美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-08-01
时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：CNN美国有线新闻2015年8月
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Apparently hungry for attention after weeks' international focus on the nuclear deal with Iran, North Korea tried putting the spotlight 1 back on its own nuclear ambition, inviting 2 journalists to a rare press conference with Pingyong's ambassador to China ?. For twenty minutes the diplomat 3 ran through the usual litany of anti-America rhetoric 4, insisting North Korea is a nuclear power under constant threat of attack from US with no plans to disarm 5.
The DPRK is not interested at all in a dialogue to discuss the issue of making as freeze or dismantle 7 our nuke unilaterally first, the ambassador said, and he blamed the US for what he calls an increasingly violent situation on the Korea Peninsula,expressing outrage 8 over next-month's annual joint 9 military drills between South Korea and US. On Monday, North Korea celebrated 10 what it calls victory Day, the sixty second anniversary of the truce 11 ending the Korean War. The supreme 12 leader Kinzhongong seen on state media thanking veterans for defeating US aggressors. Above him, a huge portrait of his grandfather, Kin 6?, the founder 13 of North Korea state, bearing a remarkable 14 and many say deliberately 15 cultivated resemblance to the young third generation leader. Back in North Korea ambassy, the press conference is over. It's time to go.
We are certainly being watched very closely as we film inside the ambassy. That's very similar to what it's like when you are actually reporting in North Korea as well. Clearly the idea of any media being here, especially the western media, makes the government leaders a bit uncomfortable. So they are watching our every move and they carefully guard the kind of access we get , but just being able to go through this gate, being able to CD inside of the ambassy is still quite rare. The kind of access North Korea only grants when it wants the world to pay attention, promising 16 to strike back with force against its No.1 enemy, the United States.
1 spotlight
n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目
- This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
- The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
2 inviting
adj.诱人的，引人注目的
- An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
- The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。
3 diplomat
n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
4 rhetoric
n.修辞学，浮夸之言语
- Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
- Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。
5 disarm
v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和
- The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
- He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。
6 kin
n.家族，亲属，血缘关系；adj.亲属关系的，同类的
- He comes of good kin.他出身好。
- She has gone to live with her husband's kin.她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。
7 dismantle
vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消
- He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
- The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。
8 outrage
n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
- We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
9 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
10 celebrated
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
11 truce
n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
12 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
13 Founder
n.创始者，缔造者
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
14 remarkable
adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
15 deliberately
adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地
- The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
- They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。