voa标准英语2008年-US Envoy to Meet North Koreans in New York

A senior U.S. diplomat¹ will meet a North Korean foreign ministry² delegation³ Thursday in New York to discuss the next steps for the six-party accord, under which Pyongyang is to end its nuclear program in return for aid and diplomatic benefits. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department that China is expected to convene⁴ a six-party heads of delegation meeting soon.

State Department officials said U.S. special envoy⁵ for the six-party talks Sung Kim will meet a delegation headed by the North Korean foreign ministry's North American affairs director Ri Gun to discuss the way forward following last month's U.S.-North Korean agreement on verifying Pyongyang's nuclear program.
　

Replicas6 of North Korea's Scud-B missile (C) at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul on October 8, 2008

The disarmament process had been stalled for months over how to verify the nuclear-program declaration North Korea made in June.

Pyongyang, which had halted the process of disabling its nuclear reactor⁷ complex, agreed on a series of verification steps on October, 11. The Bush administration reciprocated⁸ by removing North Korea from the U.S. list of State sponsors of terrorism.

State Department Deputy Spokesman Robert Wood said the six parties still plan a heads of delegation meeting in China soon to collectively adopt the U.S.-North Korean understanding.

Wood told VOA the six-way meeting has been delayed by scheduling issues as opposed to any new substantive⁹ snag. He said when they convene, the delegation chiefs will look ahead to the next phase of implementation:

He added, "This process is based on an action-for-action program. The fact that we have worked out the verification protocol¹⁰ is a very good step . The next step, as I said, is the heads of delegation meeting to codify¹¹ the arrangement. And then North Korea goes forward with its disablement process. And we will hopefully move into phase three, which will eventually lead to the dismantlement¹² of North Korea's nuclear infrastructure¹³."

On another issue, a senior official here confirmed press accounts that last August India turned back - at the request of the United States - a North Korean plane that had sought to cross Indian airspace bound for Iran.

The official declined to give details of the incident. But The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal said U.S. officials suspected the plane carried advanced weapons hardware such as long-range missile components¹⁴.

The aircraft, owned by the North Korean state airline, had stopped in Burma and had asked permission to over-fly India en route to Tehran.

The official said the U.S. assumption is that the plane returned to North Korea and did not reach Iran by some alternate route.

The Indian government, which is not an official party to the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative, has declined comment on the matter.

The United States has long accused North Korea of selling missile technology to countries like Iran, Syria, and Libya. Such activity is to be accounted for, and ended, under the six-party accord.

1 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

4 convene   

v.集合，召集，召唤，聚集，集合

参考例句：

• The Diet will convene at 3p.m. tomorrow.国会将于明天下午三点钟开会。
• Senior officials convened in October 1991 in London.1991年10月，高级官员在伦敦会齐。

5 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。

6 replicas   

n.复制品( replica的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His hobby is building replicas of cars. 他的爱好是制作汽车的复制品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The replicas are made by using a thin film of fusible alloy on a stiffening platen. 复制是用附着在加强托板上的可熔合金薄膜实现的。 来自辞典例句

7 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。

8 reciprocated   

v.报答，酬答( reciprocate的过去式和过去分词 )；（机器的部件）直线往复运动

参考例句：

• Her passion for him was not reciprocated. 她对他的热情没有得到回应。
• Their attraction to each other as friends is reciprocated. 作为朋友，他们相互吸引着对方。 来自辞典例句

9 substantive   

adj.表示实在的；本质的、实质性的；独立的；n.实词，实名词；独立存在的实体

参考例句：

• They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
• A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议，但也需要感情上的支持。

10 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

11 codify   

v.将法律、法规等编成法典

参考例句：

• The noble,Dracon,was asked to codify the laws.贵族德拉古被选为立法者。
• The new government promised to codify the laws.新政府应允要编纂法典。

12 dismantlement   

拆卸，拆除的行动或状态

参考例句：

• All construction, dismantlement and reinstatement works shall be completed before May2006. 所有建造、卸及修复工程均须在二零零六年五月前完成。
• The law stipulates modes for company merger, dismantlement, bankruptcy, dissolution and liquidation. 该法规定了公司合并、分立、破产、解散和清算的方式。

13 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

14 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。