귀트영 20101214 뉴스 스크립트

US States Target Black Market Cigarette Sales

Lawmakers across the U.S. have raised taxes on cigarettes to provide local governments with much needed funds.
But a thriving black market in cigarettes is costing governments billions of dollars a year in lost tax revenue.
That's prompted agencies at all levels to join an effort to fight cigarette trafficking.
The price of a smoke varies widely across the United States, because each state sets the tax imposed on the retail sale of a pack of cigarettes.
In some states, it's just a few cents.
In others, it can be several dollars.
So, with 45 million American smokers, cigarettes are big business.
So is cigarette smuggling.
Smugglers stock up on cigarettes in stats with low-tax rates or buy them tax-free on Indian reservations.
Then they transport them to states where the price of a pack is higher.
The higher the tax in the state where the smugglers unload the cigarettes, the greater their profit.
"Right now a trailer load of illegal cigarettes will net the truck driver about $2 million in profit," says Ted Deeds, spokesman for the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, a private law-and-order advocacy group.
Deeds points out that profits for the smugglers mean uncollected taxes for the states, money that's needed to fund local services, especially education.
For example, Cigarette taxes are a vital revenue source for New York State, which has the highest-priced cigarettes in the nation, almost $15 a pack.
State taxes make up more than $4 of the cost.

[ 원문 : http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-States-Targeting-Black-Market-Cigarette-Sales-100426174.html ]

Words and sentence on air
* lawmaker : (뉴스 등에서) 국회의원, 정치인
    legislator : (뉴스 등에서) 국회의원, 정치인
    politician : (일반적인 대화 등에서) 국회의원, 정치인
* thrive : 번창하다.
* traffic : 불법적으로 물건을 거래하는 것. (동)trafficking
               밀수품을 사고 파는 것 자체에 대해 초점
   smuggle : 밀수품을 어떻게 사고 파는지에 초점
* stock up : 비축하다.
* tax-free : 면세
   duty free shop : 면세점

* much needed : 많이 필요한.
* A is costing B : A때문에 B가 돈을 많이 쓴다.
   My girl friend is costing me thousands of dollars 여자친구때문에 내가 돈을 많이 써야 한다.
* smoke : (명)담배
   I have a smoke : 담배를 피우다.
* so is : ~ 또한 그렇다.
    So is cigarette smuggling : 담배 밀수도 또한 큰 사업이다.
* net ~ in profit : 이익을 올리게 하다.