2007年VOA标准英语-UN Nuclear Chief in Seoul; Team to Arrive in N.

By Heda Bayron
Hong Kong
11 July 2007

The head of the United Nations nuclear agency says an inspection¹ team is to be deployed² to North Korea by the end of this week. The team's mission will be to monitor the shutdown of the country's main nuclear facility - a significant step toward fulfilling North Korea's February promise to end its nuclear programs. VOA's Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei arrives to attend a conference at the Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, 11 July 2007

International Atomic Energy Agency chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, said in Seoul Wednesday that his U.N. team will travel to North Korea Saturday to monitor the shutdown of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor³.

This will be the first team invited back to North Korea since U.N. inspectors⁴ were expelled there in late 2002 after accusations⁵ Pyongyang had violated previous international nuclear agreements.

But ElBaradei warns that patience will needed as the process of dismantling⁶ North Korea's nuclear programs will be lengthy⁷ and difficult.

Pyongyang agreed it would begin the shutdown of Yongbyon as soon as it receives a 50,000 ton shipment of fuel oil from South Korea.

 

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon said Wednesday the shipment is due to arrive in the North Saturday.

The fuel shipment is part of a five-nation agreement reached in February with North Korea to dismantle⁸ all nuclear programs in exchange for energy aid and diplomatic incentives⁹.

Song says the next round of talks - involving China, Russia, Japan, the United States, South and North Korea - will resume later this month in Beijing. He says the meeting will focus on the next steps in the denuclearization process and when North Korea will receive the rest of the 950,000 ton fuel oil shipment.

The top U.S. envoy¹⁰ to the talks, Christopher Hill, is expected to visit Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing starting Friday to consult with counterparts on the issue before talks resume.

Beijing said that it wants to host the talks in the middle of the month, but no date has been formally announced.

1 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

2 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

4 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

6 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。

7 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

8 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。

9 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

10 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。