美国有线新闻 CNN 特朗普同意与金正恩会面

 

After World War II, Korea got its independence from Japan and split in half, a Democratic style government formed in South Korea, a communist styled government formed in North Korea, and that’s where they are today, despite the war that followed North Korea’s evasion¹ of the South in 1950.

二战结束后，韩国摆脱日本独立，分裂成两半，一个由韩国组成的民主政府，一个共产主义的政府在朝鲜成立，尽管在20世纪50年代朝鲜规避了和韩国的战争，但是现在两国的局面并不乐观。

The U.S. supported South Korea in that war and the two countries are still close allies. North Korea has been their common rival.

美国在那场战争中支持韩国，并且直到现在美韩两国仍是亲密盟友。而朝鲜一直是他们的共同竞争对手。

But this year, there have been a series of events that appear to have moved the Koreas toward a friendlier relationship. And though the leaders of North Korea and the U.S. were exchanging threats and insults last year, they’re now planning to hold a face to face meeting. That was announced on Thursday night.

但今年发生了一系列事件，韩朝关系似乎有所改善。尽管朝鲜和美国的领导人去年在互相威胁和侮辱，但上周四晚上宣布，两国领导人现在正计划举行面对面会谈。

South Korean negotiators who’d recently visited the North then traveled to the White House. Shortly after they arrived, U.S. President Donald Trump² said he’d accept the meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. President Trump has credited America’s sanctions, its penalties on North Korea with helping³ bring them at this point. He says those sanctions will stay in place until North Korea agrees to get rid of its nuclear weapons.

最近访问朝鲜的韩国谈判代表随后前往白宫。抵达美国后不久，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，他将同意与朝鲜独裁者金正恩会面。特朗普总统已经重申美国对朝鲜的制裁。特朗普表示，在朝鲜同意放弃核武器之前，这些制裁措施将一直有效。

That’s a major goal of the international community.

让朝鲜放弃核武器是国际社会的主要目标。

Critics say North Korea’s leader is a brutal⁴ dictator who increased his power through murder and the American leader shouldn’t reward him with a presidential meeting.

批评人士说，朝鲜领导人是一个残暴的独裁者，通过谋杀增加了自己的权力，而美国领导人不应该与其进行会面。

And while the details of that meeting still have to be figured out, just the fact that it’s being discussed is historic.

尽管会议的细节仍有待斟酌，但两国领导人会晤的事实是历史性的。

1 evasion   

n.逃避，偷漏(税)

参考例句：

• The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
• The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• 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。

4 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。