VOA标准英语10月-Sydney Weapons Summit Warns of Growing Nuclear Th
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（十月）
International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament meeting in Sydney, 21 Oct 2008
Leaders of the new International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament say the world had been "sleepwalking" on the issue of nuclear weapons for a decade.
They warn that a nuclear attack would dwarf 3 the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
The organization was first proposed by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd after his June visit to the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which was devastated 4 by an American atomic bomb in 1945.
It aims to reinvigorate the global debate on the nuclear weapons before a 2010 conference that will review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The co-chairman of the group, Gareth Evans, said Tuesday that tough new measures are needed to stop the spread of nuclear warheads.
"The big problem with both North Korea and Iran is the demonstration 5 that while doing what you're totally allowed to do under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, namely develop energy for peaceful purposes, you can acquire the capacity to create enriched uranium, which in turn gives you the capacity to very quickly convert that into the material for making bombs," said Evans.
North Korea has tested a nuclear device, although it is negotiating with China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States to give up its nuclear programs. Many governments, including the United States, think Iran is trying to violate its NPT commitments by developing a nuclear weapon.
Evans says that there are between 13,000 and 16,000 nuclear warheads deployed 6 around the world.
The former Australian foreign minister says it is "a bit of a miracle" that a nuclear catastrophe 7 had not occurred during the Cold War or afterward 8.
Evans heads the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament along with a former Japanese diplomat 9 Yoriko Kawaguchi.
The new body includes representatives from five nuclear powers - the United States, China, Russia, Britain and France - as well as other countries, including South Africa, Indonesia and Germany.
Two senior figures from Pakistan and India also attended the Sydney conference. Both governments have developed nuclear weapons, and neither has signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The NPT allows nations to develop peaceful uses of nuclear energy - such as power generation, but bars the spread of nuclear weapons.
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- The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
- We possess-each of us-nuclear arsenals capable of annihilating humanity. 我们两国都拥有能够毁灭全人类的核武库。 来自辞典例句
- Arsenals are factories that produce weapons. 军工厂是生产武器的工厂。 来自互联网
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- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
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- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
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- This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。
- Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
- Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。