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One of the towering figures of 20th century American literature, the novelist Philip Roth has died at the age of 85. Here's Nick Heim.

20世纪美国文学的殿堂级人物，小说家菲利普?罗思逝世，享年85岁。尼克?海姆报道。

Philip Roth started out as shocking and rather subversive¹. In 1969, his novel Portnoy's Complaint scandalized Middle America. It was a monologue² supposedly delivered to his psychoanalyst by a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor. He went on to write novels that were often playful and surprising. In one, the narrator wakes to find he's been transformed into a giant breast. In another, the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank who perished in the Holocaust³ is apparently⁴ found living under an assumed name in America. But later books like American Pastoral, The Human Stain and The Plot Against America added up to a complex fictional⁵ history of the modern United States. He finished as a grand old man of American letters.

菲利普?罗思起初的作品令人震惊且具有颠覆性。1969年，他的小说《波特诺伊的抱怨》震惊了美国的中产阶级。这本书讲述了一位有性瘾和恋母情结的犹太单身年轻人对心理医生的独白。他继而创作的小说幽默且令人惊讶。在一本书中，主人公醒来后发现自己变成了一个巨大的乳房。在另一本书中，人们发现在犹太大屠杀中死去的日记作者安妮?弗兰克还活着，并且使用化名生活在美国。但他的后期作品，比如《美国牧歌》、《人类的污点》和《反美阴谋》组成了当代美国小说复杂的历史。最终，他成为了美国文坛的元老级人物。

In a change of heart, North Korea has agreed to let in a team of South Korean journalists to watch the dismantling⁶ of its nuclear test site at Punggye-ri. The move comes as President Moon Jae-in visits Washington to try to salvage⁷ proposed US-North Korea summit planned for June 12. Laura Bicker⁸ reports from Seoul.

朝鲜改变态度，允许韩国记者团参加丰溪里核试验场废弃仪式。与此同时，韩国总统文在寅出访华盛顿，试图挽回原定于6月12日召开的美韩峰会。劳拉?贝卡在首尔报道。

Many in the South Korean media are crediting President Moon with saving the Singapore summit. It seems optimistic given Donald Trump⁹'s announcement after the two leaders met, but he's seeking certain conditions. And if North Korea did not agree to them, the meeting would not happen. Pyongyang is CRItical of the deal on offer from the US. The state said it would not accept a one-sided proposal where it gives up its weapons in return for economic aid. But the chief press secretary of the presidential palace in Seoul said that both leaders would be doing their utmost to ensure the summit is held without disruption.

韩国多家媒体称赞文在寅总统在挽救新加坡峰会。从特朗普在两国领导人会面后的讲话来看，情况似乎比较乐观，但特朗普也提出了一定的条件。如果朝鲜不同意这些条件，峰会将被取消。朝鲜对美国提出的条件表示不满。朝鲜称其不会接受单方面的提议，即朝鲜放弃军事武器以换取经济援助。但韩国总统府新闻发言人称，双方领导人将尽其最大努力保证峰会顺利举行。

The US House of Representatives has passed legislation that will relax bank rules introduced by the Obama administration in the wake of the 2008 financial CRIsis. It marks a major victory for President Trump. David Willis reports.

美国众议院通过法案，放宽奥巴马政府在2008年金融危机后制定的银行规章。这是特朗普总统的一次重大胜利。大卫?威利斯报道。

When Republicans took control of Congress and then the White House, the big banks increased their lobbying efforts to get the legislation changed. But the new law, whereas lessening¹⁰ the federal oversight¹¹ of smaller banks, does little to change the trading and lending regulations for the big Wall Street players. Supporters say it will give businesses more access to loans for homes and cars. CRItics warn it could prompt further discriminatory lending and increase the risk of future bank failures.

在共和党先后掌控了国会和白宫后，美国各大银行加紧游说，力求改变法案。但是尽管新法案放松了对小型银行的联邦政府监管，但对华尔街巨头的交易和借贷条规改变甚微。支持者称新法案可让银行提供更多的住房和购车贷款。而批评者警告称其将进一步激化不公平贷款，并且增大银行破产的风险。

1 subversive   

adj.颠覆性的，破坏性的；n.破坏份子，危险份子

参考例句：

• She was seen as a potentially subversive within the party.她被看成党内潜在的颠覆分子。
• The police is investigating subversive group in the student organization.警方正调查学生组织中的搞颠覆阴谋的集团。

2 monologue   

n.长篇大论，（戏剧等中的）独白

参考例句：

• The comedian gave a long monologue of jokes.喜剧演员讲了一长段由笑话组成的独白。
• He went into a long monologue.他一个人滔滔不绝地讲话。

3 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 fictional   

adj.小说的，虚构的

参考例句：

• The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
• The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。

6 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。

7 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

8 bicker   

vi.(为小事)吵嘴，争吵

参考例句：

• The two children used to bicker about who should do the washing-up.这两个小孩子过去常为该由谁洗餐具一事而争吵。
• They always bicker when they meet at school.在学校见面时他们总是争吵。

9 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。

10 lessening   

减轻，减少，变小

参考例句：

• So however much he earned, she spent it, her demands growing and lessening with his income. 祥子挣多少，她花多少，她的要求随着他的钱涨落。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• The talks have resulted in a lessening of suspicion. 谈话消减了彼此的怀疑。

11 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。