這是第5篇 20190708

policy is "doing great." 
政策“已見成效”。

• doing great已見成效
• 翻譯be doing 正

talks with someone are making "progress." 
會談“正取得進展。”

• are making "progress." 正取得進展
• talks 會談

Yet the government seems to disagree about the direction of nuclear talks
然而，政府似乎對該國進行的核談判的發展方向有異議。

• disagree about有異議
• 核談判 nuclear talks
• with翻譯不能省略 與……

A Thursday criticized the two countries, and said it could completely pull out of the talks. 
A週四指責兩國，並稱可能徹底退出談判。

• talks 會談
• criticize指責
• could可能
• completely 徹底
• pull out of the talks退出談判=withdraw：to move away from sth or stop being involved in it

 It added there is no guarantee negotiations would restart. 
並補充說無法保障談判重啟。

• The Korean Central News Agency朝鮮中央通訊社
• statement聲明
• there is no guarantee無法保障+sth
• negotiations=talks談判
• restart重啟

The news agency noted leader's demand that it change the way it negotiates. 
該通訊社指出，領導人要求改變談判方式。

• demand 動詞（強烈）要求;強令 ***demand後接賓語從句時，從句謂語一般要用虛擬語氣，即"should + 動詞原形";其被動語態為 "should + be +動詞過去分詞",其中should可以省略。
• demand sth不加for ***
• the way it negotiates
• the way 的用法
• 定從in which或that或省略，可以做主語、賓語和表語
• 注意**the way how 是錯誤用法
• the way 的語義
• the way=as像
• the way=how多麼，怎樣
• the way=according as根據
• the way =because
• the way=that（名詞性從句)it is sth/adj that
• the way it negotiates 聽力時注意it不可省略

He wants a new approach to the talks by the end of the year.
他希望在今年年底前採取新的談判途徑。

• by the end of the year年底
• approach to 途徑

 "Our repeated warning is not...an empty word," 
“我們一再的警告並非虛張聲勢。

• repeated warning一再警告
• warning 名詞譯為動詞
• not an empty word 並非虛張聲勢
• 北美事務局 the Department of American affairs
• at +the North Korea's Foreign Ministry注意介詞用at
• director-general局長
• 注意兩個機構之間的關係，at外務省＞北美事務局

The comments are evidence of the differences between the appeasing language used by officials and the aggressive language used by B.
這些言論彰顯出兩邊措辭的差異，官方心平氣和，B嚴詞厲色。

• 英文擅用長句，中文擅用斷句，英譯漢多斷句，譯為短句
• comments言論
• comments N-VAR 可變名詞評論;意見 opinion of something or which gives an explanation of it.
• “可變名詞”，是針對同一個名詞的“可數和不可數”以及“單數和複數”的相互轉化而言，但前提是，詞義不發生變化。
• 可變名詞：a cake蛋糕（可數）/a piece of cake（不可數）單複數變化詞義不同不是可變名詞，如：papers試題/paper紙
• be evidence of彰顯 不可數名詞
• diferences差異；分歧 可數名詞複數
• appeasing-心平氣和的
• appease v. to make sb calmer or less angry by giving them what they want
• aggressive 嚴詞厲色，挑釁好鬥的

 "There is a big disconnect,"
“雙方存在嚴重脫節。”

• specialize in 專攻（專家）
• 安全政策security policy
• 東亞 east asia
• 研究中心 research center
• a big disconnect嚴重脫節

The nuclear talks have been on hold since the February summit. That meeting ended without an agreement.
今年2月，峰會上未能達成任何協議，核談判就此陷入了停滯狀態。

• be on hold 陷入停滯狀態
• summit峰會
• without an agreement未能達成任何協議
• end 動詞告終;收場 If a situation or event ends in a particular way, it has that particular result.

tips：①翻譯斷句，②書面語：沒有翻譯為無法、未；③詞性靈活轉化，尤其是動詞和名詞，英語常用名詞，中文常用動詞。
says 英 [sez]
policy [ˈpɒlɪsi]
progress英 [ˈprəʊɡrɛs]
demand[dɪˈmɑːnd]
officials[əˈfɪʃəl]