英闻天下——516 DPRK Continues Celebrations Despite High Int'l Tensions

 　　While the international tensions are riding high, inside North Korea, celebrations are still taking place in the lead up to next week's anniversary of former leader Kim Il-Sung's birthday on April 15th.

 

　　A giant flower show has opened in Pyongyang, featuring thousands of flowers known as Kimilsungia.

 

　　"The situation is now very complicated but families are still full of laughter and great construction work, including apartment blocks, are still being built on the socialist¹ construction sites. April 15, the 'Day of the Sun', is the supreme² holiday of our people. Because our people miss our fatherly leader, we put on this show."

 

　　Small replicas³ of North Korean missiles are also scattered⁴ among the floral arrangements.

 

　　North Korea has not specified⁵ any plans to fire a missile or carry out another nuclear test, but has warned that it has its weapons on standby and is prepared to strike if provoked by the US and South Korea.

 

　　Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in South Korea.

 

　　He's just completed a joint⁶ news conference with his South Korean counterpart, saying the world will not accept a nuclear North Korea.

 

　　Kerry has also met with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, with the two discussing ways to defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

 

　　Kerry also plans to visit China this weekend, as well as Japan.

1 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 replicas   

n.复制品( replica的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His hobby is building replicas of cars. 他的爱好是制作汽车的复制品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The replicas are made by using a thin film of fusible alloy on a stiffening platen. 复制是用附着在加强托板上的可熔合金薄膜实现的。 来自辞典例句

4 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

5 specified   

adj.特定的

参考例句：

• The architect specified oak for the wood trim. 那位建筑师指定用橡木做木饰条。
• It is generated by some specified means. 这是由某些未加说明的方法产生的。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。