CNN 2012-03-28
时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2012年(三)月
英语课
Happy Monday toyou, I am ? this is CNN students’ news. In a few minutes we are going toexplore the core cases in ? Obamas how carries formal crown. So we begin todaywith South Korea.
President Obamahad his officials have visited more than fifty countries are then right now fora meeting about nuclear security. Later they talked about things like nuclearterrorism and how to keep nuclear material from around the world safe. But beforethe meeting starting there are some tension regarding North Korea that nationsays its plan to launch a satellite on board Rocket next month. That kind of launch will violate the deal thatthe North Korea made with US recently. It has violated the US security councilresolution. President Obama warned North Korea that this launch will not berewarded. On Sunday the president also made a visit to Korea demilitarizedzone, the DNZ . this is the region that ? South and North Korea. The presidentwas there to meet sum up 28 thousands of US troops that station in Korea healso kept up the tradition carried out by previous US presidents. ? has more on that.
Former USpresident Bill Clinton described it as the scariest place on earth when hevisited it in 1993. And Iran called it demilitarized zone, the border betweenthe South and North Korea is actually the most heavily 45 border in the world. Twoand a half miles and four kilometers wide, much of the DNZ is no man’s land ? by watch towers and land mines. The jointsecurity area it was 1953 an omistist signed between the South and North Korea.It’s one negotiation 1 takes today, and it’s the one place US soldiers can see thatNorth Korean county parts of clothes. It’s the tallest sight of visited toSouth Korea and of course for the American presidents. ? the last Americanleader of the Cold War visited the final frontier of the Cold War in 1983. Hehas assessment 2. Previous president George W Bush visited the DNZ in February2002, just weeks after he granted North Korea as part of his so-called * alongwith Iran and Iraq. So why the US presidents felt the need to visit one of the mosttense borders in the world. There is a signal that sent to North Korea,regarding US as all strength of the lines. There is a signal sent to SouthKoreans that the US is rehearing them and will fulfill 3 their lines commitments.And just a few of cases of the VIP was just on the South Korea said the newNorth Korea leader * visited the DNZ earlier this month, standing 4 just metersfrom the South Korea territory and ordering his troops to be on the highestalert.
Next newstoday, the races for the republican presidential nomination 5, there no primary or* schedule for this week.
1 negotiation
n.谈判,协商
- They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判,他们的食糖生意成交了。
- The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
2 assessment
n.评价;评估;对财产的估价,被估定的金额
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何?
3 fulfill
vt.履行,实现,完成;满足,使满意
- If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了,你就要履行你的诺言。
- This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
4 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
5 nomination
n.提名,任命,提名权
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。