美国国家公共电台 NPR Kim, Moon Pledge Denuclearization Of Peninsula And End To Korean War

 

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The leaders of the rival Koreas have agreed to work towards formally ending the Korean War and to seek a nuclear-free peninsula. That agreement came out of a day-long and historic summit between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South Korea's Moon Jae-in. NPR's Elise Hu was there and has this report.

ELISE HU, BYLINE¹: It wasn't lost on either Korean leader how historic this day would be. South Korea rehearsed the handshakes and approach to the meeting room for days. And as cameras followed his every move, Kim Jong Un seemed to know his angles.

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SUPREME² LEADER KIM JONG UN: (Speaking Korean).

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HU: "Did that make for a good photo?," Kim quipped to a crowd of journalists. But despite what was choreographed³, seeing North Korea's leader step over the ankle-high concrete barrier dividing North and South Korea to shake hands with South Korean president Moon Jae-in still felt surprising to historian John Delury.

JOHN DELURY: It's a reminder⁴ that even though you have this deep division, at the end of the day these are a common people. There was a lot of that symbolism. I think there was actually more than I expected.

HU: He's a longtime North Korea watcher and professor at Seoul's Yonsei University. He says a long outdoor chat between the two men, which took place after lunch, stands out.

DELURY: They reach a point where they sit together at a table, and they drink tea. And they shooed the cameramen away, and it's just the two of them. And it struck me. They speak the same language. You know, they don't need interpreters.

HU: Differences that have grown since the Koreas split and recent history makes shows of unity⁵ all the more stark⁶. Just months ago, North Korea was still ratcheting up tensions with its most powerful nuclear test and longest-range missile test yet.

DELURY: We were, last year, in a place where many of us thought this was slipping toward a serious military confrontation⁷. And that's something certainly Moon Jae-in does not want, and the South Korean people do not want. And I don't think Kim Jong Un does either.

HU: Kim Jong Un pivoted⁸ to diplomacy⁹ in January. He announced last week he would shut down his main nuclear facility and said he'd maintain a current freeze on testing. By the end of the day-long summit, which featured a joint¹⁰ tree-planting, observing a traditional honor guard, and even a full-body hug, the two men together signed the joint Panmunjom Declaration. In it, they pledged to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and laid out some steps toward a potential peace deal to formally end the Korean War. They announced it standing¹¹ side by side at podiums in front of the press.

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PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN: (Speaking Korean).

HU: "I know this is the first time in history for the leader of North Korea to stand in front of the international media and make a joint announcement," Moon said. "I applaud Chairman Kim for his bold decision." In his turn at the mike...

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KIM: (Speaking Korean).

HU: ...Kim praised the shared declaration without mentioning the denuclearization part out loud.

JENNY TOWN: It's sufficiently¹² vague to not create any obligations that might stand in the way of U.S.-DPRK talks as well.

HU: Jenny Town is the editor of 38 North, an online journal on North Korea policy. DPRK is an acronym¹³ for North Korea's formal name.

TOWN: So I think, you know, the South Koreans did what they had to do to make this both, you know, significant and yet not too overreaching.

HU: The tougher part ahead will be working with the United States on steps to denuclearize. Pyongyang has promised to denuclearize before but hasn't followed through. But Town and Delury say, in this round of diplomacy, the summit made strides.

TOWN: This is the first time that they've had an inter-Korean summit at the beginning of an administration.

DELURY: Today was another level of showing that Kim Jong Un is serious. I think we have to open our minds to the possibility it's really happening.

HU: Both Korean leaders said they hope these were the first steps to a more permanent peace. Elise Hu, NPR News, Seoul.

1 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 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

4 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

5 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

6 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

7 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

8 pivoted   

adj.转动的，回转的，装在枢轴上的v.（似）在枢轴上转动( pivot的过去式和过去分词 )；把…放在枢轴上；以…为核心，围绕（主旨）展开

参考例句：

• His old legs and shoulders pivoted with the swinging of the pulling. 他一把把地拉着，两条老迈的腿儿和肩膀跟着转动。 来自英汉文学 - 老人与海
• When air is moving, the metal is pivoted on the hinge. 当空气流动时，金属板在铰链上转动。 来自辞典例句

9 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。

10 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。

11 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

12 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

13 acronym   

n.首字母简略词，简称

参考例句：

• That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.对于一项非常简单的技术来说，这是一个很绕口的缩写词。
• TSDF is an acronym for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.TSDF是处理，储存和处置设施的一个缩写。