VOA标准英语2013--韩国意欲增加武器出口
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2013年(十一月)
South Korea Looks to Increase Arms Exports 韩国意欲增加武器出口
SEOUL — South Korea aspires 1 to become a top player in the global arms industry. But some observers are concerned where those weapons are headed.
The Seoul Aerospace 2 and Defense 3 Expo attracts arms manufacturers from across the globe. It is also a venue 4 for South Korean firms to showcase the latest in technology for weapons on land and in the air. Baek Yoon-hyung is a South Korean air force pilot and spokesperson for the Defense Acquisitions Program Administration, DAPA, a government agency that oversees 6 military imports and exports. He said South Korea targets developing economies to sell its weapons. “Basically Korea doesn’t have advanced technologies, but we have general and rigid 7 technologies. We could share the market in certain place. We aim to expand to the niche 8 market,” he said. According to DAPA, South Korea’s military exports have grown 10 fold in the past decade, totaling just over $2.3 billion in 2012. And compared to other arms exporting nations, South Korea comes in 15th in terms of sales. DAPA says it wants to break into the top ten.
Ambitious newcomers in the global arms trade, like South Korea, are a concern observers at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI. Senior Researcher Siemon Wezeman spoke 5 to VOA over Skype.
“Sometimes they look for markets in slightly dodgy places, places where not everything is ok. Places where human rights are an issue, where internal tensions or tensions with neighbors are an issue,” explained Wezeman.
Wezeman said South Korea’s plans to sell military equipment to the Philippines might raise tensions with China. The two countires are locked in a territorial 9 dispute in the East China Sea.
But analyst 10 Kim Byung-ki of Korea University said the Philippines has a genuine need for security that South Korea can provide for. “The Filipinos have a right to have a defensive 11 weapon to both deal with internal human trafficking, terrorists, narcotics 12 and criminal organizations connected to the outside world, and of course to have a minimal 13 and robust 14 defensive capability 15 against a great power,“ Kim stated.
DAPA’s Baek Yoon-hyung said the South Korean government recognizes these regional concerns. “When we consider opening the market, opening sales to other countries, we consider neighboring countries relationships and possible disputes. We don’t want to cause any trouble between the countries,” said Baek.
Baek said that by following those standards, South Korea hopes to land more and more weapons deals.
- The fame to which he aspires was beyond his reach. 他追求的名誉乃是他所不能及的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- An old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop a thousand li. 老骥伏枥，志在千里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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- Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
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- The really talented among women would always make their own niche.妇女中真正有才能的人总是各得其所。
- The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
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- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
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