<목욜정모> April 30th, 2009. Thursday meeting's topic

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- Health & Science

Swine Flu: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Outbreak

Subway riders in Mexico City wear surgical masks to avoid catching the flu, Friday, April 24.

Concern that the world could be on the brink of the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years escalated Sunday as France, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Spain reported potential new cases in which people had been infected with swine flu and Canada confirmed several new cases. In the U.S., where 20 such infections have been confirmed, federal health officials declared a public-health emergency and are preparing to distribute to state and local agenciesa quarter of the country's 50 million-dose stockpile of antiviral drugs. Meanwhile, in hard-hit Mexico, where more than 80 people have died from what is believed to be swine flu, the government closed all public schools and canceled hundreds of public events in Mexico City.

Though the World Health Organization (WHO) is referring to the situation as a "public-health emergency of international concern," the apparent emergence in several countries of an entirely new strain of H1N1 flu virus has led some scientists to believe that it is only a matter of time before the WHO declares pandemic status, a move that could prompt travel bans to infected countries. "We are clearly seeing wide spread," says Michael Osterholm, a pandemic risk expert who runs the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. "There is no question." (Read about the vaccine being prepared in case of a pandemic.)

Health officials in Washington were quick to point out Sunday that none of the 20 cases identified in the U.S. so far has been fatal; all but one of the victims has recovered without needing to be hospitalized. Officials also noted that only one American has been infected so far who had not recently traveled to Mexico — a woman in Kansas got sick after her husband returned from a business trip in that country, where he became ill — but that could change as more intensive disease surveillance begins. "As we continue to look for more cases, I expect we're going to find them," said acting Centers for Disease Control (CDC) director Richard Besser.

In the U.S., where cases have also been found in California, Texas, and New York City, the declaration of a public-health emergency is part of what federal officials termed an "aggressive response" to the outbreaks. In addition to releasing from the national stockpile some 12.5 million doses of the antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza — which scientists say has so far been effective against the H1N1 swine flu virus — the Department of Homeland Security will begin "passive surveillance" to screen people entering the U.S. Any traveler coming from a country with a confirmed human swine flu infection will be questioned, checked for symptoms and potentially isolated if they are found ill. Though the CDC has issued public warnings about the more serious outbreak in Mexico, there are no recommendations from Washington against traveling to the neighboring country.

That is in contrast to the more extreme actions of some other governments, including Hong Kong, where officials on Sunday urged residents to avoid going to Mexico. Hong Kong officials also ordered the immediate detention in a hospital of anyone who arrives with a fever above 100.4 F, respiratory symptoms and a history of traveling over the past seven days to a city with a confirmed case of swine flu infection.

But Washington officials Sunday did their best not to overstate the situation and emphasized that their response wasn't out of the ordinary. "I wish we could call it declaration of emergency preparedness, because that's really what it is in this context," said Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. "We're preparing in an environment where we really don't know ultimately what the size or seriousness of this outbreak is going to be."

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※ Refers to the below site for video from  

You will get every basic informations about 'swine flu' with exact pronunciation and easy & useful expressions.

Don't miss it.

Study hard guys :)

Click in here ! ↓

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2009/04/26/azuz.swine.flu.101.cnn?iref=videosearch

- Questions

1. Have you heard of epidemic or pandemic so far? What's pandemic or epidemic? Explain.

2. There's been many kinds of epidemic in Korea like typhoid (장티푸스) or smallpox(천연두; 수두)

 Have you ever had it when you were young?

3. 'Swine flu' is spreading around the globe at an alarming rate. Explain any information about 'Swine flu'.

4. How can 'swine flu' turn to a human? And What should we do to prevent the influenza?  

5. We had had 'SARS' before that it frighted and astonished us. 

Now the media says, there is little possibility of the flu turing to the Korean peninsular.

But it might come into here and affects us all.

What do you expect how the flu might affect us and what's going to be happened?

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Living-Together

Unfortunately, lots of people are buying the line. The Census Bureau reports that the number of households made up of unmarried couples has increased eightfold since 1970. And by the time a women reaches the category of 30-34, nearly half say they have lived with a man outside of marriage. But even if more and more people are living together hoping to improve their chances of being happily married, they will be disappointed. If anything, living together seems to reduce their chances of success.
The National Institute for Healthcare Research has found that couples who live together and then marry report less satisfaction in their marriages than other couples.

Questions

1. Have you ever lived together with a girl or a boy friend?

2. If your boy/girl friend ask you to live together what would you say? (yes or no, what else?)

3. Do you think living together equal marriage?

4. Do you think living together befor marriage is good or bad idea?

5. Why is living together before marriage booming and emerging these days?

[Jina]

이번주는 질문은 없나용?ㅋ 아 가야되는데..딴 애들은 시험 저번주에 끝났는데..왜 난..ㅠ

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지금 작성중이다ㅋ 글구 난 시험기간인데도 모임갔어 ㅎㅎㅎ 여튼.. 언넝 공부햇!ㅋㅋ

[Dean]

나 오늘 이거 때매 리포트 작성하느냐고, 퇴근 늦었는데. 갑자기 crisis management 어쩌구 하면서,...ㅋㅋㅋ 요번주에 가도록 노력해야쥐~~

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너무 오랜만이에요. 장가 가기 전에 얼굴 못보나 했는데..ㅋㅋ꼭 와요~^^

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오랜시간에 걸쳐서 뽑은 아주 좋은 글이고요. 내용도 표현도 어렵지 않답니다. Video도 같이 공부하시면 Swine flu에 대한 정보는 거의 알게 되실거에요. 그럼 목요일날 보아요^^

[Serena]

우리 회장님 고생이 많아~~ 오랜만에(?) 잉홀 가는데 너무 기대되는걸..?? 이번주 목욜날 다들 보자구요~^^

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이야기 보따리 들구와~!ㅋ

[Bohemian]

에궁,,,길이가 장난이 아니네요....

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읽어보면 어려운 내용은 없다는 거?^^ 이 정도는 읽어줘야지요^^ㅋ

[Agnes]

강쥐랑 꼬냥이녀석 넘흐 귀여워랑 ^...........^

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ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ 고냥이 더 귀여워~^^

[Mark]

돼지 독감~세계적으로 정말 이슈던데~`-_- 넌 이렇게 생각하죠~~이번이 돼지고기 지대로 먹을 기회라고.ㅋㅋㅋ

[SUNNY]

으~음! 역심리? (꼭 익혀 먹어야지)

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It's not transmitted from eating pork :)