美国有线新闻 CNN 朝鲜纪念金正日诞辰75周年

 

AZUZ: Up next, other countries called it illegal, intolerable. The U.S. wants North Korea to be punished for it. But was the communist country's recent missile test a birthday present?

A North Korean government source said the launch was the best possible gift for Generalissimo Kim Jong-Il on his 75th birthday. Kim Jong-Il, on the left here, is North Korea's former dictator. He died in 2011. As we reported earlier this week, the missile launch coincided with a meeting of the Japanese and American leaders. Their countries are rivals of North Korea, and analysts¹ said the launch was intended to be a warning to them.

But in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, a two-day national holiday is wrapping up that celebrates what would have been Kim's 75th year.

Concerts, fireworks, military displays are all part of it.

CNN's Will Ripley got the chance to visit the area.

WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That is our airplane that will take us to Pyongyang.

Hello from Kim Il-Sung Square here in Pyongyang, North Korea. This is where they often have those huge choreographed² mass displays and also military parades pass by here.

Around the square, you find a mixture of government offices and museums. That's the ministry³ of foreign affairs, more portraits of leaders, some apartments behind there, more government offices here and this is one of the museums on the square.

What's striking about Kim Il-Sung Square and, you know, you see this in other communist countries as well, with these large public spaces that loom⁴ over the individual and make the individual feel small and the society feel huge.

This massive building right here is called the Grand People Study House. And in front of it is where the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stands when he give speeches. That's the portrait of his grandfather Kim Il-Sung and his father Kim Jong-Il.

You can see these huge crowds of people coming to pay their respects at what is considered one of the most holy sites in all of North Korea. This is the monument to the two late leaders, Kim Il-Sung to the left, Kim Jong-Il to the right. It's remarkable⁵ to see these waves of people who are coming here, all of them carrying flowers, all of them to pay their respects to the late leader on this national holiday, what would have been 75th birthday of Kim Jong-Il.

You see more and more taxis on the streets here in Pyongyang, more traffic in general, really.

This is one of the hotels that we stay at quite often, and it's actually on an island separate from the rest of Pyongyang, so the tourist won't walk around in the city.

1 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

2 choreographed   

v.设计舞蹈动作( choreograph的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• There was some carefully choreographed flag-waving as the President drove by. 总统的车经过时，人们按精心编排的动作挥舞着旗帜。
• Achim had choreographed the dance in Act II himself. 阿希姆自己设计了第2幕的舞蹈动作。 来自辞典例句

3 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。

4 loom   

n.织布机，织机；v.隐现，(危险、忧虑等)迫近

参考例句：

• The old woman was weaving on her loom.那位老太太正在织布机上织布。
• The shuttle flies back and forth on the loom.织布机上梭子来回飞动。

5 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。