VOA标准英语2010年-North Korea Says Second American Taken
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(一月)
North Korea says it has arrested another U.S. citizen. If confirmed, the man would be the second American taken into custody 1 in the North in two months. North Korea also is continuing with maritime 2 artillery 3 drills.
North Korea's official news agency issued a short report Thursday saying "an American was detained for trespassing 4" on its border with China on January 25. The report said the man is under investigation 5.
Exactly one month earlier - on Christmas Day, December 25 - activists 7 here in South Korea say U.S. citizen Robert Park illegally crossed the same border to spread a Christian 8 message of human rights.
North Korea reported the arrest of an American soon after than, but has never publicly referred to Park by name.
Jo Sung-rae, a human rights activist 6 and close colleague of Park here in Seoul, says if another American did cross into the North, the action had no connection with Christian groups here.
Jo says no, absolutely not. They have checked to see if there is a connection.
Jo is even skeptical 9 that North Korea took a second American into custody at all.
He says after Park's entry, it has become extremely hard to get in to North Korea from China. He also describes it as "highly questionable 10" that North Korea would issue a report of the arrest so soon after it took place.
No confirmation 11 of the report was available from U.S., Chinese, or South Korean authorities Thursday.
Also Thursday, North Korea fired more artillery shells into disputed waters west of the Korean peninsula, as it had said it would.
Pyongyang says it is conducting an annual military drill, and warned ships to stay clear of the area until March. South Korean defense 12 officials say so far, the shells are landing north of a maritime border with the South that Pyongyang has long disputed.
For that reason, South Korea says it is closely observing the firing, but has no objection to it.
The North on Thursday also proposed resuming multinational 13 efforts to recover bodies of soldiers lost in its territory during the 1950s Korean War. The search for thousands of unaccounted for U.S. and South Korean troops was halted in 2005 because of security concerns related to the North's nuclear weapons programs.
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
- Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
- The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
- This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
- The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。
- He told me I was trespassing on private land. 他说我在擅闯私人土地。
- Don't come trespassing on my land again. 别再闯入我的地界了。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
- Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。
- There are still a few questionable points in the case.这个案件还有几个疑点。
- Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。
- We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
- We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
- He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。