美国有线新闻 CNN 蓬佩奥从朝鲜带回三名美国人 特金会地点即将公布

 

Three American citizens who'd been held prisoner in North Korea were expected to arrive in Washington, D.C. early Thursday morning. They were on the plane with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He'd travelled to North Korea to finale some of the preparations for a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump¹ and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

The White House called the prisoners' release a gesture of goodwill² by North Korea, and President Trump said he was honored by the fact that the men were coming home.

Kim Dong Chul had been in North Korea since 2015 and accused of spying for South Korea, a U.S. ally. Tony Kim and Kim Hak-song were arrested last spring as tensions between the U.S. and North Korea were h?eating up.

But as we've talked about this year, those tensions have called off significantly, so much so that the two countries' leaders are expected to hold their first ever fa?ce to face meeting in a matter of weeks.

The Trump administration says its maximum pressure campaign on North Korea has worked to bring the communist country back to the negotiating table.

That campaign included the international economic penalties on North Korea that the U.S. supported. But North Korea refuted that, accusing the U.S. of provoking it and threatening the dialogue between the nations. Either way, the meeting between their leaders is still on. The White House says its location will be announced in a matter of days, though President Trump says the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea is no longer being considered.

1 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。

2 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。