2007年VOA标准英语-Nuclear Inspectors Praise N. Korea's Cooperatio

By Kurt Achin
Seoul
29 June 2007

There are more indications that at least one key element of a broader effort to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs may soon be in place. United Nations nuclear inspectors² say they were given full access to a North Korean reactor³ facility that may be shut down within weeks. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul.

Delegates from the International Atomic Energy Agency say Thursday's visit to North Korea's main nuclear facility was successful.

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The head of the UN inspection team, Olli Heinonen, prior to his departure for Pyongyang at International Airport in Beijing, 26 Jun 2007

Senior inspector¹ Olli Heinonen, who is leading the IAEA team, says North Korean authorities have been helpful.

"We visited all the places which we were planning to. The cooperation was excellent," he said.

U.N. nuclear inspectors had not seen the Yongbyon facility first-hand since North Korea ejected them from the country more than four years ago.

Heinonen and his team are now in North Korea to negotiate the shutdown as part of stepped-up six-nation diplomacy⁵ aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons capabilities⁶. North Korea agreed to the shutdown at the conclusion of February talks with China, Russia, Japan, the United States and South Korea.

The final resolution of a banking⁷ dispute on Monday cleared North Korea's objection to implementing⁸ the shutdown, as it had promised to do by mid-April.

The IAEA delegation⁹ has one more day of meetings in North Korea before returning Saturday to the agency's headquarters in Vienna. The team is expected to deliver a report, including an outline of procedures for shutting down the Yongbyon reactor, as early as next month.

In South Korea, authorities are preparing to do their part under the February agreement. Seoul is working with major energy companies to ship 50,000 tons of fuel oil to the North. Ships carrying the first portion of an eventual¹⁰ 400,000 ton rice transfer to the impoverished¹¹ North are scheduled to depart on Saturday.

1 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

2 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

4 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

5 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

6 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

7 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

8 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

9 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

10 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

11 impoverished   

adj.穷困的，无力的，用尽了的v.使（某人）贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 )；使（某物）贫瘠或恶化

参考例句：

• the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
• They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》