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AZUZ: It looks like the demilitarized zone, the heavily armed border that separates North Korea and South Korea may be the place where North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump¹ will hold their historic meeting. That could take place late this month. It would be the first time that sitting leaders from these two countries ever held a face- to-face meeting.

President Trump says he likes the location because if things work out there, a celebration could be held on the site instead of in a third party country.

But some U.S. officials reportedly think the meeting should be held somewhere else like Singapore, because skeptics are concerned that holding it at the DMZ would put North Korea's leader at an advantage.

The U.S. is an ally of South Korea. It has been since the Korean War. There have been several signs of better relations between those two allies and their rival North Korea. For instance, the North and South had promised to silence the loud speakers they have at the DMZ. Both sides have used those to blast propaganda and music across the border. South Korea has ta?ken² theirs down.

Also, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who's now a member of President Trump's legal team, says North Korea agreed to release three American prisoners yesterday. One of them had been held in North Korea since 2015. The other two were arrested last year.

But when we produced this show, the U.S. government had not confirmed that the prisoners were being released and their families said they hadn't heard anything yet either. But the Trump administration said releasing the prisoners would be a sign of goodwill³ by North Korea.

AZUZ: Classes across Arizona are scheduled to be back in session Friday following a six-day walkout by many of the state's public school teachers.

They were protesting for better pay and more funding for new textbooks, school support staff and upgraded technology.

And that's what was in the bill that Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed on Thursday morning. It included a 20 percent increase in teacher pay over the next three years and additional funding to make up for some of the cuts to education that took place back in a recession. It didn't include everything teachers wanted, like an amendment⁴ that would reduce class sizes in Arizona.

Still, the National Education Association says Arizona's public school teachers are returning to class. They teach 1.1 million public school students across the state.

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 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

3 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。

4 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。