美国有线新闻 CNN 蓬佩奥从朝鲜带回三名美国人 特金会地点即将公布
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：CNN美国有线新闻2018年7月
Three American citizens who'd been held prisoner in North Korea were expected to arrive in Washington, D.C. early Thursday morning. They were on the plane with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He'd travelled to North Korea to finale some of the preparations for a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump 1 and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The White House called the prisoners' release a gesture of goodwill 2 by North Korea, and President Trump said he was honored by the fact that the men were coming home.
Kim Dong Chul had been in North Korea since 2015 and accused of spying for South Korea, a U.S. ally. Tony Kim and Kim Hak-song were arrested last spring as tensions between the U.S. and North Korea were h?eating up.
But as we've talked about this year, those tensions have called off significantly, so much so that the two countries' leaders are expected to hold their first ever fa?ce to face meeting in a matter of weeks.
The Trump administration says its maximum pressure campaign on North Korea has worked to bring the communist country back to the negotiating table.
That campaign included the international economic penalties on North Korea that the U.S. supported. But North Korea refuted that, accusing the U.S. of provoking it and threatening the dialogue between the nations. Either way, the meeting between their leaders is still on. The White House says its location will be announced in a matter of days, though President Trump says the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea is no longer being considered.
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。