23. Army training in schools

Up, lads, and at 'em
(May 22nd 2008 From The Economist print edition)

The prime minister wants to expand army training in schools

23-1-103
EVEN in Britain, where traditionalists fume that it is far too hard to kick poorly behaved children out of school, playing with guns is usually grounds for expulsion. But if the government gets its way, then gunplay could soon be encouraged there. A report--commissioned by Gordon Brown and published on May 19th, with his strong support--suggests making military training widely available in state schools.
The report, fronted by Quentin Davies, a former Conservative MP who defected to the Labour Party last year, recommends expanding the Combined Cadet Force (CCF), a youth organisation formed in 1948, when National Service-a euphemism for conscription-was still in existence. Split into Army, Navy and Air Force branches, the CCF teaches teenagers map-reading, marching and how to disassemble and clean a rifle (usually a single-shot version of the SA80 assault rifle used by the army). Formerly widespread, it is now offered at only a couple of hundred particularly traditional private schools, as well as a few dozen state schools.
The CCF proposal is part of a bigger picture. Mr Davies's remit was to investigate ways of improving relations between the armed forces and the public at large, which seem to be deteriorating as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drag on. He proposed several other measures, including an “Armed Forces Day” (possibly featuring a new public holiday), a ban on discrimination against troops in uniform and a relaxation of the rules that govern soldiers talking to reporters.

A. 어휘
army training 軍事訓練(군사훈련). lad 소년, 젊은이, 청년.
prime minister 총리, 首相(수상). expand 확장하다, 확대하다.
traditionalist 전통주의자, 因習(인습)고수자 fume 화가 나서 씨근거리다, 연기를 내다.
poorly behaved children 문제아들. ground 이유, 근거. expulsion 추방, 배제.
get way 생각대로 하다. commission 주문하다, 의뢰하다, 위임하다.
available 통용되다. front 지휘하다, 앞잡이가 되다.
former Conservative MP 前 보수당 하원의원. cf. MP=Member of Parliament.
defect 變節(변절)하다, 도망하다. recommend 추천하다. cadet 사관후보.
force 군대, 부대. combined cadet force 합동사관후보부대.
euphemism 둘러 말하는 표현, 婉曲語法(완곡어법). conscription 징병(제도), 강제징집.
existence 존재, 실재, 생존. split-split-split 쪼개다, 찢다. marching 行軍(행군).
map-reading 讀圖法(독도법). disassemble 분해하다. rifle 소총.
single-shot version 單發形[(단발형) (소총)]. assault 돌격. remit 맡은 일, 위임.
the armed forces 軍(군). at large 일반적으로, 전체로. deteriorate 나쁘게 하다.
measures 조치, 수단. feature 비슷하다, 특색을 이루다. ban 금지.
discrimination 차별대우, 판별. relaxation 緩和(완화). govern 다스리다.

B. 구문
-Even in Britain, where . . . grounds for expulsion.
[문제아들을 학교에서 쫓아내는 것이 너무 힘들다고 전통주의자들이 분노하고 있는 영국에서도 총기놀이는 당연히 퇴학의 근거가 된다.]
-Split into Army→Being split into Army
-Formerly widespread→Though it was formerly widespread
-it is now offered. cf. it=CCF

23-2-104
For the prime minister, faced with a resurgent Scottish National Party and worries over the cultural impact of mass immigration, the armed forces offer a useful way to build a sense of patriotic British pride, something he has talked about since before taking office. And social reformers hope that the rigours of CCF discipline will put proto-feral children back on the straight and narrow.
Opposition is likely to come chiefly from teachers' unions; they are already angry about teaching material published by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) which they see as glamorous propaganda. Some teachers suspect that expanding the CCF is merely the latest ploy to militarise their classrooms. Although the MoD, which runs the CCF, denies that it is a recruiting tool, it certainly serves as an ante-chamber to the armed forces: many British soldiers were cadets in their youth.
One organisation that has stayed strangely silent is the British Medical Association, which routinely issues doomful warnings about pudgy British children (already, around a third of English teenagers are overweight, and the proportion is forecast to rise). Regardless of hopes about discipline or worries about militarism, all that square-bashing should at least help teenagers to lose a bit of flab.

A. 어휘
face 직면하다. resurgent 되살아나는, 재기하는. impact 충격.
mass immigration 대량이민. patriotic 애국적인. take office 취임하다.
reformer 개혁가. rigours 혹독함, 엄격함. discipline 훈련. proto- 원초적인.
feral 야생의, 야만적인. the straight and narrow 바르고 정밀함. cf. the+형용사→추상명사.
teachers' union 교원연합. the Ministry of Defence 國防省(국방성).
glamorous 매력적인, 황홀하게 하는. suspect 의심하다. ploy 계획.
recruit 募兵(모병)하다. ante-chamber 대기실. routinely 일상적으로.
doomful 최후의 심판의. pudgy 땅달막한. proportion 비율.
regardless of ...에 관계없이. square 정방형. bash 세차게 치다.
square-bashing 교련, 군사훈련. flab (몸의 살이) 늘어짐.

B. 구문
- faced→who was faced