丹尼斯·罗德曼将拜访金正恩

时间：2013-09-03 08:13:51

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Retired¹ US basketball player Dennis Rodman is visiting North Korea for the second time this year to meet leader Kim Jong-un.

美国退役篮球运动员丹尼斯·罗德曼今年将再次出访朝鲜会见领导人金正恩。

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Rodman briefly talked to media in Beijing before flying to Pyongyang

Rodman said meeting "my friend Kim", who is a basketball fan, was part of his "basketball diplomacy³ tour".

He told reporters he would not be discussing the case of jailed Korean-American Kenneth Bae with Mr Kim.

Last week, the North revoked⁴ a trip by a US envoy⁵ seeking Mr Bae's release.

Rodman, a former NBA star, spent time with Mr Kim in March while filming a documentary with a US media company.

He visited with members of the Harlem Globetrotters team, who played a game with members of North Korea's "Dream Team".

Rodman remains⁶ the most high-profile American to meet Mr Kim since the leader took over after his father died in 2011.

'Friendly gesture'

On his way from Beijing, China, to Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Rodman told reporters: "I just want to meet my friend Kim, the marshal（元帅）, and start a basketball league over there."

"I have not been promised anything. I am just going there as a friendly gesture.''

Asked if he was going to discuss the jailed American, he said: "I'm not going to talk about that.''

Last week, North Korea revoked an invitation for Robert King, the US special envoy for North Korean rights, to visit Pyongyang.

Mr King was expected to appeal for the release of Kenneth Bae, 45, sentenced to 15 years' had labour in May, on humanitarian⁷ grounds.

North Korea said Mr Bae, described as both a Christian⁸ missionary⁹ and tour operator, used his tourism business to plot sedition¹⁰.

Mr Bae (known in North Korea as Pae Jun-ho) was arrested in November 2012 as he entered the north-eastern port city of Rason, a special economic zone near North Korea's border with China.

His trial and conviction came at a time of high tension between the US and North Korea, in the wake of the communist state's third nuclear test.

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1 retired
adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的
参考例句：
The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。 Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

2 briefly
adv.简单地，简短地
参考例句：
I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。 He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

3 diplomacy
n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕
参考例句：
The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。 This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

4 revoked
adj.[法]取消的v.撤销，取消，废除( revoke的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
It may be revoked if the check is later dishonoured. 以后如支票被拒绝支付，结算可以撤销。来自辞典例句 A will is revoked expressly. 遗嘱可以通过明示推翻。来自辞典例句

5 envoy
n.使节，使者，代表，公使
参考例句：
Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。 The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

6 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 humanitarian
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。 The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

8 Christian
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
参考例句：
They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。 His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 missionary
adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士
参考例句：
She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。 I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

10 sedition
n.煽动叛乱
参考例句：
Government officials charged him with sedition.政府官员指控他煽动人们造反。 His denial of sedition was a denial of violence.他对煽动叛乱的否定又是对暴力的否定。