ABC (2010-3) (1회)

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ABC 시사영어 숙달 (LESSON 1, MARCH, 2010)                                        INSTRUCTOR KIM SOO-YEON

STORY1. I APOLOGIZE: WE'RE SORRY

DIANE SAWYER: (OC) 하지만 우리가 말했듯이, 경제 소식으로 도요타 소식을 전해 드립니다. 마침내 오늘, 실력자이자 도요다라는 이름의 도요타 대표가 긴급 기자 회견을 요청했습니다. 고개를 깊이 숙이고 “진심으로 사과드립니다”라고 말했습니다. 강한 메시지이기는 하지만, 브라이언 로스가 전하듯이, 아직은 풀리지 않은 문제들이 많습니다. 

BRIAN ROSS: (VO) 도요타 회장이 참담한 표정으로 늦은 밤에 진행된 기자 회견장에 들어와 수 차례 고개를 깊이 숙였습니다. 아키오 도요다 회장은 (도요타 자동차의) 안전성 문제에 대해 일본어로 사과했습니다. 전 세계의 도요타 소유주들에게 할 말을 영어로 해달라는 요구를 받기도 했습니다.    

AKIO TOYODA (CEO): 도요타 자동차를 운전하시는 동안, 조금 조심스러운 기분이 들 것이라는 점이 조금 걱정됩니다. 하지만 저를 믿어 주시기 바랍니다. 도요타 자동차는 안전합니다. 

STORY1. I APOLOGIZE: WE'RE SORRY

DIANE SAWYER: (OC) But as we said, economic news takes us to Toyota, and finally today, the man with power and the name Toyoda called a surprise news conference.  He bowed and said I apologize from the bottom of my heart.  A powerful gesture, but as Brian Ross tells us, still, a lot of questions.

BRIAN ROSS: (VO) The Toyota CEO entered the late night news conference with a grim look and repeated bows.  Akio Toyoda apologized in Japanese for the safety crisis.  He was asked to explain in English what he would say to Toyota owners around the world.

AKIO TOYODA (CEO): I am a little bit worried about they - while they are driving, they feel a little bit cautious.  But believe me, Toyota's car is safety.

BRIAN ROSS: (VO) His bows and apology were seen in Japan as almost mandatory.

PROFESSOR ROLAND KELTS (INTERNATIONAL STUDIES): The deeper you bow, the greater respect you show, which in Bushido Samurai days would mean that you are offering your head.

BRIAN ROSS: (VO) In fact, at least a dozen Japanese executives have killed themselves over business issues in the last 12 years.

PROFESSOR ROLAND KELTS: I think there's a great consensus in Japan that it is not necessarily Akio Toyoda's fault.  For him, the apology may suffice.

BRIAN ROSS: (VO) But the Toyota CEO failed today to answer one of the most pressing questions, involving its much touted Prius.  He said the company has yet to decide whether to recall hundreds of thousands of hybrid Prius and Lexus 2010 models that have brake problems caused by a computer glitch.  The Toyota CEO was also asked about allegations from one of his former top US lawyers who alleges the company hid and destroyed evidence of safety problems on orders from Japan.

DIMITRIOS BILLER (FORMER TOYOTA  ATTORNEY): Toyota in Japan does not have any respect for our legal system.

MARGARET CONLEY (ABC NEWS): (OC) Has Toyota, executives in Japan specifically, withheld safety information from US regulators over the years?

AKIO TOYODA: Maybe a little bit complicated.  So let me, let me speak in Japanese.

BRIAN ROSS:

(VO) We are going to try to cooperate 100%, he said.  That is out intention.

(OC) Toyota has now hired a new Washington, DC, PR firm with ties to leading Democrats and Republicans, including former press secretaries to Mitt Romney and Bill Clinton.  And Toyota will launch a new television campaign on the news talk shows this Sunday with what is being described, Diane, as a rehab commercial.

DIANE SAWYER: (OC) Rehab?

BRIAN ROSS: (OC) Trying to improve the image.

DIANE SAWYER: (OC) All right, thanks to you Brian.

STORY2. JOB WATCH: BEHIND THE NUMBERS

DIANE SAWYER: (OC) Well, the new unemployment number is also out today, and here is what it shows.

(VO) The unemployment rate dropped in January to 9.7%, down from a high of 10.1.  But 20,000 more jobs were lost last month, bringing the total jobs lost since the recession began to 8.4 million.

(VO) And to get a sense of the impact on the country, here's a map of where we were December 2007, before the recession.  And watch as gradually, unemployment creeps across almost every city and neighborhood in this nation.  Only the center of the country spared.

(OC) So, we asked Betsy Stark, are there signs that the economy is on the mend for the rest of the country?

BETSY STARK:

(VO) At a small business in Maryland this afternoon, the President emphasized the positive, calling today's report...

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA (UNITED STATES): Cause for hope, but not celebration.

BETSY STARK: (VO) Republicans seized on the negative.  The President has failed to achieve the job growth he promised.  So, who's right?  There were hopeful signs today.

(VO) Temporary hiring was up sharply, typically signaling full-time hiring ahead.  People who have jobs are working longer hours and getting higher wages.  And the manufacturing industry added jobs for the first time in three years.

MARK VITNER (SENIOR ECONOMIST): All of the things that we look to, to give us an idea when unemployment is going to turn up are pointing in the right direction.

BETSY STARK: (VO) Well maybe not all.  The number of Americans out of work six months or more jumped to 6.3 million, and the economy continues to lose jobs.  So how do we really know where the job market is headed and how soon?  Economists say consider some of these quirkier indicators, too.

(VO) Gambling is making a comeback.  As Americans let themselves blow off some steam.  Rising casino revenues have been a good predictor of falling unemployment.

BILL WILLIAMS (VP GUEST SERVICES): You can definitely feel the pulse picking up.

BETSY STARK: (VO) Or look at wine sales, up 2.1%.  Americans are buying less expensive wines, but sales are good enough to create some jobs.

EVELYN WING (GENERAL MANAGER): We hired a few more people.  We didn't do that last year.  We didn't have the sales to warrant that.

BETSY STARK: (OC) Most economists we talked to today continue to think companies will start hiring again in bigger numbers this spring.  But the hole we are in is so deep that most forecasts still call for the unemployment rate to stay well above 9% for the rest of the year, Diane.

DIANE SAWYER: (OC) Okay, Betsy, thanks to you for that.

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