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Coming up：The U.S. and North Korea are pushing to salvage¹ a summit between Donald Trump² and Kim Jong Un planned for June 12 in Singapore.Donald Trump, after abruptly³ cancelled the meeting in a letter to Kim Jong Un last week, changed his mind 24 hours later. And now, the summit still appeared likely to go ahead.White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Wednesday the U.S. was still preparing for the meeting to take place on June 12, but also said a different day such as July 12 would be possible.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Thursday. It is reported that Kim Jong-un told Lavrov he was committed to denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and he hoped this will be solved on "a stage-by-stage basis."Lavrov's visit came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol held talks in New York. In the meantime, the 3rd inter-Korean ministerial talks of this year are underway at the truce⁵ village of Panmunjom. High-ranking officials from North and South Korea met on Friday to discuss how to implement⁶ agreements, including a joint⁷ declaration, reached by their leaders at a summit on April 27th.

For more on this, CRI's Zhaoying earlier spoke⁴ to Zhao Tong, fellow in Carnegie's nuclear policy program based at the Carnegie-Tsinghua center for global policy；Dr. Stephen Nagy, Senior Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the International Christian⁸ University in Tokyo and Brian Becker, the National Coordinator⁹ with the ANSWER coalition¹⁰ and an analyst¹¹ on U.S.–DPRK relations.

1 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

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 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

4 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。

5 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

6 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

7 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。

8 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

10 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

11 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。