美国国家公共电台 NPR Second Suspect Arrested In Death Of N. Korean Dictator's Half-Brother

 

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And today, North Korea is celebrating the birthday of its late dictator Kim Jong Il just as investigators¹ try and figure out who fatally poisoned Kim's oldest son. Here's NPR's Elise Hu.

ELISE HU, BYLINE²: At the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysian investigators are piecing together the final moments of Kim Jong Nam's life. Police say airport surveillance footage shows two women approaching the 45-year-old Kim in Terminal 2. One covered his face with a cloth. Minutes later, Kim fell ill, sought help and died while being rushed to the hospital.

Both women are now in custody³. One holds an Indonesian passport, the other Vietnamese. But South Korea's acting⁴ president, Hwang Kyo-ahn, is linking the killing⁵ to the North Korean regime.

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PRIME MINISTER/ACTING PRESIDENT HWANG KYO-AHN: (Through interpreter) If the murder of Kim Jong Nam was confirmed to be committed by the North, that would clearly depict⁶ the brutality⁷ and inhumanity of the Kim Jong Un regime.

HU: North Korea's current leader is the estranged⁸ half brother of the dead Kim. Why this brother is dead is still a mystery. Kim Chang-su at the Korean Institute for Defense⁹ Analyses says the despot could have perceived his brother as a threat.

KIM CHANG-SU: He is on the throne. So he's really emphasized his presence on the throne, then nobody can be allowed to challenge him in North Korea.

HU: As theories abound¹⁰, a diplomatic vehicle with North Korean flags was parked outside the hospital as the autopsy¹¹ on Kim was conducted yesterday. So far, Malaysian authorities have not released a cause of death.

Elise Hu, NPR News, Seoul.

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 depict   

vt.描画，描绘；描写，描述

参考例句：

• I don't care to see plays or films that depict murders or violence.我不喜欢看描写谋杀或暴力的戏剧或电影。
• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle,lovable creatures.儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。

7 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

8 estranged   

adj.疏远的，分离的

参考例句：

• He became estranged from his family after the argument.那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。
• The argument estranged him from his brother.争吵使他同他的兄弟之间的关系疏远了。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

10 abound   

vi.大量存在；(in，with)充满，富于

参考例句：

• Oranges abound here all the year round.这里一年到头都有很多橙子。
• But problems abound in the management of State-owned companies.但是在国有企业的管理中仍然存在不少问题。

11 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。