Obama Arrives in South Korea for Nuclear Summit

 　　U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in South Korea for the Nuclear Security Summit which starts Monday.

　　Mr. Obama landed at a U.S. air base south of Seoul early Sunday local time and is expected to meet with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak later in the day.

　　North Korea's announced plan to launch what it calls an observation satellite on a long-range rocket next month is expected to dominate the nuclear security summit of more than 50 nations next week.

　　The United Nations, U.S., European Union, Russia and Japan have warned North Korea that the plan is in violation¹ with U.N. resolutions and urged it to abandon it.  Even North Korea's ally China has expressed concern that such a rocket launch would undermine stability in the region.

　　The United States has said the launch would cancel an agreement with North Korea to send it a large shipment of U.S. food aid in exchange for halting its nuclear and long-range missile programs.

　　North Korea announced Saturday it would hold an annual parliamentary session April 13 amid preparations for the rocket launch.

　　The U.S. president plans to visit the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea within hours of arriving in South Korea's capital.

　　Deputy National Security Adviser² Ben Rhodes said earlier this week that the main points of the DMZ visit are to show support for the more than 28,000 U.S. troops serving in Korea and to stress the U.S. security alliance with South Korea.

　　Rhodes said the president's message to North Korea is the same as it has been throughout his administration, that by meeting its obligations and denuclearizing, Pyongyang can follow a clear path to better relations with the international community.

　　The DMZ is considered one of the most dangerous places on earth, with heavily-armed North and South Korean forces aligned³ against one another.  The two have remained in a formal state of war since an armistice⁴ ended combat in the Korean War in 1953.

　　The White House says while in South Korea, Mr. Obama will hold various bilateral⁵ meetings, including talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao.  Mr. Obama also plans to meet with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Russia, South Korea and Turkey on the sidelines of the summit.  He is also expected to meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to review efforts to support an Afghan-led reconciliation⁶ process with the Taliban.

　　South Korea Saturday welcomed President Obama's nomination⁷ of Jim Yong Kim, Korean-born president of Dartmouth College, to head the World Bank.

1 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

2 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

3 aligned   

adj.对齐的，均衡的

参考例句：

• Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard.务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。

4 armistice   

n.休战，停战协定

参考例句：

• The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。
• The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。

5 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• 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。

6 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

7 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。