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联合国安理会通过针对朝鲜的严厉制裁决议

The United Nations Security Council, which is responsible for maintaining peace and security throughout the world, has responded to a recent nuclear bomb test by North Korea. The 15-member council unanimously approved new sanctions, economic punishments on the country. The idea is that by hurting North Korea's economy, these sanctions will pressure the communist nation to considering giving up its nuclear and missile programs which the U.N. considers illegal.

North Korea believes these weapons will deter¹ anyone from wanting to attack the nation and help its government stay in power.

Economic sanctions have not stopped North Korea in the past. But the new ones, which were dr??awn up by the U.S. have some new goals, they include stopping other countries from doing certain types of business with North Korea, banning the country from selling its textiles overseas and limiting the amount of oil that North Korea can import.

The U.S. originally wanted to ban all international shipments of oil to North Korea. But it had to revise the sanctions to be less severe out of concerns that Russia or China, a North Korean ally, would have vetoed them and kept the measures from getting passed.

IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: When it comes to United Nations Security Council resolutions, you can't always get what you want, but diplomats² through negotiations³ can come to an agreement. And that's what we saw with the United States, Russia and China, this watered down resolution.

But U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, says it still hits Pyongyang hard.

NIKKI HALEY, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: These are, by far, the strongest measures ever imposed on North Korea. They give us a much better chance to halt the regime's ability to fuel and finance its nuclear and missile programs.

LEE: The South Korean government welcomed the new sanctions, saying they thought very highly of them. But they did leave the door open for diplomacy⁴, urging North Korea to come to the negotiating table. Pyongyang warned of unbearable⁵ consequences of these sanctions were passed. But for the average South Koreans, they don't take this kind of threats too seriously. They've had six decades of fiery⁶ rhetoric⁷ from the North.

But the one thing they are concerned about is a North Korea with a nuclear weapon and that's why we've seen this two-pronged approach. On one side, you see a strong show of force through military exercises. On the other side, you see the South Koreans working with the international community through diplomacy to try to pressure North Korea to give up their nuclear program.

Ian Lee, CNN, Seoul.

1 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

2 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

5 unbearable   

adj.不能容忍的；忍受不住的

参考例句：

• It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
• The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。

6 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

7 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。