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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: No sitting U.S. president has ever met with a leader of North Korea, but that could change completely just months from now, and that's our first story on CNN 10.

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.

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

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.

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.

That's a major goal of the international community.

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.

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

CHUNG EUI-YONG, SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER⁵: President Trump appreciated the greeting and said he would meet Kim Jong-un.

WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. This would have been unthinkable just a short time ago and yet here we are. How did this happen?

Especially after much the Kim Jong-un era being defined by scores of missile launches, nuclear tests, escalating⁶ tensions, the United States ratcheting up sanctions on North Korea.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Today, we put the strongest sanctions on Korea that we have ever put on a country.

RIPLEY: The U.S. threatening military action if diplomacy⁷ doesn't work out.

TRUMP: We will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.

RIPLEY: There were times that these two countries seem at the brink⁸ of war, and yet now, we are on the verge⁹ of what could be a political breakthrough.

But it comes with many risks for all parties involved. You don't get much higher than a summit between two heads of state. Normally, these things take months if not years of preparation, if they even happen at all. Previous U.S. presidents have been asked by the North Koreans for meetings.

This is something that North Korea's founder¹⁰ Kim Il-sung wanted.

The second leader in North Korea, Kim Jong-il, also tried to meet with a U.S. president, with President Clinton near the end of his second term. It didn't happen. President Bush, President Obama never really seriously considered a meeting with the North Koreans. But now, Kim Jong-un has invited President Trump. President Trump said yes on the spot, and now, they have just a matter of weeks to prepare for what could be the most consequential¹¹ moments so far when it comes to foreign policy for the U.S. president.

And there are many risks involved. What if this doesn't work out? What if they don't hit it off? What if it goes horribly wrong? Then where do you go from there?

Some analysts¹² believe this could actually push the United States and North Korea closer to the brink of war if it goes badly. But if it goes well, this could be something significant, something that no other U.S. president has ever done before, normalizing relations with North Korea, one of the most secretive and perhaps difficult countries to deal with on earth. Could President Trump be the one to convince them that it's worthwhile to abandon their nuclear program, something they have insisted over and over again they would never be willing to do?

History shows that negotiations¹³ with the North Koreans have seemed promising¹⁴ at first, only for things to fall apart. The United States has often accused North Korea of cheating, of reneging on deals that they agreed to. Will this time be different? We just don't know and we'll have to wait and see.

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。

5 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。

6 escalating   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句

7 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

8 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

9 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

10 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• 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。

11 consequential   

adj.作为结果的，间接的；重要的

参考例句：

• She was injured and suffered a consequential loss of earnings.她受了伤因而收入受损。
• This new transformation is at least as consequential as that one was.这一新的转变至少和那次一样重要。

12 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

13 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• 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。

14 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。