're seeing men coming through.
Folks are working. It's not that they're unemployed. But I think that all the news over the last six months has really made us aware of what's going on in the community.
And I find when I'm talking to people, I don't have to tell them as much as I did before to convince them that there's a need out there and to convince them that it's possible for it to be addressed by them.
That one person, that Joe everyday person, nothing special, not trained as a social worker or a psychologist, and I think that that change in our society is very beneficial, because we talk a lot about this economic crisis. And we don't often think about how it's affecting the children who are hearing about the economic crisis or seeing their mother or their uncle or somebody out of work and the concerns that are going through their minds. And our families were already frail.
GWEN IFILL: Right.
LISE DAY: So the children especially need support today. And if just a little bit of recruitment support or a little bit of money to run some backgrounds checks and support the volunteer as they're doing -- the real important thing is the relationship. And that's all done by volunteers.
GWEN IFILL: Alan Solomont -- I'm sorry, pardon me, Lise, I just want to come back to Alan Solomont for a question, because I'm curious about how much of what we're seeing here is percolating up from folks like Lise and how much of it is just -- is the kind of agenda that the president has set for his administration and has talked about? I mean, where does it come from first?
ALAN SOLOMONT: That's a great question, because this is not something that
We do have a president who is challenging Americans to serve and who himself comes out of a service experience, as a community organizer. But he's just giving voice to something that's happening, as was said, among people of all ages.
GWEN IFILL: But at the same time, nonprofits have to be suffering the same economic downturns as all the other industries that we cover every night on this program. How are they equipped to deal with this on-rush of goodwill or even handle the influx of money from the federal government?
ALAN SOLOMONT: Another very good question, because the nonprofit sector is definitely feeling the double effects of the economic crisis. Support is down, and the demands on their services is increasing.
One of the things this legislation tries to do is to respond to the needs of not-for-profit organizations so that the Corporation for National and Community Service will be able to send more AmeriCorps members out to nonprofit organizations to help them manage their volunteers.
Part of what we're trying to do is build the capacity of the not-for-profit sector to be able to respond to the needs of communities across the country.
GWEN IFILL: How do you know this isn't just a temporary flash in the pan?
ALAN SOLOMONT: You know, we've seen presidents before call Americans to serve.
GWEN IFILL: Right.
ALAN SOLOMONT: Franklin Roosevelt called the greatest generation to serve in the military; that was certainly not a flash in the pan. John Kennedy called Americans to public service in 1960; that has had long-lasting effects.
And I believe we're seeing something every bit as powerful, that this president is calling Americans to community service, to serve in their communities, solve community problems.
No sector of society can solve the problems that we're facing by themselves. And I think that we're all recognizing the value of citizens becoming engaged in dealing with the problems of their communities.
GWEN IFILL: Alan Solomont, Corporation for National Service, and Lise Day from Big Brothers, Big Sisters in Loraine County, Ohio, thank you both for joining us.
ALAN SOLOMONT: My pleasure.
SPEAKING LEVEL-UP (STORYTELLING) (4/4, MAY, 2009) INSTRUCTOR KIM SOO-YEON
TOPIC :
1. (I am 49 and have been ~)저는 마흔아홉이고 스물 여섯살인 여성과 5개월째 만나고 있습니다.
2. (We have a great time ~)우리는 함께 아주 잘 지내고 있고 사랑 그리고 지속적인 관계로 발전하는 것에 대해서도 얘기를 나누었습니다.
3. 하지만 저는 내가 이 사람을 불행하고 실망스러운 중년을 보내도록 만들고 있는 것은 아닌지 걱정이 됩니다.
4. 이 친구의 부모님들이 그럴 때쯤 저도 나이가 들어 누군가가 돌봐줘야 하는 상황이 될 수도 있으니까요..
5. 그런데 이 사람은 이에 대해 이야기를 꺼내려고만 하면 화를 내며 자기는 저를 사랑하기 때문에 제 노후와 관련된 책임을 기꺼이 받아들일 수 있다고 해요.
6. 하지만 이런 대답에서 어느 만큼이 나에 대한 사랑에 기초한 것인지, 또 얼만큼이 삶에 대한 경험 부족에서 기인하는 것인지 의심스럽네요.
7. 제가 이 관계를 지속하는 건 이기적인 거겠죠?
TOPIC 2:
1. (I’m ~)저는 스무 살 여성이고 늘 바다 가까이에서 살기를 원해왔어요.
2. (I recently had the good fortune ~) 최근 운이 좋게도 호주를 방문하게 되었고 그곳이 무척 마음에 들어서 머무는 동안 일자리를 찾기 시작하기도 했죠.
3. (I have been feeling ~) 여생을 보내고 싶은 장소를 발견했다는 것을 알게 되니 집으로 돌아온 후 쭉 우울했어요.
4. (My problem is ~) 문제는 제가 약혼했는데, 약혼자는 바다에 대한 제 열정을 함께하지 않는다는 거예요.
5. (We live ~) 우리는 콜로라도에 살고, 약혼자는 산을 좋아하죠.
6. (He nerver traveled ~) 그는 어렸을 적에 여행을 전혀 해본 적이 없어서 바다가 얼마나 중독성이 있는지 알지 못해요.
7. (I love him and ~) 전 그를 사랑하고, 그는 내가 남편에게서 기대하는 것을 모두 충족시켜줘요.
8. (I don’t know ~) 하지만 머릿속에서 떠나지 않는 어떤 곳에 대한 제 사랑을 함께 할 수 있을지 모르겠어요.
9. (Is this relationship ~) 우리 관계는 끝난 건가요?
TOPIC 3
1. (I have recently enjoyed ~) 최근 내가 쓴 책이 처음으로 출간되는 즐거움을 맛보았습니다.
2. (However, this achievement has begun ~)하지만 이 성공으로 내 삶이 예상치 못한 여러 가지 측면에서 바꿔놓기 시작했습니다. .
3. (I am somewhat ~) 저는 부끄러움을 좀 타는 신중한 성격이라, 세간의 관심을 받는 쪽보다는 조용히 지내는 걸 좋아해요.
4. (Having the freedom to ~) 내겐 자유롭게 가족과 함께하는 시간을 갖거나 삶의 소소한 부분들을 즐기는 게 성공보다 더 중요하죠.
5. (However, since my book’s debut, I have felt ~) 그렇지만 작가로서 데뷔한 후, 제 자신이 어떤 다른 세상으로 끌려들어간 듯한 기분이 들어요.
6. (I am meeting more “important” peole ~) 예전에 만났던 걸로 기억하는 '중요한' 사람들보다 더 중요한 사람들과 만나고 있고, 이런 상황을 어떻게든 따라가려 아둥바둥합니다.
7. (My inbox is inundated ~) 내 메일함은 각종 질문, 약속, 초대로 넘쳐납니다.
8. (I am expected at speaking events ~) 별로 진짜같지도 않은 각종 연설 행사 혹은 사인회등에 초대를 받아요.
9. (I know I would be ~) 이런 기회를 잡지 못하면 바보가 될 거라는 건 알지만, 점점 더 마음이 불편해지고 스트레스를 받게 돼요.
10. (Maybe this isn’t ~) 전 그냥 이런 류의 사람이 아닌가 봐요.
11. (How can I be ~) 어떻게 저를 믿는 사람들에게 실망을 주지 않고 있는 그대로의 제가 될 수 있을까요?
TOPIC 1: I am 49 and have been dating a 26-year-old woman for about five months. We have a great time together and have talked about love and being in a long-term relationship. However, I am afraid that I am setting her up for an unhappy and disappointing midlife as I may require adult care about the same time her parents do.
She becomes upset when I try to bring the subject up and asserts that she's willing to accept the responsibilities associated with my golden years because she loves me. I'm not sure how much of her response is rooted in her love for me and how much may be the result of a lack of life experience. If I stay with her, am I being selfish?
TOPIC 2: I'm a 20-year-old woman who has always wanted to live near the ocean. I recently had the good fortune to visit
My problem is I am engaged, and my future husband doesn't share my enthusiasm for the ocean. We live in
I love him, and he fulfills all I could hope for in a husband. But I don't know if he can share the same love for a place that I can't get out of my mind. Is this relationship doomed?
TOPIC 3: I have recently enjoyed the success /of having my first book published. However, this achievement has begun /to change my life /in ways /I hadn't expected.
I am a somewhat shy /and reflective person /by nature, /preferring to live quietly /rather than being in the spotlight. Having the freedom /to spend time /with my family /and to enjoy the little things /in life /is more important /to me /than success. However, since my book's debut, /I have felt /myself pulled /into a different sort of world.
I am meeting more "important" people /than I can remember, ./and I am struggling /to keep up. My inbox is inundated /with questions, appointments and invitations. I am expected /at speaking events /and signings /that don't feel entirely authentic. I know /I would be an idiot /not to embrace these opportunities, /but I am becoming more and more uncomfortable /and stressed. Maybe /this just isn't me.
How can I be who I am /without feeling /like a disappointment /to those who believe in me?
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