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1、新闻报刊阅读 2John Kerry: North and South Korea tensions can ease with serious talksUS secretary of state tells Seoul sul; sj:ul 汉城，首尔（韩国首都）right decisions can ensure peace, and says a nuclear-capable有核能力的 North will not be acceptedguardian.co.uk,Friday 12 April 2013 12.25 BSTJohn Kerry greets South Korea

2、s foreign minister, 外交部长 Yun Byung-se, at a joint press conference in Seoul. Photograph: Paul J Richards/AFP/Getty ImagesThe US secretary of state has stressed the prospects前景 for resolving tensions on the Korean peninsula朝鲜半岛 as he met with leaders in Seoul. Relations between the North and South ca

3、n improve very quickly if leaders of the North, and one in particular, can make the right decisions,John Kerrysaid.The new South Korean韩国人；韩国的 president, Park Geun-hye, had expressed a vision built on trustpolitik and I hope that is what will take hold, Kerry added. But he warned: They have to be re

4、ally serious. No one is going to talk for the sake of为了；为了的利益 talking.Kerry, who reiterated重申，反复讲that the international community would not accept a nuclear-capableNorth Korea n.朝鲜；北韩, echoed the Pentagon五角大楼 in playing down an assessment by a US government agency that Pyongyang pjj: n. 平壤（朝鲜民主主义人民共

5、和国首都）had a nuclear weapon that could be mounted mantd 安装on a missile msl 发射物.Kerry arrives at a military airport in Seongnam城南市(是韩国京畿道中央的一个市，位于韩国首都首尔的江东区以南，比邻首尔，是韩国首都圈的其中一个高速发展的新城市)。, south of Seoul, as for a three-day visit to South Korea, China and Japan. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/ReutersThe Souths

6、foreign minister, Yun Byung-se, added: We hope the DPRK . 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea） will make the right choice and engage in从事于（参加） trustpolitik.An expert on the North, John Delury at Yonsei University, said: The message here was dialogue, but still in passive form: Its up to

7、 North Korea its still not enough.Earlier, President Barack Obama urged the North toend its belligerent bld()r()nt 战的；好战的；交战国的 approach.The tensions on the peninsula are expected to dominate dmnet 控制；支配；占优势；在中占主要地位Kerrys meetings inSouth Korea, China and Japan. Washington and Seoul anticipate ntspet

8、 . 预期，期望that the North will launch a mid-range midreind 中等的，平均的missile over the next few days.South Korean protesters反对者denounce dnans 谴责；告发；公然抨击 the Norths military exercises and call for Kerry to visit Pyongyang for talks. Photograph: Ahn Young-Joon/APPyongyang has engaged in a series of angry thr

9、eats and gestures, such as pulling workers out of the Kaesong industrial complex工经 工业联合企业；大工业中心 it shares with the South, and appears to be 好像是；仿佛preparing its launch base. It often carries out tests around significant political dates, such as Mondays anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, lauded

10、as the countrys founder.But Park, meeting officials from her party before talks with Kerry, suggested Seoul should at least listen to what North Korea had to say. According to local media, she told them: We have a lot of issues, including the Kaesong industrial zone工业区. So should we not meet with th

11、em and ask: Just what are you trying to do?Natos. 北大西洋公约组织（North Atlantic Treaty Organization） secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, also meeting Park in Seoul, said on Twitter that he commended the South for seeking peaceful solutions through dialogue. He also urged the North to halt the pursui

12、t psut 追赶，追求of weapons of mass destruction大规模杀伤性武器.The North certainly stnli 当然；行（用于回答）；必定seems to be edging away缓缓移动 from some of its high-flown rhetoric and having brought in the stealth bombers隐形轰炸机 during military drills with the South, the US is also starting to ease up . 缓和；放松；减轻a bit, said Ja

13、mes Hoare, a former British charges daffaires in Pyongyang. I think China is effectively saying to everyone: calm down and lets do something sensible明智的；明显的；意识到的；通晓事理的.But he noted that注意；既然 if the North did test fire a missile it was likely to lead to further action by the United Nations security c

14、ouncil.Kerry is welcomed by South Korean officials. Photograph: Paul J Richards/AFP/GettyA US official in Seoul, speaking on condition of anonymity在匿名的情况下, told Reuters: Our greatest concern is a miscalculation and where that may lead. We have seen no indications of massive troop movements, or troop

15、s massing on the border, or massive exercises or anything like that, which would back up支持，援助 any of the rhetoricretrik修辞 that is going on.The US hopes China will increase pressure on the North. Beijing is the Norths main ally and the country is a crucial source of aid and trade.A report by the Defe

16、nce Intelligence Agency 情报局；情报单位(DIA) ）国防情报局（Defense Intelligence Agency）, which emerged at a congressional hearing国会听证会 in Washington on Thursday, said it had concluded with以结束 moderatemdrt 稳健的，温和的；适度的，中等的；有节制的 confidence that North Korea had developed a nuclear bomb that could be fitted on a balli

17、sticblstk missile. 弹道飞弹，航军 弹道导弹, but such a weapon would probably be unreliable.But a Pentagon spokesman, George Little, said it would be inaccurate to suggest that the North Korean regime has fully tested, developed, or demonstrated the kinds of nuclear capabilities referencedrefrns 引用的，参考的.James C

18、lapper, the director of national intelligence, said the DIAs conclusion was not shared by the entire US intelligence community情报界；情报共同体. North Korea has not yet demonstrated the full range of范围 capabilities necessary for a nuclear armed missile, he said.An anti-war protester during a rally in Seoul.

19、 Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/ReutersIn Seoul the defence ministry said it did not believe North Korea could mount a nuclear warhead核弹头 on a missile.Even so, experts say recent tests and rocket launches suggest Pyongyang is making progress in its weapons programmes.After its third nuclear test in Februar

20、y the North claimed it had detonated a miniaturisedminitraiz 使小型化（等于miniaturize） and lighter nuclear device 核装置with greater explosive force爆炸力，爆破力 than previously.Hoare said: The long-term aim seems quite clear: they wantnuclear weaponscapability and are working on the means to deliver it. The probl

21、em is always going to be: what can you do about it? My view is that you can cap but not stop it: you dont ask them to give up anything but say, dont do anything more. You have inspectors and monitoring devices. But to do that you would have to start talking.Andrei Lankov, an expert on North Korea, t

22、old CNN. 美国有线电视新闻网络（Cable News Network）: There is not the slightest reason to be more afraid than we are of, say, French nukes核武器（nuke的复数）；. Theyre not suicidal they are very rational.http:/www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/12/john-kerry-north-korea-south-tensionsChinas gay lovers desperately seekin

23、g a wifeAround 80% of gay and lesbianlzbn . 女同性恋者people in China marry to please demanding parents and save their careersThe Guardian,Sunday 14 April 2013 19.52 BSTA same-sex wedding ceremony in Chinas Fujian province. Photograph: Str/AFP/Getty ImagesLike so many modern couples, Tom Wang and his wif

24、e met online. On their first date, in a teahouse. 茶馆；茶室, he admired her femininity温柔；柔弱性；女子本性. They married a year later and are now negotiating the decor of their new flat.Wang hopes they will grow old together, yet refused to pay for her wedding ring and is wary of提防；当心 having a child. I have a he

25、adache when I talk about that, said the 40-year-old software engineer, with a half-smile, half-grimacermes 鬼脸；怪相；痛苦的表情.His wife is not family; not even a friend, he said merely a partner in their joint endeavourindev . 尽力，竭力. He is gay, she lesbian. Themarriageis a facadefsd 正面；表面, erected直立的；正立的 to

26、 satisfy their parents and protect their careers.Though homosexuality ,homsklti 同性恋was illegal inChinauntil 1997, andremains a sensitive issue, the country does not have the deep-rooted, vicious vs 恶毒的；恶意的；堕落的；有错误的；品性不端的；剧烈的homophobia homfob 对同性恋的恐惧；对同性恋的憎恶of many other places. For most of its histo

27、ry, it not only tolerated male same-sex love but also celebrated it, writes Richard Burger in Behind the Red Door, a history of sex in China.But such relationships supplemented marriage rather than replaced it. According to the tenets of traditional society, the worst kind of unfilialnfll 不孝的 behavi

28、our is failing to continue the family line. Even now, thepressure to marry and have children is intense. Zhang Beichuan, an expert on homosexuality at Qingdao University, believes about 80% of gay men and lesbians marry. Most wed straight partners unaware of their spouses配偶 sexuality. Others, such a

29、s Wang, find a homosexual partner of the opposite sex by asking friends or advertising online.One woman in her early 20s writes on one such website: I have promised my parents I will marry by 2014 I am looking for someone who is simple, honest, has an apartment, does not want a child.We wont disturb

30、 each other. The marriage will last at least five years. Another says she and her girlfriend are out to please their parents, but want a baby. As an openly lesbian couple they would face social stigmastm 耻辱；污名；烙印; birth control policies控制策略 also make life harder for children born to single mothers.I

31、 want to find someone who is healthy, not bad looking, intelligent, kind and cheerful, she states.You dont need to raise the kid, but I hope you are a father who will love the kid and be a male role model.Wang (not his real name) spent five years seeking a suitable bride. For men, the pressure to ma

32、rry starts in their early 30s, he said; for women, much earlier. His wife, almost a decade younger than him, also wanted to allay her parents suspicionsspn怀疑；嫌疑；疑心 after they reacted angrily to her attempts to come out.Wang bought time by telling his family that Shanghai girls would not look at him until he