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Michelle Obama "Let's Move" Speech - Part 1


When African American communities are still hit harder than just about anywhere by this economic downturn, and so many families are just barely scraping by, I think the founders would tell us that now is not the time to rest on our laurels.

When stubborn inequalities still persist - in education and health, in income and wealth - I think those founders would urge us to increase our intensity, and to increase our discipline and our focus and keep fighting for a better future for our children and our grandchildren. (Applause.)

And that's why I really wanted to come here today - because I wanted to talk with you about an issue that I believe cries out for our attention - one that is of particular concern to me, not just as First Lady, but as a mother who believes that we owe it to our kids to prepare them for the challenges that we know lie ahead. And that issue is the epidemic of childhood obesity in America today.

Now, right now in America, one in three children is overweight or obese, putting them at greater risk of obesity-related conditions like diabetes and cancer, heart disease, asthma.


[Vocab Tips]

* founders - (미국) 건국의 아버지들
* epidemic - 급속한 확산
* persist - 계속되다, 고집하다
* obesity -  비만
* scrape by - to have barely enough money to survive  근근이 살아가다
* rest on one's laurels - to stop working hard after an initial success  성공에 안주하다
* cry out for - to metaphorically "scream" to be attended to  절실히 요구하다
* owe it to someone - to be responsible for providing something to someone  ~에게 ..에 대한 책임이 있다
* put someone/something at risk -  to cause another to be in harm's way  위험에 빠뜨리다


[Expression of the day]

So many families are barely scraping by.
정말 많은 가정이 힘겹게 근근이 살아가고 있다.

So many families are barely making ends meet.
So many families are barely squeezing by.
So many families are barely scraping along.


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