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二月份 第 09 课

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  • Despite NKorea Demands, Seoul Says War Drills Will Go On
  • 儘管朝鲜反对,南韩表示军演照常
  •   South Korea is refusing to delay joint military drills with the United States, as requested by North Korea during high-level talks this week.
  • 南韩拒绝推迟与美国联合举行的军事演习,朝鲜本星期在一次高层会谈中提出这一要求。

  •   The annual war games are set to begin later this month, around the same time as planned reunions between families separated by the Korean War.
  • 美韩年度军演定於本月晚些时候举行,计划中的韩战离散家庭团聚也在同一时间。

  •   Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said the North's threat to call off the reunions because of the exercises was inappropriate.
  • 南韩国防部发言人金抿宿说,朝鲜以军演為由威胁取消团聚计划,这种做法是不适当的。

  •   The two sides Wednesday held their highest-level talks in seven years. Seoul says Pyongyang demanded a two-day delay in the drills.
  • 南韩和朝鲜星期叁举行了数年来最高层次的会谈;首尔表示,平壤要求把军演推迟两天。

  •   The North has for weeks asked for a cancellation or, more recently, a relocation of the drills. It views them as an unacceptable rehearsal for invasion.
  • 几星期来,朝鲜一直要求取消美韩军演,后来又要求改变军演地点;朝鲜将美韩军演视為不可接受的入侵预演。

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  • Massive Winter Storm Reaches Northeastern United States
  • 冬季风暴抵达美国东北部
  •   More than 300,000 people across the southeastern United States are without power after deadly and unusual winter storm that coated the region with ice and snow Wednesday as it made its way to the mid-Atlantic and northeastern parts of the nation.
  • 美国东南部地区星期叁被冰雪覆盖;反常的冬季风暴在向大西洋沿岸中部地区和东北部移动期间,在东南部地区造成人员死亡,并使 30 多万人失去电力。

  •   In the neighboring states of North and South Carolina, the storm made roads and major highways impassible, forcing many drivers to abandon their vehicles.
  • 在相邻的北卡罗莱纳州和南卡罗莱纳州,风暴使大小公路无法通行,很多驾车人被迫弃车而去。

  •   Forecasters said the Carolinas were expected to receive over 20 centimeters of ice and snow through Thursday morning.
  • 天气预报说,南北卡罗莱纳到星期四早晨预计会有超过 20 釐米的冰雪。

  •   Thousands of flights in and out of the region have been cancelled, stranding scores of passengers at airports.
  • 出入该地区的数千航班被取消,不少乘客困在机场。

  •   The storm is expected to dump more than 30 centimeters of snow across the Washington, D.C. region Thursday.
  • 预计这场风暴将给首都华盛顿各地带来超过 30 釐米的降雪。

  •   The federal government is closed, along with dozens of local government offices and school districts.
  • 联邦政府关闭,几十个地方政府机构和学区也被迫关门。

  •   At least a dozens deaths in the southeastern U.S. have been blamed on the storm, including three people killed when an ambulance skidded off an icy road in Texas.
  • 在美国东南部地区,至少有十餘人的死亡据信与冬季风暴有关,其中有叁人因一辆救护车在德州一段结冰的路上滑出路面而丧生。

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