万花筒 2013-01-29&01-31 朝鲜威胁进行核试验 瞄准美国

 One of the most dangerous countries in the world today is making a new threat directed aimed at the United States. North Korea, the secretive nation, with its myterious mysterious young dictator, announcing they will test their nuclear powers and saying they will put America on notice. Let抯 bring in our chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz right now to tell us how serious this new aggression¹ is, Martha?

Diane, the US is warning North Korea not to try another nuclear test, saying it would be a mistake and needlessly provocative², but those warnings seem only to provoke the new young leader even more. 

If there was any hope that Kim Jong Eun would be less threatening and dangerous than his late father, those hopes are now dashed. The twenty-something leader appears to relish³ his new role, now directly challenging the United States.

The reclusive nation warning the world that they will soon test a nuclear weapon, long-range rockets, one after another, today vowing⁴ that the target of its missiles and nuclear aggression, America, their sworn enemy. 

揌e抯 trying to show that he can抰 be pushed around.?

Tonight, deep inside the isolated⁵ nation, there are signs that the nuclear test is being ready. North Korea first tested a nuclear bomb in 2006. Diane, Soya was inside North Korea. Days after that test, the only western journalist meeting with a North抯 nuclear negotiators, who asserted their country抯 right to test. 

Now it抯 believed the secretive regime has a nuclear arsenal⁶ of as many as 12 weapons, and powerful ones. The last test in 2009 revealed the bomb about half its powerful as the one that destroyed Hiroshima. Model shows such a bomb could level an area roughly about the size of, say, lower Manhattan. So how big a threat is North Korea? It抯 believed their missiles can travel about 6,000 miles at best, but capable of hitting Hawaii. But what they are lacking? And this is critical. Is the ability to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be placed atop a missile and launched at an enemy? It抯 believed North Korea is still many years away from being able to do that. Still as today shows, a nation which proudly hangs anti-American posters such as this while struggling to feed its own people is working every day to become an even greater threat.

This is one of the very serious challenges that the next Secretary of State will have to face, and coincidentally, the nominee⁷ for that job, Senator John Kerry was on Capitol Hill today for his confirmation⁸ hearings.

揅hina is cooperating with us now on the run. I think there might be more we can perhaps do with respect to North Korea. There could be more we could do in other parts of the Far East.?

1 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

2 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

3 relish   

n.滋味，享受，爱好，调味品；vt.加调味料，享受，品味；vi.有滋味

参考例句：

• I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
• I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。

4 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

5 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

6 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。

7 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

8 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。