PBS高端访谈:韩国方面对朝鲜发射导弹的最新反应

 　　But first: Two days after North Korea's sixth nuclear test, the war of words and the war games continued today.

　　But President Trump¹'s recent statements targeting South Korea have led to growing concerns there. William Brangham reports.

　　South Korean warships² conducted live-fire drills off the Korean Peninsula today, the latest show of military force to try and deter³ North Korea.

　　The North answered with more defiance⁴. Its envoy⁵ called its weekend nuclear test a -- quote -- "gift package to the U.S." from his country,

　　which is known officially as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK.

　　The U.S. will receive more gift packages from my country as long as it relies on reckless provocations⁶ and futile⁷ attempts to put pressure on the DPRK. Pressure or sanctions will never work on my country.

　　The DPRK will never under any circumstance put its nuclear deterrence⁸ on the negotiating table.

　　Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a conference in China, also warned against pushing the North Koreans too hard.

　　He said military action could set off a global catastrophe⁹, and that new sanctions won't help either.

　　The use of all types of sanctions in this particular case is useless and inefficient¹⁰.

　　As I have told one of my colleagues yesterday, they will rather eat grass than abandon this program if they do not feel safe.

　　Later, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow will consider a U.S. resolution in the U.N. Security Council, provided it focuses on a diplomatic solution.

　　Meanwhile, President Trump is also putting pressure on South Korea.

　　He's again threatened to pull out of a five-year-old trade deal with the south, something that a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers today urged against.

　　And over the weekend, the president also pushed them to get tougher, tweeting: "South Korea is finding that their talk of appeasement¹¹ with North Korea will not work."

　　But that message may be driving a wedge between the two allies.

　　South Koreans were very preoccupied¹² by the fact that it took 34 hours for President Moon Jae-in and President Donald Trump to even have a phone conversation after that nuclear test.

　　Jean Lee ran the Associated Press's bureau in North Korea and is now a fellow at the Wilson Center in Seoul, South Korea.

　　South Koreans were incredibly offended by that.

　　To people here, the comments on the approach on that president is taking seem incredibly outdated¹³ and offensive.

　　So, I think that that is some of the reaction that I'm getting from younger South Koreans here in Seoul.

　　At the White House, though, officials today defended the get-tough approach.

　　Now is not the time for us to spend a lot of time focused on talking with North Korea,

　　but putting all measures of pressure that we can, and we're going to continue through that process.

　　Meanwhile, there's talk in South Korea of building up its own conventional arsenal¹⁴ and perhaps even acquiring its own nuclear weapons.

　　In a new tweet today, President Trump confirmed he's letting South Korea and Japan buy sophisticated U.S. weapons.

　　For the PBS NewsHour, I'm William Brangham. undefined

1 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。

2 warships   

军舰，战舰( warship的名词复数 )； 舰只

参考例句：

• The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后，敌舰退出了海战。
• The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。

3 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

4 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

5 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

6 provocations   

n.挑衅( provocation的名词复数 )；激怒；刺激；愤怒的原因

参考例句：

• We cannot ignore such provocations. 对于这种挑衅，我们不能置之不理。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• They must immediately cease all their provocations. 他们必须停止一切挑衅。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 futile   

adj.无效的，无用的，无希望的

参考例句：

• They were killed,to the last man,in a futile attack.因为进攻失败，他们全部被杀，无一幸免。
• Their efforts to revive him were futile.他们对他抢救无效。

8 deterrence   

威慑，制止； 制止物，制止因素； 挽留的事物； 核威慑

参考例句：

• An extreme school of "disarmers" pronounced stable deterrence was a dangerous deception. “裁军论者”中的极端派声称，稳定的威摄是一种危险的骗局。
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。

9 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

10 inefficient   

adj.效率低的，无效的

参考例句：

• The inefficient operation cost the firm a lot of money.低效率的运作使该公司损失了许多钱。
• Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.他们的通讯系统效率非常差。

11 appeasement   

n.平息，满足

参考例句：

• Music is an appeasement to shattered nerves. 音乐可抚慰受重创的神经。
• There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. 对残暴行为是不能姑息的。 来自演讲部分

12 preoccupied   

adj.全神贯注的，入神的；被抢先占有的；心事重重的v.占据（某人）思想，使对…全神贯注，使专心于( preoccupy的过去式)

参考例句：

• He was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong. 他只顾想着心事，没注意到有什么不对。
• The question of going to the Mount Tai preoccupied his mind. 去游泰山的问题盘踞在他心头。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 outdated   

adj.旧式的，落伍的，过时的；v.使过时

参考例句：

• That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

14 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。