朝鲜

President Barack Obama, who has yet to articulate a North Korean policy, has begun to talk of the country as if it were an ill-behaved toddler that should not be rewarded for bad behaviour.

奥巴马总统已经明确阐述过对朝鲜的政府，他开始谈这个国家，就好像这是个行为不端的刚学走路的孩子，如此恶劣的行为不应该受到尊重。

Very ill-boding signs are appearing these days, beclouding the prospects of solution of the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula.

近几天来出现了一些十分不祥的征兆，使朝鲜半岛上核问题的解决蒙上了阴影。

South Korean officials play it down, arguing that sometimes North Korea acts illogically for no apparent reason.

韩国官员对此也是轻描淡写，表示朝鲜做出这样不合逻辑的行为毫无缘由。

Lee's immediate predecessor, Roh Moo-hyun, who promised to undertake billions of dollars worth of projects in the North with no strings attached.

卢武铉曾承诺在朝鲜不加条件地执行数十亿美元的项目。

Earlier this year, the North Koreans shut down a plutonium reactor, in return for economic and diplomatic benefits. The two sides are meeting in Geneva from where Imogen Foulkes reports.

今年年初，朝鲜关闭了一个鋇工厂，以换取经济和外交上的利益，Imogen Foulkes 在两方会议的日内瓦发回报道。

This modern culture impacted the Korea China and other countries and regions in Asia.

这种近代文化对亚洲的朝鲜、中国等国家和地区产生了较大的冲击作用。

"This resolution will give us new tools to impair North Korea's ability to proliferate and threaten international stability."

"这个决议会给我们提供新的途径来削弱朝鲜扩散和威胁国际稳定的能力。"

The North Koreans are looking to us and to the other nations in the region for security assurances.

朝鲜希望我们和本地区的其他国家向他们提供安全保障。

A: With regard to your first question, we hope that relevant parties can realize that peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula is in the common interest of the relevant parties.

答：关于第一个问题，我们希望有关各方都能够认识到，维护朝鲜半岛的和平稳定，符合有关各方的共同利益。

China hosted a round of talks on the North Korean nuclear issue in August, but the talks – in which Russia, the United States, Japan, and South Korea also took part – ended inconclusively.

八月份，中国主持了有关朝鲜的核武器问题的圆桌会议，以非决定性结束。参加的还有俄罗斯，美国，日本，韩国。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！