VOA标准英语 Russian Official Visits North Korea in Attempt to Br
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(四月)
Russia's top diplomat 1 says he is paying a visit to North Korea, in hopes of easing the North's resistance to talking to its neighbors. The North has pulled out of nuclear weapons talks and continues to detain South Korean and American nationals on political charges.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, shakes hands with North Korean Vice 2 Foreign Minister Kung Sok Ung upon arrival in Pyongyang, 23 Apr 2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned other countries not to expect any breakthroughs from his visit to the North Korean capital.
Removing obstacles
In Pyongyang he met with North Korean officials to discuss removing the latest obstacles to talks on ending the North's nuclear weapons programs.
Earlier this month, North Korea announced it was pulling out of the talks process, which it described as "useless," after the United Nations condemned 3 its launch of a long-range rocket.
Next stop, South Korea
South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan is to greet Lavrov in Seoul, Friday, after he departs Pyongyang.
Yu said North Korea should not make the situation any worse and that, if North Korea carries through on threats to restart its main nuclear facilities, the United Nations will seek additional punishment.
Nuclear inspectors 4 expelled
North Korea ejected international nuclear inspectors from the country, last week, and vowed 5 to strengthen what it calls its "nuclear deterrent 6." It has warned South Korea not to follow through on its intentions to join an American-led campaign aimed at stopping weapons trafficking. Pyongyang says joining the program would be seen as an "act of war."
For more than three weeks, North Korea has detained a South Korean executive apparently 7 accused of speaking disrespectfully of the North's leadership and encouraging a North Korean woman to defect. North Korea is also holding two American journalists, who it says trespassed 8 across the border with China. Analysts 9 believe the North may use both cases for political leverage 10 with the respective countries.
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.高额罚款是对开车的人的制约。
- I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.我在草莓上罩了网，免得鸟歇上去。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- Here is the ringleader of the gang that trespassed on your grounds. 这就是侵犯你土地的那伙人的头子。
- He trespassed against the traffic regulations. 他违反了交通规则。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。