Tonight we have a closer look at new efforts to keep teenagers safe from abusive dating relationships. Teen abuse has reached alarming proportions. one and a half million high school students in this country report being victims of dating violence each year. So now a growing number of schools are teaching teens how to protect themselves. ABC’s Gigi Stone reports.
Your first high school boyfriend: a rite of passage for millions of teenage girls. But most don’t realize it’s a relationship that can result in something they never considered. “How many of you have known someone who was a victim of dating violence? All of you?” “We all see it, you know, if not day to day, at least, you know, once a week, or something in the hallway at school.”
According to the Department of Justice, one in ten high school girls reports being abused by a boyfriend. “Teenagers are more prone to violence because of their rapidly changing hormone levels, and, that their brain is still developing.” Anne Burke’s daughter, Lindsay, had an abusive boyfriend, who got out of control. When Lindsay tried to break up with him, her murdered her. “Mothers are supposed to protect their children, and there are times that you just can’t.”
Burke has turned her grief into action, pushing legislators in Rhode Island to require every school district in the state to annually teach middle and high school students about dating violence. Teachers warn about behavior that seems perfectly harmless but can actually be a precursor to violence, such as obsessive phone calls and text messaging, and someone telling their partner what to wear or who to be friends with.
It’s not just Rhode Island. Texas recently adopted a law requiring school districts to define dating violence and safety codes. Indianapolis just started a program to train police in public schools to recognize signs of relationship abuse. “A lot of kids think that this is normal, that this is how a relationship’s supposed to be. ‘Oh, he’s checking up on me all the time. He’s calling me all the time. Isn’t that great?’ Well, sometimes those are the little warning signs that we don’t pick up.”
Some argue teachers shouldn’t teach about relationships; parents should. But those supporting the new laws say these lessons will not only empower teenage girls, they may save their lives. Gigi Stone, ABC News, South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
※ pick up 1. 집어들다 ex. He picked the phone up as soon as it rang. 2. 치우다 (to lift things up and put them in the place where they are kept in order to make a place tidy) ex. I am constantly picking up the things the children leave lying around. 3. ~ 을 차에 태우다 (to go and meet someone or something that you have arranged to take somewhere in a vehicle) ex. Will you pick me up after the party? ex. I'll pick up my luggage in the morning. 내 짐을 아침에 찾으로 오겠다 . 4. ~ 을 습득하다 (to learn a new skill or start a habit without intending to) ex. She picked up a few German phrases while staying in Berlin . 5. 병에 걸리다 ( to get an illness: CATCH) ex. Most tourists are worried that they'll pick up a really nasty infection. 6. ~ 을 알아채다 ~ 을 포착하다 (to notice a smell or sound, or that someone or something is present) ex. The dogs must have picked up his scent. 7. ( 환자가 ) 회복하다 , ( 날씨 성적 경기 등이 ) 좋아지다 , 회복되다 ex. They won't let him out of hospital until his health has picked up quite a lot. ex. I hope the economy picks up soon. ex. World demand for petroleum will pick up again. 세계의 석유 수요가 다시 회복될 전망이다 . 8. ( 속도나 정도가 ) 증가하다 (if something such as the wind picks up, it becomes stronger/ if something picks up speed, it starts to move faster ex. The car picked up (speed) once it was on the highway. * pick up the pieces : 추스리다 , 수습하다 , 복구하다 / When you pick up the pieces after a disaster, you do what you can to get the situation back to normal again. ex. Do we try and prevent problems or do we try and pick up the pieces afterwards? * pick oneself up : 자신을 일으켜 세우다, 일어나다, 추스리다. ex. He picked himself up and ran along the track. * pick up the tab : 셈을 치르다 , 값을 지불하다 (for) * pick up the radio wave = pick up the radio frequency 라디오 주파수를 잡다 .
abuse : 남용, 악용, 오용, 학대, 욕설, 독설, ~ 을 남용 [악용, 오 용] 하다, 학대하다, ~ 을 욕하다 / the use of something in a bad, dishonest, or harmful way * abuse of power/privilege/position: This is clearly an abuse of executive power. 집행권 남용이다. * open to abuse (=capable of being abused): All polling methods are potentially open to abuse. 악용될 소지가 있다. * abusive : 입버릇 사나운, 욕설을 퍼붓는, 학대하는, 남용 [오용, 악용] 하는 ex. abusive language 욕지거리 proportion : 비, 비율, (전체의) 부분(part) * the proportion of births to the general population 인구에 대한 출생의 비율 * a small proportion of the land 토지의 작은 부분 rite : (특히 종교상의) 의식 * a rite of passage (성인식 따위의) 통과 의식. day to day : 나날의(daily) / happening every day as part of your normal life hallway : 통로, 복도 prone : ~ 의 경향이 있는 , (~ 하기 ) 쉬운 (liable) ( 보통 바람직스럽지 못한 일에 씀 ). * accident-prone ( 사람이 ) 사고를 일으키기 쉬운. / ex. He is prone to anger. 그는 성을 잘 낸다. get out of control : 걷잡을 수 없게 되다(=get out of hand) break up : ~을 분쇄하다, 해산하다, 중지시키다, (연인 따위가 ) 헤어지다 ex. They broke up. (그들은 헤어졌다.) / ex. I broke up with her. 그녀와 헤 어졌다. ex. The police broke up the fight. / ex. The party broke up when the police arrived. ex. Their marriage broke up. legislator : 법률 제정자, 입법자, 입법부 의원 * legislature [보통 the ~] 입법부, (특히) 주의회 * legislate 법률을 제정하다(against, for) ex. legislate against abortion 낙태 금지법을 제정하다 / * legislation 법률 제정, 입법 행위, [집합적] 법 률, 법령 school district : 학구(學區), 학군 precursor : 전조 / something that exists before something else, and is related to it or influences its development ex. Were these small tremors the precursor to a major earthquake? obsessive : 강박 관념의, 망상의, (병적으로) 집요한, 집착하는 adopt : vt. 채용[채택]하다, vt.,vi.양자[양녀]로 삼다, 입양하다 * adoptive : 양자 결연(관계)의 ex. adoptive parents[father, son, daughter] 양부모[양부, 양자, 양녀] code : 법전, (도덕·사회 생활상의) 법도, 규약, 관 례, 암호 ex. safety code 안전규범, 안전기준 ex. the civil [criminal] code 민[형] 법(전) / ex. code of conduct 행위규범 / ex. the religious code 종교적인 규 약 ex. genetic code 유전자 암호 / ex. secret code 암호 check up on : ~을 점검하다/ to find out information about something / to find out information about someone, especially secretly ex. Ken told me someone had been checking up on me. * check on ~ : ~을 확인하다 /to look at someone or something so that you are certain they are safe, satisfactory etc. ex. I sent Michael to check on the kids. ex. The boss arrived to check on our progress. empower : ~에게 권능[권한]을 부여하다, ~ 할 능력[자격]을 주 다,~할 수 있도록 하다(enable), ex. The President is empowered to veto a bill which has passed through Congress. 대통령은 의회를 통과한 법안을 거부할 권한이 부여 되어 있다