美国有线新闻 CNN 第二次金特会越南河内上演 会谈成果成焦点

 

Another priority for President Trump¹ is getting the communist nation of North Korea to completely give up its nuclear program.

He's in the southeast Asian country of Vietnam right now for a second historic summit with North Korea's leader. Kim Jong-Un is hoping that the U.S. will end its sanctions, its economic penalties on his country. The question of which nation should make the first move has been a sticking point since the two leaders first summit last summer. Ahead of their second meeting, the White House said just the fact that these two rival leaders were getting together was a victory and that a third summit down the road might be necessary for them to reach a final agreement. But several international analysts² are saying that this summit is when action needs to be taken.

WILL RIPLEY: U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un are meeting for a second time. First, it was Singapore — now Hanoi, Vietnam. Whatever you want to call it, Trump-Kim Round Two, Trump-Kim The Sequel, Trump-Kim 2.0, it's surreal. These guys went from trading threats —

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: They will be met with fire and fury.

WILL RIPLEY: — to exchanging letters.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: And then we fell in love. OK? No really. He wrote me beautiful letters.

WILL RIPLEY: But, let's be real. Analysts say it will take much more than letters for the Hanoi Summit to deliver what Singapore did not — actual progress on denuclearization. The first summit was heavy on symbolism, light on specifics. Trump and Kim signed a vaguely³ worded agreement. It allowed them to walk away with very different ideas of what should happen next. Now you can argue both sides have taken steps to reduce tensions.

Before the summit, Kim suspended missile launches and nuclear tests. The North Koreans even took us to their nuclear test site so we could watch them blow parts of it up. After the summit, North Korea handed over a few dozen sets of Korean War remains⁴. Trump suspended joint⁵ military exercises with South Korea. He sent his top diplomat⁶ Mike Pompeo to Pyongyang four times.

MIKE POMPEO: We had productive good faith negotiations⁷.

WILL RIPLEY: But talks fell apart. The U.S. wanted North Korea to be transparent⁸ about its nuclear program and to start taking irreversible steps to get rid of nuclear weapons.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Complete denuclearization.

WILL RIPLEY: Did that happen? No. North Korea wanted the U.S. to ease up on sanctions pressure, work on building trust, normalizing relations. Did that happen? No. That's what makes the second summit in Hanoi so important. Analysts say both sides need to come to the table with realistic expectations, a willingness to compromise and they need to walk away with a specific plan. Singapore delivered plenty of made-for-TV moments. Hanoi needs to deliver results.

1 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。

2 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。

3 vaguely   

adv.含糊地，暖昧地

参考例句：

• He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad.他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。
• He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes.他迷迷糊糊的望着前面，对一切都视而不见。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

6 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。

7 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。

8 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。