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ANCHOR: The U.S. warns China that its policies on Taiwan are too extreme and do not help efforts to stabilize the situation in Asia- says that China must also put pressure on North Korea to return to the six-party nuclear talks.
主播:美国警告中国,它对台湾的政策太极端,无助于稳定亚洲的情势,并且说,中国必须也要对北韩回到六国核子谈判施压。
STORY: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday (March 21) that parties involved in six-nation talks over North Korea’s nuclear programs would have to find new ways of dealing with the threat if Pyongyang stays away from the negotiations.
新闻内容:美国国务卿莱斯周一说,涉及到北韩核子计划的六个会谈国,必须找出新的方法,来对付威胁,假如平壤离开谈判的话。
Rice pressed China to make North Korea return to talks after warning that Washington would not wait forever.
在提出华盛顿不会永远在等待的警告之后,莱斯催促中国,要求北韩回到谈判
She said, “It goes without saying that to the degree that a nuclear free Korean Penninsula gets more difficult to achieve if the North does not recognise that it needs to do that, and of course we will have to look at other options. This is an issue of considerable concern for the United States and not just for the United States but for every other state in this region.”
她说:“如果北韩不认同它必须这么做的话,不用说要达到朝鲜半岛的非核目标有多么困难才能完成,当然我们也将必须朝向其他选择。这对美国来说是相当关切的议题,其实不仅是对美国,在这个地区的每一个其他国家也都是如此。”
With U.S. impatience rising over the talks that have been on hold since June, Rice’s remarks exposed a split between the United States and its partners in the negotiations.
随着去年六月以来谈判一直搁置,美国逐渐失去耐心,莱丝的谈话透露出美国与其伙伴国在谈判上的分歧。
While U.S. officials have declined to specify what steps were under consideration, hardliners in the Bush administration want to call off the talks and report North Korea to the United Nations for possible sanctions.
然而美国官员拒绝指出何种步骤正在被考虑中,布希政府中的强硬派人士想要取消谈判,并且将北朝鲜提交联合国,要求各种可能的制裁。@、
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