新奇事件簿 金正恩不满朝鲜天气预报（在线收听）

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un is unhappy with the weather forecasts in his country. He was angry with the meteorological department for giving "incorrect" forecasts. It is very unusual for a North Korean leader to be negative about any part of the government. Mr Kim was visiting one of his country's weather stations when he made the comments. He said the techniques used to predict the weather were wrong. He told forecasters to use more modern equipment. He told reporters it was important to protect people's lives, homes and factories. North Korea has many natural disasters and has many famines, so it is necessary to have accurate weather forecasts.

朝鲜领导人金正恩不满本国的天气预报。他因气象部门给出“不准确”的天气预报而感到不快。朝鲜领导人对政府部门某些地方的负面评价很少见。金正恩发表上述言论的时候正在参观朝鲜一个气象站。他说, 预测天气的技术很不准确。他要求预测者使用更先进的设备。他告诉记者, 为人们的生活,家庭和工厂提供保障是很重要的。朝鲜有很多自然灾害,有许多饥荒,所以更需要有准确的天气预报。

North Korean people regularly suffer from very bad food shortages. There are many droughts and floods, which means many people do not have enough food to eat. In May, the country's newspapers said North Korea was hit by one of the worst droughts in over 30 years. This has increased the chances of more food shortages. In the mid-1990s there was a very bad famine. Wikipedia says no one knows how many people died of starvation but says the number is between 240,000 and 3,500,000. North Korea needs a lot of food aid from other countries. Many people would die if they did not get this help. However, a lot of this food does not reach the people who need it the most.

朝鲜人民经常遭受非常严重的粮食短缺。旱涝灾害频繁发生,这意味着许多人都吃不饱。今年5月,中国的报纸说,朝鲜遭受了30年来最严重的干旱之一。这加重了的粮食短缺的危机。在20世纪90年代中期,发生过一次非常严重的饥荒。维基百科说，没有人知道因饥饿死亡的人口数量,但是死亡人数应该在240,000到35,00,000之间。朝鲜需要其他国家的很多粮食援助。如果他们没有得到粮食救助，许多人都会死。然而,那些最需要的人却得不到援助的食物。