2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Issues Warning to North Korea

By Paula Wolfson
White House
11 October 2006

President Bush is calling for strong international action in response to North Korea's nuclear-test claim.  Mr. Bush made clear he favors a forceful diplomatic message to Pyongyang.

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George W. Bush

President Bush says North Korea's claim poses a threat to international peace and warrants a strong response.

"In response to North Korea's actions we are working with partners in the region and in the United Nations Security Council to ensure there are serious repercussions¹ for the regime in Pyongyang," Mr. Bush says. 

The president says he envisions a Security Council resolution that will require North Korea to live up to its international commitments to dismantle² its nuclear programs.  He says the resolution should also include a series of measures to prevent North Korea from exporting nuclear or missile technologies, and to block related financial transactions.

The president makes clear he wants to rely on diplomacy³, saying the United States has no plans to attack North Korea. 

But he stresses America will work with its allies in the region to improve their defense⁴ capability⁵.

"So in response to North Korea's provocation⁶ we will increase defense cooperation with our allies, including cooperation on ballistic missile defense to protect against North Korean aggression⁷, and cooperation to prevent North Korea from exporting nuclear and missile technologies," Mr. Bush says.

During a news conference in the White House Rose Garden, President Bush rejected the suggestion that his North Korea policy has failed.  He said the world is now speaking as one on the need to prevent Pyongyang from developing nuclear weapons.

"China is now an integral partner in helping⁸ North Korea understand, and it is not just the United States speaking to them," Mr. Bush says. "And it is an important sign to North Korea that South Korea, a country which obviously is deeply concerned about North Korean activities, South Korea is a partner."

Just moments before Mr. Bush spoke⁹ to reporters, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan called for the United States to engage in one-on-one talks with the North Koreans.  He said such dialogue would help resolve the current nuclear standoff.

"I have always argued that we should talk to parties whose behavior we want to change, whose behavior we want to influence," Mr. Annan says. "From that point of view, I believe that we should -- the U.S. and North Korea should talk."

But President Bush made clear he is not interested in bilateral¹⁰ negotiations¹¹ with North Korea.  He said the United States tried that once before, and that Pyongyang walked away from an agreement reached in 1994.

"Bilateral negotiations did not work," Mr. Bush says. "I appreciate the efforts of previous administrations, but it just did not work.  And therefore I thought it was important to change how we approach the problem so we could solve it diplomatically."

The president said the best way to deal with both North Korea and Iran is multilaterally, with the United States working in concert with other countries to put pressure on Pyongyang and Tehran.  When asked if he could accept a nuclear North Korea, Mr. Bush responded with just one word: "No". 

1 repercussions   

n.后果，反响( repercussion的名词复数 )；余波

参考例句：

• The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
• Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 dismantle   

vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消

参考例句：

• He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
• The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。

3 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。

4 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。

5 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

6 provocation   

n.激怒，刺激，挑拨，挑衅的事物，激怒的原因

参考例句：

• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
• They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。

7 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。

8 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

9 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

10 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。

11 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。