VOA英语2010年-North Korean Defectors Ask to Help Fight The
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(十二)月
Since the November 23 shelling of Yeonpyeong island, there has been rising anger in South Korea. Many South Koreans are angry at what they consider their government's mild response to the attack, which killed four people. Among those who want tougher action is a group of North Korean defectors.
North Korean defectors speak up
North Korean defectors who served in the communist state's military are asking to be allowed to take on their former comrades.
A group called the North Korea Peoples Liberation Front on Monday delivered a petition to the South Korean defense 1 ministry 2. They want permission to become a special force to help end the communist government in the North.
VOA - S. Herman
Members of the North Korea Peoples Liberation Front at a briefing in Seoul
Kim Seong-min is the organization's chairman. Kim says if they are given rifles, they will march to the front lines, such as Yeonpyeong island, which was hit by North Korean shells last month.
Park Chun-guk says he is a former commander of a North Korean special forces division.
Park says a thief knows what other thieves might do. Likewise, he says, the former North Korean soldiers understand the situation in the North, as well as the tactics and the mindset of its soldiers.
Park was among several former North Korean soldiers at a briefing in Seoul on Monday. They gave details about the unit that fired on Yeongpyeong last month. They also said many of their former colleagues were trained to infiltrate 3 Seoul and other cities to neutralize 4 critical targets, including air and sea ports, to wreck 5 South Korea's economy in the event of hostilities 6.
Defectors outlook
The defectors predict North Korea's provocations 7 against the South will continue. That is because heir apparent Kim Jong Un needs to demonstrate credibility as a leader, much as his father, Kim Jong Il, did in the 1980's before succeeding his late father, Kim Il Sung.
VOA - S. Herman
Former North Korean soldiers, who have joined a resistance group, briefing reporters
More than 20,000 defectors from the North live in South Korea.
The two Koreas have remained technically 8 at war since 1953 when three years of conflict ended with an armistice 9, not a peace treaty.
Tension between the two has been high since the sinking of a South Korean naval 10 ship in March. An international investigation 11 concluded that the Cheonan was hit by a North Korean torpedo 12, killing 13 46 sailors. Pyongyang denies any involvement.
The North, however, did acknowledge last month's shelling of Yeonpyeong. It says the attack was justified 14 because a South Korean military exercise on the island fired shells into disputed waters off the west coast.
South Korea is conducting a second consecutive 15 week of live-fire exercises. Officials have not confirmed whether any firing will take place in the disputed maritime 16 region.
Pyongyang says such exercises, along with recent naval maneuvers 17 the United States has conducted with South Korea and Japan, are bringing the Korean peninsula closer to war.
- 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。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
- It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night.可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。
- Nothing could neutralize its good effects.没有什么能抵消它所产生的好影响。
- Acids neutralize alkalis and vice versa.酸能使碱中和碱，亦能使酸中和。
- Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
- No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
- 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。
- We cannot ignore such provocations. 对于这种挑衅，我们不能置之不理。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- They must immediately cease all their provocations. 他们必须停止一切挑衅。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
- The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。
- The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。
- The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
- The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。
- It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
- The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
- 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。