PBS高端访谈:特朗普及美国政府对朝鲜最新举动的反应

 　　The latest flash point in the American showdown with North Korea has drawn¹ sharply different responses from President Trump² and his top national security aides.

　　It all follows reports that Pyongyang can now make nuclear weapons small enough to fit inside a long-range missile. John Yang begins our coverage³.

　　Amid the escalating⁴ war of words, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged calm.

　　I think Americans should sleep well at night, have no concerns about this particular rhetoric⁵ of the last few days.

　　What the president is doing is sending a strong message to North Korea in language that Kim Jong-un would understand.

　　Tillerson spoke⁶ on his way to the U.S. territory that's home to the B-1 bombers⁷ that have been flying training missions over the Korean Peninsula, drawing North Korea's ire.

　　The Korean people's army is now carefully examining the plan for making an all-consuming fire at the areas around Guam

　　with a medium-to-long-range strategic ballistic rocket in order to contain the U.S. major military bases on Guam.

　　Defense⁸ Secretary Jim Mattis warned Pyongyang to stop "consideration of actions that would lead to the destruction of its people."

　　The volley of tough talk comes amid increased North Korean tests of missiles that analysts⁹ believe could strike the American mainland.

　　Yesterday, President Trump delivered a stark¹⁰ warning.

　　They will be met with fire and fury and, frankly¹¹, power, the likes of which the world has never seen before.

　　Today, in South Korea, a government denounced Pyongyang.

　　These kinds of comments by North Korea do not help in the relationship of South and North Korea.

　　But, in Japan, the chief cabinet secretary welcomed the American muscle-flexing.

　　The United States have said all options are on the table. The Japanese government supports this attitude.

　　President Trump said this morning that he had ordered a modernization¹² of the nation's nuclear arsenal¹³:

　　"It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before. Hopefully, we will never have to use this power."

　　While Mr. Trump did order a review of the country's nuclear capability¹⁴ during his first week in office,

　　it was President Barack Obama who began a $1 trillion modernization of the arsenal. It's barely begun and will take decades to complete.

　　The Trump administration has seemed to send a variety of signals about its approach to Pyongyang.

　　Mr. Trump had called on China to pressure its renegade neighbor. But after missile tests last month, he seemed to give up on Beijing.

　　We will handle North Korea. We're going to be able to handle them. It will be--it will be handled. We handle everything.

　　Last month, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said the solution to North Korea's nuclear threat is to oust¹⁵ Kim Jong-un.

　　The thing that is most dangerous about it is the character who holds the control over them today.

　　So from the administration's perspective, the most important thing we can do is separate those two.

　　Amid a New York Times report that Mr. Trump's fire and fury threat caught his aides by surprise,

　　White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, "The tone and strength of the message were discussed beforehand, if not the exact words."

　　Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said military action would be inevitable¹⁶ if North Korea continues on its current path.

　　President Trump has basically drawn a red line, saying that he will never allow North Korea to have an ICBM missile that can hit America with a nuclear weapon on top.

　　But if there's going to be a war, it's going to be in the region, not here in America.

　　A prospect¹⁷ that is sending a shudder¹⁸ through Asia and the world.

　　For the PBS NewsHour, I'm John Yang. undefined

1 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

2 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。

3 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

4 escalating   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句

5 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

6 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。

7 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》

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

10 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

11 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

12 modernization   

n.现代化，现代化的事物

参考例句：

• This will help us achieve modernization.这有助于我们实现现代化。
• The Chinese people are sure to realize the modernization of their country.中国人民必将实现国家现代化。

13 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。

14 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。

15 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
• The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

16 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

17 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

18 shudder   

v.战粟，震动，剧烈地摇晃；n.战粟，抖动

参考例句：

• The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.看到那副棺材，他浑身一阵战栗。
• We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。