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From North Korea, four missiles launched on one morning. It happened yesterday. It got what's becoming a familiar response from the international community.

Officials called it provocative¹, illegal. They said it must be stopped. But that looks like the last thing North Korea is willing to do.

Monday's tests apparently² involved four medium range missiles that worked and a fifth that failed to get off the ground. They flew about 620 miles toward the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea. Japan's president said they landed within 200 miles of his country's coastline. And experts say what all this means is that North Korea is speeding up its weapons program, taking only a third of the time it used to take to develop and test-fire missiles.

The U.S. is an ally of Japan and South Korea. It's had a military presence in South Korea since fighting stopped in the Korean War in 1953. The White House says it's deploying³ a missile defense⁴ system to South Korea to protect against threats from the North. Those threats appear to be increasing.

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: More than 20 missile launches, two nuclear tests and a satellite launch seen the world over as a long range missile test, never in North Korea's history has the testing been as fast and furious as it was last year. Monday's missile suggests the return to business as usual.

Kim Jong Un is on a rush. Experts say he will not ease up until he can truly threaten the United States.

DUYEON KIM, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: It's only a matter of time until the North is able to successfully launch a long range missile, tipped with a nuclear device, aimed at the U.S.

HANCOCKS: North Korea describes itself as a nuclear state, a term Washington says it will never accept — one policy at least the Obama and Trump⁵ administrations agree on.

President Trump believes China must do more to rein⁶ the country, and its leader in. But the more North Korea tests, the more it improves. The next four years are crucial to what options does U.S. President Trump have.

MIKE CHINOY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Do you negotiate and try and get some kind of freeze, which is politically considered unacceptable in Washington? Do you step up sanctions, which so far haven't worked? Do you take military action, which leaks from Washington in recent days to suggest they are on the table? All the options are bad.

HANCOCKS: This man knows the regime well. Thae Yong Ho was the number two in North Korea's London embassy before he defected last summer. He says Kim Jong Un does want a new relationship with President Trump, just as long as it's on his terms.

THAE YONG HO, NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR DIPLOMAT⁷: He will never give up his nuclear development.

HANCOCKS: A nuclear program that's Kim Jong Un's insurance plan against what he calls hostile U.S. policy, frequent claims that if the U.S. were less threatening, North Korea would have no need for its program.

1 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 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。

6 rein   

n.疆绳，统治，支配；vt.以僵绳控制，统治

参考例句：

• The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
• He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。

7 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。