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Presenter
여러분 안녕하세요. English Together 에 오신 것을 환영합니다. 저희 프로그램에서는 한 가지 주제에 대해서 논의하고 그 주제와 관련된 영어 표현을 가르쳐 드리고 있습니다. 저는 김기환 입니다. 오늘 저와 같이 하실 분들을 모셔보겠습니다.

Phil
Hi, I’m Phil.

Sam
And I’m Sam. Welcome!

Presenter
안녕하세요! 이번주 에피소드에서는 마을에서 생활을 개선하려고 노력하는 할머니들의 이야기를 들어보겠습니다. BBC Monitoring의 News from elsewhere에서 이 소식을 들어볼게요.

News
A group of Russian grandmothers grew so tired of waiting for the local authorities to fix their road, that they hired the necessary equipment and did the job themselves, Rossiya 24 reports. The local administration said after an inspection last month that no repairs were necessary. According to Ura.ru, the group - including a 90-year-old babushka - contributed 500 roubles each for building material and set to work with the help of two men.

Presenter
어떻게 생각하시나요? 주민들이 마을에 긍지를 가지는 모습에 놀라셨나요? 아니면 정부에서 도와주지 않아 놀라셨나요? 도로에 대해 이야기 하는 김에 이번 주 퀴즈를 풀어보도록 합시다. 준비되셨나요? 자, 차도가 가장 긴 대륙은 어디일까요?

Phil
Let’s get back to the story - there’s a problem in your neighbourhood, so you all get together and fix it - that’s showing great pride in your community.

Presenter
‘Pride’는 긍지라는 뜻입니다. 저도 공동체에 자신감이란 정말 중요하다는 점에 동의해요, Phil.

Phil
Yes, I’m inspired by this - I want to build the same pride in my community, and see if my neighbours want to help make our neighbourhood nicer.

Sam
Sorry, I’m a bit surprised here - did we hear the same story? I can’t believe that you thought that was the most important bit!

Phil
You don’t think community pride is important?

Sam
Community pride is really important... but surely the most important thing about this story is that a group of elderly people have had to start working on the road.

Phil
I liked that…

Sam
To me, that’s shocking - how can the authorities not take responsibility for this?

Presenter
I think there are two sides to this story, aren’t there? Phil 이런 공동체에 대한 긍지는 보기 좋지 않나요? 하지만 Sam 왜 지방 자치제에서 ‘take responsibility’ 책임지고 수리를 책임저애 한다고 생각하는지 이해 할 것 같아요.

Sam
It’s not just about taking responsibility for getting the road fixed - they should take responsibility for the safety of these women working. I mean one of them was 90 years old!

Phil
Look, now I think you are starting to be a bit patronising....

Sam
What do you mean?

Presenter
‘Patronising’ 깔보는 듯한 태도라는 라는 뜻입니다and maybe Phil has got a point.

Phil
Of course I’ve got a point. Firstly - you don’t know the situation, maybe there were bigger problems the authorities had to fix first - why do you think you know better? I think that’s a bit patronising.

Sam
Yeah, but what about their safety?

Phil
Well, secondly, these grandmothers knew exactly what they were doing - I think they can decide if they want to take the initiative.

Presenter
Sam, I think I agree with Phil here - we don’t know the whole situation - but I think it’s impressive how it shows people ‘taking initiative’ 솔선해서 한다라는 뜻이죠.

Phil
And I think it’s really important that if people want to improve something about where they live, they can take the initiative.

Presenter
OK, I’m going to take the initiative and give the quiz answer this week. 가장 긴 차도를 가진 대륙은 어딜까요? 기네스 기록에 따르면 팬아메리카 고속도로라고 해요. 미국의 알라스카부터 아르헨티나의 우슈아이야 까지 이어지는데, 이걸 만든 사람들이 몇 살인지는 모르겠네요…

Sam
I bet they were younger than the people in the story.

Phil
Let’s forget about age and let’s think about community pride – why don’t you come and visit mine.

Sam
From today’s story I think I’m too young to work on the road.... but I could do some gardening....

Presenter
자, 끝내기 전에 오늘 사용한 단어를 다시 볼까요. 'pride' 는 긍지; ‘take responsibility’는 ‘책임을 지다’, patronising 은 깔보는 듯한 태도 그리고 ‘initiative’는 솔선해서 한다 라는 뜻입니다.
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