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First, though, North Korea is accusing the United States of declaring war. There have been a lot of threatening statements between the two countries in recent months, what some observers have been calling a war of words. At the United Nations General Assembly last week, both U.S. President Donald Trump¹ and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho spoke² out against each other's country.

Then, over the weekend, President Trump tweeted that if Foreign Minister Ri echoes the thoughts of little rocket man, that's a controversial name that President Trump used for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leaders, quote, won't be around much longer.

Foreign Minister Ri called that an American declaration of war on his country and said North Korea would have the right to make, quote, counter measures, including the right to shoot down U.S. bombers³ at anytime even when they're not in North Korean air space. He was referring to flyovers⁴ that U.S. planes recently conducted over international waters east of North Korea.

The U.S. State Department says America has not declared war on North Korea and that it continues to push for a peaceful stop to North Korea's nuclear weapons programs. The U.S. also says it has a right to fly in international airspace and that no country has the right to fire on other nation's planes or ships in international areas.

COL. STEVE WARREN, CNN MILITARY ANALYT: This is a very tense situation and we always hope that cooler heads would prevail.

If we fly more strategic aircraft near the North Koreans and they choose to try and shot one of those aircraft down, this could be a flash point. If the North Koreans feel that they're being overly threatened and choose to fire some sort of rockets, missiles, artillery⁵ in to South Korea, and strike American forces. We have just under 30,000, approximately 30,000 U.S. forces station in Korea. This could become a flash point, which will lead to greater trouble.

So, this is a powder keg right now and this is something that we need cooler heads on both sides to be really beginning to prevail here.

SUBTITLE⁶: Why Does North Korea Keep Launching ICBMs?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Every missile launch by North Korea is considered by most to be a provocation⁷, but it's more worrying than that. Every launch, takes North Korea one step closer to its stated goal of being able to hit mainland United States with a nuclear-tipped missile. Now, the regime has tested intercontinental ballistic missiles this year. The leader Kim Jong-un claims he already has major U.S. cities in his sights.

But how close is he exactly? There are a number of questions that remained to be answered. Does Pyongyang have a warhead that can reenter the earth's atmosphere without burning up? Experts simply don't know.

Does Pyongyang have a nuclear weapon that's small enough to fit on the tip of a missile, i.e., has it miniaturized a nuclear warhead? That Kim Jong-un claims he already has done that, although some experts refute that claim. But U.S. officials say that they have to take Kim at his word. They have to work under the assumption that he has that capability⁸.

Kim hopes that every ICBM test will improve on the last and the closer he get to achieving an effective nuclear arsenal⁹, the harder it will be to convince him to give it up.

 

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 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 flyovers   

n.立交桥，高架公路( flyover的名词复数 )；（单机或编队）低空飞行

参考例句：

• Flyovers have changed the face of the city. 立交桥改变了城市的面貌。 来自辞典例句
• To a limited extent one can compare Beijing to Delhi. Wide roads, flyovers andand formal atmosphere. 在某种程度上，可以把北京与德里做个比较：宽阔的马路、立交桥、城市氛围等。 来自互联网

5 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

6 subtitle   

n.副题（书本中的），说明对白的字幕

参考例句：

• His new book has a subtitle.他的新书有一个副标题。
• Ah!I don't know why they don't subtitle these movies.唉！我不知道这些电影为什么不打字幕。

7 provocation   

n.激怒，刺激，挑拨，挑衅的事物，激怒的原因

参考例句：

• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
• They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。

8 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

9 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。