2006年VOA标准英语-US Warns North Korea on Nuclear Test

By Stephanie Ho
Washington
04 October 2006

The top U.S. diplomat¹ in the six nation talks on the North Korean nuclear program says the United States and its allies will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea. 

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		Christopher Hill (file photo)

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill had a blunt warning for North Korea.

"It can have a future or it can have these weapons," said Chris Hill. "It cannot have both."

His comments came in response to Pyongyang's announcement Tuesday that it intends to conduct a nuclear test. Hill said the United States has been in close consultations² with the four other countries involved in the six party talks - South Korea, China, Japan and Russia - and, in his words, "would have no choice but to act resolutely³."

"I'm not prepared at this point to say what we're going to do," he said. "But I am prepared to say we are not going to live with a nuclear North Korea. We are not going to accept it."

Hill said the United States has received no response to a message passed to Pyongyang Tuesday through the North Korean mission to the United Nations. He said Washington is very concerned and believes a North Korean nuclear test would be, in his words, "a bad mistake."

"So, if what they have in mind is the notion that by somehow exploding this thing, they've created a fait accompli and we're just going to have to come to terms with a nuclear North Korea, they've got to think again," noted⁴ Christopher Hill. "We're not coming to terms with a nuclear North Korea."

The U.S. diplomat spoke⁵ at the inauguration⁶ of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. Hill is a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, and he was joined by five other former U.S. envoys⁷ to Seoul.

Meanwhile, U.S. intelligence officials have detected what they are describing as unusual activity at potential North Korean nuclear test sites, although they have not been able to determine the nature of the activity.

North Korea gave no date for a prospective⁸ nuclear test, but has said it is necessary to counter perceived U.S. hostility⁹. The United States has said it will not attack Pyongyang, and says there are significant economic and diplomatic benefits, if North Korea gives up its nuclear ambitions.

1 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

2 consultations   

n.磋商（会议）( consultation的名词复数 )；商讨会；协商会；查找

参考例句：

• Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 resolutely   

adj.坚决地，果断地

参考例句：

• He resolutely adhered to what he had said at the meeting. 他坚持他在会上所说的话。
• He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties. 他不是果敢地去面对困难，而是抱怨自己运气不佳。

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 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。

6 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

7 envoys   

使节( envoy的名词复数 )； 公使； 谈判代表； 使节身份

参考例句：

• the routine tit for tat when countries expel each other's envoys 国家相互驱逐对方使节这种惯常的报复行动
• Marco Polo's travelogue mentions that Kublai Khan sent envoys to Malgache. 马可波罗游记中提到忽必烈曾派使节到马尔加什。

8 prospective   

adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的

参考例句：

• The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
• They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。

9 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。