2007年VOA标准英语-US North Korean Nuclear Talks Enter New Phase
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（八月）
Geneva
31 August 2007
A senior United States envoy 1 says he is hopeful progress will be made toward scrapping 2 North Korea's nuclear arsenal 3 during bilateral 4 U.S.-North Korean talks over the weekend. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA, the talks, which will take place in Geneva, will focus on normalizing relations as part of an international nuclear disarmament deal.
Christopher Hill speaks during a press briefing about a bilateral meeting with North Korean envoys in Geneva, Switzerland, 31 Aug 2007
The bilateral meeting is in preparation of the six-party talks that are to resume later this month. The members include the North Korea and South Korea, China, Russia, the United States and Japan.
The chief U.S. negotiator, assistant secretary of state, Christopher Hill, says those talks are to figure out the next steps needed to disable North Korea's nuclear facilities. He says the six countries also will seek to obtain a full declaration of all nuclear programs and materials possessed 6 by North Korea.
Hill notes that phase one of these nuclear talks resulted in North Korea shutting down its nuclear facilities in Yongbong. He says phase two of the talks will be a further step toward nuclear disarmament.
"We are hopeful that we can come up with an implementation 7 arrangement for, the disablement and declaration of facilities," he said. "That we could by the end of this year have accomplished 8 this phase two. And, then in the opening of '08, we would begin, what I hope would be the final stage, which is the abandonment of the fissile material, that is the nuclear material already produced. The abandonment of weapons in which the fissile material is."
If this is achieved, Hill says this is likely to lead to a peace conference on the Korean Peninsula that would result in a genuine peace agreement. The ultimate aim, he says, is to achieve a permanent security system in Northeast Asia.
Hill says there is no question North Korea must do away with its nuclear weapons.
"These are programs that are not helping 9 the DPRK," he added. "In fact, they are driving the DPRK into a deeper sense of isolation 10, which we are trying to reverse. And, I hope other countries who have aspirations 11 in this regard would understand that nuclear weapons are not a security solution and they certainly do not help anyone's future."
During this weekend's talks, Hill says the two parties will discuss normalizing bilateral diplomatic relations and removing North Korea from the U.S. State Department list of nations that sponsor terrorism.
- 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。
- He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。
- These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。
- Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
- We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。
- They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
- There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。
- the routine tit for tat when countries expel each other's envoys 国家相互驱逐对方使节这种惯常的报复行动
- Marco Polo's travelogue mentions that Kublai Khan sent envoys to Malgache. 马可波罗游记中提到忽必烈曾派使节到马尔加什。
- He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
- He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
- Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
- Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
- He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。
- I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
- The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。