VOA慢速英语2019 报道称金正男会见过美国情报人员

Report: Murdered Half-brother of N. Korean Leader Met with US Intelligence

Media reports say the half-brother of North Korea's leader was working with a United States intelligence agency. Kim Jong Nam was killed in Malaysia in 2017.

媒体报道称，朝鲜领导人同父异母的兄弟金正男当时正跟一家美国情报机构合作。金正男于2017年在马来西亚遇害。

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday on the claim. The newspaper said that an unnamed "person knowledgeable¹ about the matter" had provided information about the case.

《华尔街日报》周一报道了这一说法。该报称，一位匿名的知情人士提供了此案的有关信息。

Other news agencies have not been able to confirm the story. The Central Intelligence Agency has declined to comment on the issue.

其它新闻机构未能确认这一报道。美国中情局拒绝对此发表评论。

Officials at South Korea's National Intelligence Service and the Unification Ministry², which oversees³ ties with North Korea, also said they could not confirm the report.

负责监督与朝鲜关系的韩国国家情报局和统一部官员也表示无法证实这一报道。

The Wall Street Journal report says officials believe Kim Jong Nam had likely been in contact with security services of other countries. However, Kim Jong Nam probably did not know about the country's "inner workings," the newspaper quotes one former unnamed official as saying. Kim Jong Nam had remained outside of North Korea for a long time.

《华尔街日报》报道称，有关官员认为金正男可能跟其它国家的安全部门有过接触，然而，金正男可能不熟悉该国的“内部运作。”该报援引了一位未透露姓名的前官员的说法。金正男长期生活在国外。

Reuters news agency reports that Kim Jong Nam's possible activities for U.S. intelligence are noted⁴ in a new book about North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un. The book, "The Great Successor," was written by Washington Post reporter Anna Fifield. It is being released this week.

据路透社报道，金正男在美国情报方面的可能活动在一本关于朝鲜领导人金正恩的新书中有所记载。这本名为《伟大的继承者》的新书是《华盛顿邮报》记者安娜·费菲尔德所写，将在本周发布。

Fifield says in her book that Kim Jong Nam met with intelligence agents in Singapore and Malaysia.

费菲尔德在她的书中称，金正男在新加坡和马来西亚会见了情报人员。

Kim Jong Nam's 2017 death in Malaysia

金正男2017年大马之死

South Korean and U.S. officials have said that North Korean officials ordered the killing⁵ of Kim Jong Nam after he criticized the country's family-ruled leadership. North Korea has denied this.

韩国和美国官员表示，朝鲜官员在金正男批评该国的家族统治领导层之后下令将他杀害，朝鲜对此予以否认。

In February of 2017, two women smeared⁷ a substance on the face of Kim Jong Nam while he was in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Investigators⁸ said the substance that the women used contained VX nerve agent, a banned chemical weapon. He died soon afterwards.

2017年2月，当金正男在吉隆坡国际机场时，两名妇女在他的面部涂抹了一种物质。调查人员表示，这些妇女使用的物质含有VX神经毒剂，这是一种禁用的化学武器。他很快就死了。

Malaysian officials arrested the two women, Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong and Indonesian Siti Aisyah, shortly after the incident. Government lawyers charged the two with murder. Those charges were reduced, however, and both were released earlier this year.

事件发生后不久，马来西亚官员逮捕了这两名妇女，她们是越南人段氏香以及印尼人茜蒂·艾莎。检察官指控这两人谋杀。然而这些指控被减轻，今年早些时候两人都被释放。

Kim Jong Nam was the oldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the half-brother of current leader Kim Jong Un.

金正男是朝鲜前领导人金正日的长子，也是现任领导人金正恩同父异母的兄弟。

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smear⁶ –v. to spread a substance on a surface or on skin

1 knowledgeable   

adj.知识渊博的；有见识的

参考例句：

• He's quite knowledgeable about the theatre.他对戏剧很有心得。
• He made some knowledgeable remarks at the meeting.他在会上的发言颇有见地。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 oversees   

v.监督，监视( oversee的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 smear   

v.涂抹；诽谤，玷污；n.污点；诽谤，污蔑

参考例句：

• He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.他一直在散布谎言企图诽谤我们。
• There's a smear on your shirt.你衬衫上有个污点。

7 smeared   

弄脏； 玷污； 涂抹； 擦上

参考例句：

• The children had smeared mud on the walls. 那几个孩子往墙上抹了泥巴。
• A few words were smeared. 有写字被涂模糊了。

8 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》