VOA标准英语10月-Critics of US-North Korea Nuclear Deal Say US Con

For many, this weekend's nuclear compromise between the United States and North Korea brought a sigh of relief that a six nation diplomatic process could be salvaged¹. But the deal has critics, both in the United States and Japan. VOA's Kurt Achin has more from Seoul.
　

John Bolton

One of the harshest critics of the nuclear compromise between North Korea and the United States is former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton.

"I think it's a really bad deal for the United States... it's going to have negative consequences, not just in Northeast Asia, but around the world," he said.

The Bush Administration announced Saturday it would remove North Korea from a State Department list of nations believed to sponsor terrorism. In exchange, North Korea has agreed to steps for verifying the truthfulness² of a nuclear declaration it submitted this year.

However, access by international inspectors³ is limited to "declared sites"-- mainly related to the North's main nuclear plant at Yongbyon. "Undeclared" sites can only be inspected if North Korea consents on a case-by-case basis.

Bolton says the agreement hands Pyongyang a politically valuable victory and gets very little informational value in return.

"The issue on verification has always been the rest of their program," said Bolton. "Where are their weapons? Where is the rest of their plutonium? Where is their uranium enrichment program? What have they done in terms of outward proliferation? And we got essentially⁴ nothing new on that other than a commitment to keep negotiating."

Many Japanese are disappointed with the deal for a different reason. Tanaguchi Tomohiko, now a scholar at Tokyo's Keio University, was until recently a spokesman for the Japanese Foreign Ministry⁵.

"The decision to de-list Pyongyang was ... a horrible blow, without doubt, to family members desperately⁶ seeking to get back their loved ones," he said.

North Korea has admitted kidnapping 13 Japanese citizens in the 1970's and 80's. It returned five, and said the other eight were dead. Tokyo, however, believes a number of abductees may still be alive in the North. Japan saw the U.S. terror list as part of its leverage⁷ with Pyongyang on the issue, and said North Korea should stay on it until it provided more cooperation.

Japanese Finance Minister Nakagawa Shoichi calls the deal "extremely regrettable." He says he feels the United States did not properly consult Japan, its close ally, about the decision.

Japanese Prime Minister Aso Taro⁸ says President Bush phoned him after the deal announcement and vowed⁹ Washington will continue to push North Korea on the Japanese abduction issue. Unlike its partners in talks aimed at getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons, Japan is refusing to provide energy aid to Pyongyang until there is progress on the abduction issue.

1 salvaged   

（从火灾、海难等中）抢救（某物）( salvage的过去式和过去分词 )； 回收利用（某物）

参考例句：

• The investigators studied flight recorders salvaged from the wreckage. 调查者研究了从飞机残骸中找到的黑匣子。
• The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged. 该队的首要任务是决定可以抢救哪些设备。

2 truthfulness   

n. 符合实际

参考例句：

• Among her many virtues are loyalty, courage, and truthfulness. 她有许多的美德，如忠诚、勇敢和诚实。
• I fired a hundred questions concerning the truthfulness of his statement. 我对他发言的真实性提出一连串质问。

3 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

7 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。

8 taro   

n.芋，芋头

参考例句：

• Main grain crop has taro,corn,banana to wait.主要粮食作物有芋头、玉米、芭蕉等。
• You celebrate your birthday with taro,red bean and butter.用红豆、芋头和黄油给自己过生日。

9 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。