英语新闻听写 日韩两国寻求加强关系

Senior diplomats¹ of South Korea and Japan met on Sunday ahead of talks by their foreign ministers over the issue of 'comfort women', an issue that has plagued ties between the two countries.

韩国和日本高级外交官举行会面，随后其外交部长就困扰两国关系的“慰安妇”问题进行了会谈。

'Comfort women' refer to the Korean women forced into prostitution for Japan's military brothels during World War Two, an obstacle that remains² a problem between better ties between the East Asian neighbors.

“慰安妇”是指二战期间被迫为日本军队提供性服务的妇女，该问题是东亚国家之间友好关系的障碍。

The two countries have been pushing to improve relations since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met President Park Geun-hye last month.

自上月日本首相安倍晋三会见韩国总统朴槿惠以来，两国一直在推动改善关系。

Although Japan has said there was no change to its stance of compensation settled by a 1965 bilateral³ treaty, the Nikkei business daily reported that Japan would propose creating a government-backed fund to help the former comfort women as part of a possible agreement.

尽管日本表示没有改变1965年双边条约的补偿立场，日经新闻报道称日本将提议建立一个政府支持的基金帮助前慰安妇，以此作为可能协议的一部分。

1 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》

2 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。

3 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。