강경화 장관, BBC 인터뷰 전문 영문 스크립트 총정리

지난 2년여 동안 전세계는 그야말로 패닉에 빠졌었다. 그동안 세계화라는 명분 하에 대부분의 국가들이 점진적인 개방을 추구했지만, 코로나라는 악재를 맞아 모든 것을 과거로 회귀시켰다. 당시 일어났던 상황들은 '봉쇄'라는 한단어로 모두 설명할 수 있다. 정체를 알 수 없는 질병에 확진자 수가 걷잡을 수 없을 정도로 증가하자, 각국의 정부들은 외국인 입국전면금지라는 매우 극단적인 조치를 취하며 대응했다.

 

특히나 전반적인 의료시스템이 취약한 동남아 국가들의 상황은 상대적으로 더 안좋을 수밖에 없었다. 내가 머물고 있는 베트남과 필리핀의 로컬병원에 한번이라도 방문해봤던 사람들은 모두들 공감하겠지만, 한국과 같은 선진화된 의료환경을 절대 기대할 수 없다. 그래서 초기진압을 못하면, 대규모 확산은 불가피하다고 판단해, 전면차단에 목숨을 걸었던 것 같다.

 

해외에서 살다 보면 애국자가 된다느니, 국뽕이 된다느니, 이런 말들을 다 차치하더라도, 이번 코로나 사태에 대한 각국 정부의 대응을 비교하는 과정에서, 한국이 얼마나 좋은 나라인지 새삼 깨닫게 됐다. 한국 방역당국은 누구보다 과학적으로 확진자들을 추적관리해 재확산을 최소화할 수 있었다. 물론 아직까지 여진이 남아있긴 하지만, 생각보다 조기에 상황을 안정시킬 수 있었고, 이에 여러 국가들이 한국의 코로나 대응(K방역)에 극찬을 보냈다.

 

아래는 코로나 확산 초창기인 지난 2020년 3월, 강경화 당시 외교부 장관이 BBC 앤드류 말 쇼(Andrew Marr Show)에서 진행했던 코로나 관련 인터뷰 전문이다. 외교부 장관이 인터뷰를 어떻게 했을까 궁금한 마음에 영상을 살펴봤는데, 답답했던 내 마음을 뻥 뚫어줄 만큼 시원했던 것으로 기억한다. 단순하면서도 일관된 메시지, 그러면서도 은은하게 느껴지는 깊은 호소력까지, 한국이라는 국가의 품격을 단숨에 한단계 높여줬던 훌륭한 인터뷰였다. 개인적으로는 해당 인터뷰를 수십번 반복해봤을 정도로 인상적이었다.

 

강경화 전 외교부장관 BBC 인터뷰

 

인터뷰 영문 스크립트 전문

인터뷰 영상을 처음에는 집중해서 듣기만 했는데, 멋진 표현들이 많아 딕테이션 해봤다. 충분히 반복해서 듣고 스크립트를 완성하긴 했지만, 혹시 모를 오타가 있을 수 있다는 점은 양해 바란다. 참고로 인터뷰인 만큼 특별한 의미없이 사용된 'you know'나 'and' 같은 필러들은 모두 제외시켰다. 아래 인터뷰 내용을 한번만 제대로 읽어봐도, 영어실력 향상 및 아이엘츠 스피킹 준비에 상당한 도움이 될거라 확신한다.

 

① Andrew Marr

Foreign Minister, thanks for joining us. You have, as a country, adopted a particular strategy towards this. Just explain to us the basis of your strategy.

 

① 강경화 장관

Yes. Well, the basic principle is openness, transparency and fully keeping the public informed. And I think this is paying off. We have a very good healthcare system to begin with. We have a system that is highly wired, as you can imagine, and fully utilising that we have dealt with this outbreak from the very beginning with just full transparency, and that’s the way we’ve won the public trust and support for this. And as you say, we are seeing a stabilising trend for three days in a row. The number of newly confirmed positive cases is smaller than the number of those fully cured and released.

 

② Andrew Marr

You’ve also got the most extraordinary testing system. You’re testing, I think, 20,000 people a day, which is far more than any other country of your size. How have you managed to achieve this and why is testing central to what you’re doing?

 

② 강경화 장관

Well, first of all, testing is central because that leads to early detection. It minimises further spread and it quickly treats those found with the virus. I think that’s the key behind our very low fatality rate as well. I think our system quickly approved the testing system after the Chinese authorities released the genetic sequence of the virus in mid January. Our health authorities quickly conferred with the research institutions here, and then shared that result with the pharmaceutical companies who then produced the reagent and the equipment needed for the testing. So I think our testing is nearly a quarter of a million at this point, at (250,000) 268,000 as of today.

 

③ Andrew Marr

That’s remarkable. The other thing you do, of course, is that you monitor people afterwards. You’re not going into the same kind of lockdown, social exclusion that a lot of European countries are, but instead you’re monitoring people by phone app. Again, can you explain why you’re doing that and not closing down large chunks of your country?

 

③ 강경화 장관

Well, I think this is being faithful to the values of our very vibrant democracy, which is open and the government fully in the service of the people. And I have to say our public is very demanding and expects the highest standards from government services. (And) I think this is the key, the drive of our response to this. We are monitoring very closely the in- bound traffic. We have also put in place vetting of out-bound traffic so that we minimise the risk coming in from the in-bound traffic but also make sure that we do our very best to contain this spread within country but also taking steps to vet those with possible symptoms among those who are leaving the country.

 

④ Andrew Marr

The number of new cases is slowing down. Do you think you’re over the worst now?

 

④ 강경화 장관

Well, the peak of new cases was in late February when we had over 900 new confirmed cases. That has now come down to 76 new cases as of today. So yes, we are definitely seeing a normalising trend, a reduction of new cases. But, of course, we’re not complacent. This is not just about us, and we are taking this approach of openness and transparency, not just domestically but to the international community because we are a country that is highly interdependent with the rest of the world. Our people travel a great deal on business, on family visits, on tourism. Our economy depends on this interdependency with the outside world, so we want to keep the doors open with the other countries. And so as this disease spreads to many more countries, we’re watching very closely and we’re committed to maintaining our open approach. It may not be applicable in other countries with (you know) less IT infrastructure and other values, but I think in the end, we have to acknowledge that this is not going to be the last time a novel pathogen becomes a global health threat. So we hope that our experience and our approach and model informs other countries dealing with this COVID19, but also leading to greater international collaboration for better preparedness when this comes around the next time.

 

⑤ Andrew Marr

As it will, in your view. This is not the end, even if you get through this it’s not the end of the episode, it’s the beginning of a new way of living almost.

 

⑤ 강경화 장관

Yes. One thing I also would like to point out, as governments, we also have to guard against panic. I think governments have to be cool headed about this, and do what we do based on evidence and science because I think the declaration of the pandemic by the WHO risks turning the spread of the virus into a spread of fear and phobia. I can’t tell you how many incidents I get reports of Asians, not just Koreans, being verbally abused, even physically attacked in other countries. And this, governments have to take responsibility to stop this kind of incident because that is not helpful to generating the spirit of collaboration that we absolutely need to overcome this challenge together globally.

 

⑥ Andrew Marr

Indeed. Minister, thanks very much indeed for talking to us this morning.

 

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