韩国总统将于5月7日造访白宫与奥巴马会谈

 　　WASHINGTON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will meet his Republic of Korea (ROK) counterpart Park Geun-hye on May 7 to discuss bilateral¹ ties and security issues, the White House announced on Monday.

　　The summit meeting at the White House comes at a time when the two countries celebrate their 60-year-old alliance.

　　White House spokesman Jay Carney said the visit will highlight the "growth, breadth, depth and strength" of the bond as well as increased global cooperation, deep economic ties and strong people-to-people contacts between the two sides.

　　The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, which is plunged² into rising tensions in recent weeks, will top the talks between the two presidents, Carney said in a statement.

　　In his visit to Seoul on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry offered talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), vowing³ no recognition of the Asian nation as a nuclear power.

　　ROK Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se also urged the DPRK to come to the negotiating table in response to the dialogue proposal by President Park.

　　In their upcoming talks, Obama and Park will review the progress made in strengthening bilateral economic ties and in "enhancing and modernizing⁴" security cooperation, Carney said.

　　"President Park's visit underscores the importance of the U.S.-ROK alliance as a linchpin of peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the Asia Pacific region, and of the central role of alliances in the president's Asia-Pacific rebalancing effort," Carney added.

1 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。

2 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

3 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

4 modernizing   

使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的现在分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法

参考例句：

• Modernizing a business to increase its profitability and competitiveness is a complicated affair. 使企业现代化，从而达到增加利润，增强竞争力的目的，是一件复杂的事情。
• The young engineer had a large share in modernizing the factory. 这位年轻工程师在工厂现代化的过程中尽了很大的“力”。