美国有线新闻 CNN 朝鲜称美要为朝鲜核项目负全责 随时可能发射洲际导弹

 

We're taking you to the Korean Peninsula today. That's where North Korea, a U.S. rival, says America is wholly to blame for North Korea's nuclear program. The country has been at odds¹ with the U.S. and South Korea since fighting stopped in the Korean War in 1953.

Nowadays, the North's nuclear program is illegal, as far as the United Nations is concerned. But repeated sanctions, international penalties and restrictions² on North Korea's economy and trade have not kept North Korea from developing nuclear technology.

And while some defense³ experts don't think North Korea has the ability to actually hit the U.S. with a nuclear weapon, the North says it's conducted four successful nuclear tests since 2009. It wants to have long range nuclear weapons and it wants the world to know it has them.

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: North Korea could launch an intercontinental ballistic missile at anytime from any location. That is the message from North Korean's foreign ministry⁴ official. This came out on Sunday, quoted by KCNA, the state-run media.

And they say that the only thing that they're waiting for is the green light from Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader.

Now, also, we hear in the statements that the reason that North Korea has found it necessary to carry out and develop this nuclear and missile program is because of Washington. — the U.S. hostile policy, as North Korea calls it. And this, of course, is something that they have been saying for years, if not decades, blaming Washington for what they say is their need for self-defense.

Now, also on Sunday, we did hear from U.S. defense secretary, saying on NBC's "Meet the Press", that this program from North Korea is a serious threat. Also saying that the U.S. military is prepared to shoot down any missile, which appears to be heading towards U.S. territory, or appears to be heading from the North to any territory of its allies.

But one interesting thing from this statement that we have been hearing from experts is that it does appear as though North Korea is hoping for a different relationship with President-elect Donald Trump⁵ when his administration comes into power.

Now, they did say, using the DPRK, the official terms for North Korea, quote, "Anyone who wants to deal with the DPRK would be well advised to secure to a new way of thinking, after having a clear understanding of it."

1 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

2 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 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。