신촌 쿠아에서 래팅할래? (영어회화/각종 모임 동호회)

Topic: More Korean parents prefer baby girls        Tue, Jan 12, 2010 The Korea Herald/Asia News Network .  The nation's centuries-old preference for baby boys seems to be receding, a government report found yesterday. According to an analysis report of the survey issued yesterday, 37 percent of the fathers polled said they had preferred a daughter to a son, while 29 percent of them gave the opposite response. More mothers also said they had wanted to have a baby girl, the report showed. "Regardless of age or residential regions (such as cities and suburban areas), the fathers polled showed a preference for daughters," said Lee Jeong-lim, a researcher in charge of the survey. It was the first time in Korea -- once one of Asia's most patriarchal societies -- that such parity between the sexes has been confirm‎!!ed in a national survey. Official figures also reflect the receding trend of the centuries-old preference for baby boys. According to the National Statistical Office, the ratio was 106.4 boys born for every 100 girls in 2008, which falls within the internationally recognized norm of 103-107. The ratio had peaked in 1990 when 116.5 boys were born for every 100 girls. However, fathers still felt more responsibility for their children than mothers, the survey found. As to whether they would sacrifice themselves for the future of their children, more fathers (52.7 percent) said yes than mothers (49.1 percent).  The survey also found that the average age of mothers who gave birth to their first child was 30 in 2008. Of them, 44.6 percent received a cesarean section. Most mothers quit breast-feeding after two months, reflecting the most common three-month maternity leave here, Lee said. Of the responding families, 72 percent said that children were raised by their grandparents while their parents work. Less than 10 percent said they hired babysitters or housekeepers for childcare. The research center said the panel survey will be conducted every year until 2015 when the children enter elementary school. The study results also will be used for the government's future policies on childcare and countermeasures against falling birthrate.  Voca.) 1. maternity leave:출산휴가 2. cesarean section:제왕절개술 3. countermeasures:대책 Discussion Questions     1. Some people said, "'Many parents prefer a baby girl to a baby boy as they believe a daughter will bring them greater happiness and family unity than a son,' What are reasons they think so?? DO you agree with this idea??    2. How many babies do you want to have ?? (Ex> two baby girls, only child...ect)       3. Do you think gender is important?? Why do you think so?    4. Why is the reason to change gender preference from baby boy to girl?    5. If you have enough money , will you concern about give birth overseas?? Why or Why not?    6. If you reborn.. and If you can choose your gender... Which gender would you like to choose??    7. Do you have any stereotype of female and male?   Topic 2) Baby Found Dead Inside Trash Can Of Grocery Store Bathroom  Hendersonville, NC-- The manhunt for the mother of a baby found dead in a bathroom is over. Police said after working through a string of tips, they found the teenage girl who left the dead body of her newborn baby in a grocery store bathroom. The <A href="http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20110831/NEWS/308310029/Dead-baby-s-mother-identified?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage" target=_blank>Asheville Citizen-Times</A> is reporting that the Hendersonville police had filed no charges against the girl, and did not release her identify. Although, Detectives said they questioned her for more than three hours. The girl was not in a hospital when she gave birth and her daughter was born alive, Capt. David Adams told the paper. Capt. Adams said the infant was dead when the mother left it in a trash can in the women's bathroom at Bi-Lo. Adams said he could not release details surrounding the teenager's pregnancy or where she gave birth. He called her "of working age," but was not specific. Investigators were waiting for autopsy results that could help determine how police handle criminal charges, Adams said. Detectives got their break in the case after releasing surveillance video taken at the store off Four Seasons Boulevard. The video shows the girl and her boyfriend enter the store at 4:36 p.m. Sunday and walk toward the bathroom as they briefly held hands. She was carrying a bag or large purse and took that into the bathroom with her. The girl wore a red dress when she walked into the store but changed in the restroom and came out wearing a light shirt and dark pants. The infant's body was discovered by a worker shortly before 9 p.m. Police said they thought the baby was 1-3 days old. The infant had a gold ring in one hand was wrapped in a white blanket with the words "mi bautizo" - Spanish for "my baptism" or "my christening." Adams said he was unsure whether the girl's boyfriend was the baby's father and whether he knew she was carrying the infant's body when they entered the grocery store.   Voc. 1.     Autopsy:부검 2.     surveillance video:감시카메라     1.      Who do you think it is responsible for abandoning a child in a trash can? Teenage mom? Father? The government? 2.      Why do you think the number of abandoning child is increasing? 3.      Why do you think some single mothers decide to kill their child in trash can instead of sending them to orphanage or church? 4.      What kind of actions need to be taken to solve the problems of increasing number of teenage pregnancy? 5.      If a teenage girl got pregnant and incapable of raising the child(financial capability, social discrimination etc.), what is your advice for the girl? In other words, would you recommend her to kill the baby before giving birth or to place the child in an adoptive home? If you were in her shoe, what would you do to resolve the problem, simply put, your choice. 6.      It is violating the law if parents abandon their child. However, it seems only single mothers take all the responsibility for throwing her child. Don’t you think it’s unfair?