VOA标准英语 Clinton Says North Korea Risks Gains from Nuclear Ta

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that North Korea is jeopardizing¹ its own goals in the Chinese-sponsored six-party nuclear negotiations² by defying the world community with its long-range missile test. Clinton said the United States is seeking a strong condemnation³ of Pyongyang in the U.N. Security Council.
　
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 6 April 2009

Consultations⁴ thus far in the Security Council on a response to the North Korean missile test have been inconclusive. But Clinton is brushing aside suggestions that U.S. diplomacy⁵ has failed and says the Obama administration is pushing for strong language condemning⁶ Sunday's test, which she says was a clear violation⁷ of a 2006 Security Council resolution.

The Secretary said she and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, are actively⁸ engaged in consultations with Security Council member countries and nations involved in the six-party nuclear talks on a proper response to the missile test, which she termed "a provocative⁹ act that has grave implications."

At a press appearance with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Clinton said the lack of an early response from the Security Council is not surprising. "We know that working out the exact language is not easily done overnight. But we remain convinced that coming out with a strong position in the United Nations is the first and important step that we intend to take. North Korea has to know that any efforts to obtain the objectives it set forth¹⁰ as desiring in the six-party talks are put at jeopardy," she said.

North Korea agreed in principle in 2005 to scrap¹¹ its nuclear program in return for aid and diplomatic benefits from the other participants in the six-party process, eventually including normal diplomatic relations with the United States and guarantees for its security.

The talks, involving Russia, Japan and South Korea along with North Korea, the United States and host China, have been stalled for several months over Pyongyang's refusal to accept a verification program for the declaration of its nuclear program it made last year.

Russia and China are understood to be resisting the idea of a new Security Council sanctions resolution in response to the missile test.

Earlier Monday, a senior State Department official signaled U.S. flexibility¹² on the issue, saying the form of the Security Council response, be it a resolution or joint¹³ policy statement, is less important than the strength of the language condemning Pyongyang for its defiance¹⁴ of council resolution 1718.

That measure, approved after North Korea's October 2006 nuclear test, demanded that Pyongyang not conduct any further nuclear detonations¹⁵ or missile launches, and imposed sanctions barring sales to that country of nuclear and missile technology, and major weapons systems.

Clinton said diplomacy on North Korea was continuing "non-stop," despite the absence of a formal Security Council meeting on Monday. But Clinton declined to discuss details of the contacts, saying that she did not want to prejudice the outcome.

1 jeopardizing   

危及，损害( jeopardize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Plans may also become inefficient in the attainment of objectives by jeopardizing group satisfactions. 用危及群体利益方法去达到目标的计划，也是无效率的。
• That boosted government revenues in the short term, but is now jeopardizing them. Morales将天然气工业，电信业和部分采矿业收归国有的举措吓跑了投资者们。

2 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。

3 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

4 consultations   

n.磋商（会议）( consultation的名词复数 )；商讨会；协商会；查找

参考例句：

• Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 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。

6 condemning   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

8 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

9 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

10 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

11 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

12 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

13 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。

14 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

15 detonations   

n.爆炸 （声）( detonation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The overpressure of both point-blank fuel-rod cannon detonations threw Kelly, Will, and Lucy into the air. 过压的两颗平射燃料棒炮弹的爆炸把凯丽，威尔和露西抛到空中。 来自互联网
• Outside the chamber there were four gut-jarring detonations-the LOTUS antitank mines Kelly had set up. 房间外面响起四声震撼内脏的爆炸——凯丽装在那里的莲花反坦克雷爆炸了。 来自互联网