VOA标准英语2010年-South Koreans at Rally in Seoul Call f
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(五)月
South Korean protesters in Seoul club an inflatable effigy 1 of North Korea's Kim Jong Il, 27 May 2010
Tensions have been rising over the past month on the Korean peninsula since the sinking of South Korean naval 2 vessel 3, the Cheonan. An international investigation 4 concluded that the coastal 5 patrol warship 6 was sunk by a North Korean torpedo 7. The two Koreas have since responded by cutting most trade and communications links, raising fears the peninsula could be headed towards a return to the devastating 8 warfare 9 of the early 1950's.
At a rally organized in the capital by a South Korean patriots 10' group, participants vented 11 their anger at the North - and specifically, leader Kim Jong Il.
Thousands of mostly elderly spectators - many of them survivors 12 of the civil war here in the early 1950's - watched as young martial 13 arts experts kicked apart wooden planks 14 - some of them spelling out "North Korea - retaliation 15."
The speakers on the platform took a harder line than that of their government, calling for revenge for the sinking of the South Korean ship.
It was a message warmly greeted by those in the audience.
"We have to be stronger," said an elderly woman in uniform. "The measures taken by our government are too soft. We have to kill all the North Korean aggressors. That is why I attended today's rally."
But many professionals, are cautious about harsher measures or an outbreak of hostilities 16 that would shake investor 17 confidence in South Korea, one of the world's top 15 economies.
"Assuming that North Korea is responsible for the Cheonan incident, then it is appropriate for the government to respond at the level it has," said a young man.
"I fully 18 support the decisions the South Korean government has made," said another man. "We should use all possible sanctions and keep looking for ways to get North Korea to change through international collaboration 19. But there should not be war."
One thing nearly all South Koreans agree on is the devastating human toll that all-out war would take on the peninsula, recalling - from direct experience or their education - that one and a half million civilians died during the three-year Korean War
- There the effigy stands,and stares from age to age across the changing ocean.雕像依然耸立在那儿，千秋万载地凝视着那变幻无常的大海。
- The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.群众焚烧退位独裁者的模拟像。
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
- You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
- 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。
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。
- The warship was making towards the pier.军舰正驶向码头。
- His ship was blown up by a torpedo.他的船被一枚鱼雷炸毁了。
- Torpedo boats played an important role during World War Two.鱼雷艇在第二次世界大战中发挥了重要作用。
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
- Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。
- Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
- These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。
- He vented his frustration on his wife. 他受到挫折却把气发泄到妻子身上。
- He vented his anger on his secretary. 他朝秘书发泄怒气。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
- The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
- The house was built solidly of rough wooden planks. 这房子是用粗木板牢固地建造的。
- We sawed the log into planks. 我们把木头锯成了木板。
- retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
- He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
- All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。
- My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
- The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
- He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。