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VOA标准英语10月-US Envoy Arrives in North Korea, Hoping to Break - 英语课
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Washington's main envoy 1 on the North Korean nuclear issue is in Pyongyang, aiming to convince leaders there not to reverse promises they made last year. As VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, if the talks fail, the stage could be set for the North to produce more material that can be used for nuclear weapons.
 






U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Christopher Hill



U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill made the short drive Wednesday from Seoul to South Korea's heavily armed border with North Korea, headed for a rare visit to Pyongyang.

Hill has been the point man in six-nation negotiations 2 aimed at getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities 3. He says Pyongyang's recent moves to eject international inspectors 4 and resume activity at its main nuclear reactor 5 have dealt a serious blow to the process.

"What they've been doing obviously goes counter the spirit of what we've been trying to accomplish... so I would say we're in a very difficult, very tough phase of the negotiation," he said.

Before leaving the South, Hill told reporters he wants to persuade North Korea to fulfill 6 its promise to set up verification for the nuclear declaration it made earlier this year. American and South Korean officials say the North offered clear verbal assurances at Beijing talks, last year, it would agree to a verification system in line with usual international practices - such as surprise visits by international inspectors to nuclear sites.

Hill says he understands the North is reluctant to follow through, but says the process cannot move forward without a verification agreement.

"It's not to say that we're going to have anything verified. The verification will actually take place later on," he said. "But we need to know what the rules of the road are for verification."

In August, President Bush cited the North's delay on a verification agreement when he decided 7 not to remove North Korea from a State Department list of nations suspected of sponsoring terrorism. North Korea has maintained the verification issue is separate from the American promise to remove it from the terror list.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency quotes an unnamed South Korean government source as saying there are signs of activity near the site of North Korea's 2006 underground nuclear test. The source in the report speculates North Korea may be trying to repair the site - possibly for a followup test - and says the South is monitoring the activity closely.



n.使节,使者,代表,公使
  • Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
  • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
n.能力( capability的名词复数 );可能;容量;[复数]潜在能力
  • He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大,自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
  • Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为,标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 );(英国公共汽车或火车上的)查票员;(警察)巡官;检阅官
  • 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》
n.反应器;反应堆
  • The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
  • Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里,大分子裂变为小分子。
vt.履行,实现,完成;满足,使满意
  • If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了,你就要履行你的诺言。
  • This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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A-Weighting
accompanying vein of hypoglossal nerve
acoustical absorptivity
alberto
Algol yellow gba
anaphora
audio-frequency oscillator
azel(-)scope
BAL (basic assembler language)
Balochi language
Biot Savart for mula
board out
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Brahea
braziliensis
break - even point
butea gums
by dint of
caput incuneatum
carnosinuria
Clematis chekiangensis
cold shocking water
communication mast
controlling lever link
cupach
decalcation
determining the nature of an offence
developed proven reserves
double possibitly
Elisp
European Molecular Bioglogy Laboratory
evidence in chief
false alarm
feminines
flopping
forficula auricularias
free end travel
freudian censor
GE-MRI
giga ton bomb
gonzague
guide coupling
gussyup
Hippocrates' theory of humor
house speaker
hydrogen regulator
inclusion metallic
intravesical pressure
jump-blues
keast
kvetches
latch onto sth
length of pretection
make a hash of it
mandarining
MATH-MATIC
mathematical induction
melanose or canker of citrus
micropool
Millain
misassembly
moose knuckle
Moustéru
nonartists
not north of
on the stuff
pecuniary interest
photocolorimetric method
physical harm
planimeters
pneumatic analog computer
pointsettia
pustular acrodermatitis
Q-matching
QMG
raphe postoblongata
remrefine
ricasetron
sarcomagenic
sardel
second-order maximum condition
SECPR
skeleton accounts T
slicing criterion
solitary cell
special sensibility
squeezablest
squishing
subsynchronous resonance
syalon
three-axis reference
timing cell
topological specialization
trailhands
tripod head
unadult
Veronica polita
White Panther
wire wrapped screen pipe
wpes
xang
Zoziv