VOA慢速英語: 美國、日本與韓國共享情報

US, Japan to Share Intelligence with South Korea
美國、日本與朝鮮共享情報
The United States, South Korea and Japan have agreed to share classified information about nuclear threats from North Korea. The U.S. Defense Department says the agreement took effect on Monday. The intelligence will pass through the Defense Department.
美國、朝鮮和日本達成一致協(xié)議：共享朝鮮核威脅的機密信息。美國國防部稱周一這項協(xié)議正式生效。情報信息由國防部處理。
The new agreement links information-sharing agreements that already exist between the allies.
這項新協(xié)議鏈接兩盟國之間已經(jīng)存在的信息共享協(xié)議。
Kim Min-Seok is with South Korea’s Defense Ministry. He said the agreement does not force the countries to provide all of their related classified information. He says each country will decide what it releases.
韓國國防部部長金寬鎮(zhèn)稱協(xié)議并不是強迫各國提供相關(guān)的機密信息。每個國家可以自行決定他們要公布的信息。
He says “Military secrets are divided into first-, second- and third-level classified information, but the nation providing the information will decide on the level of classified material.”
他說：“軍事機密信息分為一級機密、二級機密和三級機密信息，但是國家提供的信息會決定機密材料的等級。”
Also this week, South Korean officials called for new peace talks with North Korea in January. Ryoo Kihl-jaeis South Korea’s Unification Minister.
這周，韓國官員呼吁1月份與朝鮮進行新的和平談話。韓國統(tǒng)一部長官柳吉。
He says “North and South Korea should meet face to face to draw up a plan for a peaceful unification. For this purpose, we make an official proposal for the North Korean government to have a conversation about mutual concerns between North and South. We especially hope this meeting can lessen the sadness of separated families before New Year’s Day.”
他說“朝韓應(yīng)該面對面對話，就和平統(tǒng)一起草方案計劃。為了這個目的，我們向朝鮮政府提出一項正式提議，就朝鮮和韓國互相關(guān)系的問題進行談話。我們特別希望這次會議能夠在元旦前減輕離散家人的痛苦和悲傷。”
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said North Korea should accept the proposal to open peace talks with the South. A UN statement said “renewed engagement and dialogue is the only way forward for building trust and promoting inter-Korean relations.”
聯(lián)合國秘書長潘基文說朝鮮應(yīng)該接受提議，與韓國進行和平對話。一份聯(lián)合國的聲明稱“重新接觸和對話是建立信任和推動朝韓關(guān)系的唯一出路。”
North Korea has yet to answer the call for peace talks.
朝鮮尚未對和平對話作出回應(yīng)。
I’m Christopher Cruise.
我是克里斯托弗·克魯斯。
VOA Correspondent Victoria Macchi reported this story from Washington.Christopher Cruise wrote it for VOA Learning English. George Grow edited the story.
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Words from This Story
classified information – n. information that is kept secret from all but a fewpeople in the government
face to face – idiom used to describe a situation in which two people aretogether and looking at each other
draw up a plan – phrasal verb to compose or write in a set form; to write out
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