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AZUZ: Starting last year, North Korea stepped up its controversial nuclear program. There's been an increase in rhetoric¹, threatening speech there regarding the United States. An American aircraft carrier strike group is headed toward Korean waters following a North Korean missile test last week, and the communist country issued a warning that it would respond to any, quote, "reckless acts of aggression²".

Meanwhile, China, which borders to the north, is calling for calm.

But what's the mood like across the other border, in South Korea? It's a U.S. ally, a potential target of the North. Are people there concerned about all this?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Simulating an attack on a subway in Seoul, South Korea's emergency services trained to respond to a bomb or gas attack.

An air raid siren signals a bigger attack on the population of Seoul, citizens should move underground quickly to safety. These drills are held once or twice a year and are often ignored by many.

The South Korean government says there are more than 18,000 bomb shelters around the country, including subways. This one in downtown Seoul, one of many, which doubles as a bomb shelter. They've also produced this documents, brochures, telling citizens what to do in case of emergencies, including the outbreak of war.

But what they couldn't tell us was where we could find these brochures and how many had actually ended up in the hands of the public.

There's a distinct lack of concern on the sunny streets of Seoul, a deep-rooted sense of business as usual. For one simple reason: South Korea was being technically³ at war with its northern neighborhood since 1953 when an armistice⁴, not a peace treaty was signed. The threat of attack is constant but also distant.

This man says, "I'm nearly 70 years old. If I was worried, I would have emigrated. There can't be a second Korean War."

As the U.S. military beefs up its presence in Korean waters, experts wonder what President Trump⁵ means when he says he'll go at it alone if he has to, and whether all options are really on the table.

The national security adviser⁶ to a former South Korean president says even a preemptive strike on North Korea by the U.S. does not necessarily mean war.

CHUN YUNG-WOO, KOREAN PENINSULA FUTURE FORUM⁷: I don't believe that Kim Jong-un (ph) is crazy. I don't think he's interested in the self-destruction. So, he will be very careful.

HANCOCKS: As the rhetoric increases in Washington and Pyongyang, Seoul for one is staying calm.

Paula Hancocks, CNN, Seoul.

1 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

2 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

3 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

4 armistice   

n.休战，停战协定

参考例句：

• The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。
• The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

7 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。