中英双语新闻 朝鲜警告将先发制人

BBC News with Julia Candler.

A senior member of North Korea’s government has warned that his country would react with a pre-emptive nuclear strike if it saw signs that the US was preparing to launch an attack. Speaking to the BBC, the Vice¹ Foreign Minister Kung Sok-Ung said there would be all out war from day one if the US took military action.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will ignore international criticism of Sunday’s referendum. In a combative² speech outside the Presidential Palace, he suggested he might hold a referendum on ending more than a decade of talks on joining the European Union.

The two front runners in the French Presidential election have been fighting to win over undecided voters as they head towards the first round next Sunday. The centrist Emmanuel Macron warned against voting for JeanLuc Melenchon, the communist-backed firebrand, whose strong performance in the Television debates have put him in contention³. The far-right candidate MarineLe Pen whose support basis is thought to be the most solid is holding a rally in Paris.

The Israeli authorities have taken action against the leader of a mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners. Marwan Barghouti, a prominent figure in the Fatah political action who is serving life sentence for this murder, has been moved to a different jail and put in solitary⁴ confinement⁵.

The President of Paraguay Horacio Cartes says he will not stand as a candidate in elections next year after demonstrators set fire to the congress last month in protest of the secret senator vote to amend⁶ the constitution to allow second presidential terms. He said he had been inspired by Pope Francis’s call for peace and dialogue.

An Indian singer has provoked a debate on social media by complaining about being woken up in the morning by the amplified⁷ call to pray from a mosque⁸. Sonu Nigam also criticized amplification⁹ in Hindu and Sikh temples.

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朝鲜政府一名高级官员警告称，如果他们发现美国准备发动袭击的迹象，他们将先发制人，发动核战争。接受BBC采访时，朝鲜外交部副部长宫宋文(Kung Sok-Ung)表示，如果美国采取军事行动，从第一天开始就会爆发全面的战争。

土耳其总统埃尔多安(Recep Tayyip Erdogan)表示，他将忽略国际社会对周日全民公投的谴责。在总统宫外发表的斗志昂扬的讲话中，他表示将针对终结加入欧盟的长达十多年的对话举行全民公投。

在下周日的第一轮选举之前，法国总统选举两名领先的候选人努力争取犹豫不决的选民。中立派马克隆(Emmanuel Macron)警告大家不要投票给梅朗雄(Jean-Luc Melenchon)。梅朗雄是共产党支持的煽动叛乱者，他在电视辩论中的表现使他得以参加竞选。极右翼候选人马琳娜·勒庞(Marine Le Pen)的群众基础最坚实，她正在巴黎举行集会。

巴勒斯坦囚犯大规模绝食，以色列当局对这场活动的头目采取了行动。巴尔古提(Marwan Barghouti)是法塔赫政治运动一名杰出的人物，因谋杀罪被判处终身监禁，正在服刑。现在他已被转往其他监狱单独监禁。

巴拉圭总统卡提斯(Horacio Cartes)表示，他不会以候选人的身份参加明年的选举。上月，示威者在国会纵火，抗议参议员秘密投票修订宪法，让总统可以连任的行为。他表示，教皇方济各呼吁和平与对话，他受到鼓励。

一名印度歌手在社交网站上引起一场辩论。他抱怨早上被清真寺扩音器传来的召集祈祷的声音吵醒。Sonu Nigam还批评了印度教和锡克教庙宇的扩音器。

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 combative   

adj.好战的；好斗的

参考例句：

• Mr. Obama has recently adopted a more combative tone.奥巴马总统近来采取了一种更有战斗性的语调。
• She believes that women are at least as combative as are.她相信女性至少和男性一样好斗。

3 contention   

n.争论，争辩，论战；论点，主张

参考例句：

• The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
• The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。

4 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

5 confinement   

n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限

参考例句：

• He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
• The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。

6 amend   

vt.修改，修订，改进；n.[pl.]赔罪，赔偿

参考例句：

• The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.老师劝他改变生活方式。
• You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。

7 amplified   

放大，扩大( amplify的过去式和过去分词 )； 增强； 详述

参考例句：

• He amplified on his remarks with drawings and figures. 他用图表详细地解释了他的话。
• He amplified the whole course of the incident. 他详述了事件的全过程。

8 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

9 amplification   

n.扩大，发挥

参考例句：

• The voice of despair may be weak and need amplification.绝望的呼声可能很微弱，需要扩大。
• Some of them require further amplification.其中有些内容需进一步详细阐明。