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Trade with North Korea?What sanctions?Sanctions:n. 制裁；处罚（sanction的复数）；制发v. 批准；对…实行制裁；赞许（sanction的三单形式）中朝两国贸易：实施什么制裁？On the border between China and North Korea it is business as usual. 在中朝两国边境，贸易正照常进行。ONLY a few hundred metres separate the small but lively Chinese city of Dandong from Sinuiju, its drab North Korean counterpart on the opposite bank of the Yalu River. Drab:adj. 单调的；土褐色的n. 浅褐色；无生气；邋遢；小额vt. 使无生气vi. 嫖妓Bank: 岸There are two iron-truss bridges in the city centre, truss：n. 束；构架；捆vt. 捆绑；用构架支撑built by Japanese who were then occupying the area: one in 1911 and the other in 1943. Both were badly damaged by American bombers during the Korean war of the 1950s. A survivingstretch of the older one, renamed “Broken Bridge”, is now a tourist attraction. Surviving：adj. 继续存在的；未死的；依然健在的Stretch：一段vt. 伸展,张开；（大量地）使用，消耗（金钱，时间）；使竭尽所能；使全力以赴；vi. 伸展；足够买（或支付）n. 伸展，延伸The newer one still carries road and rail traffic across the river, a vitalconduit for North Koreas trade with China.Vital：adj. 至关重要的；生死攸关的；有活力的Conduit：管子，管道，导管；槽，沟与虽小但富有活力的中国丹东市相比，几百米之外鸭绿江对岸的新义州显得毫无生气。新义州市中心有两座铁桁架桥，是曾经占有该区域的日本人于1911年和1943年建造的。这两座桥在20世纪50年代朝鲜战争期间遭到美国炸弹轰炸，损毁严重。其中较早建造的那座桥残存的一段并被重新命名为“断桥”，现在是一个旅游景点。另一座较新的桥仍承载着渡江的公路和铁路运输，是中朝两国贸易往来的重要通道。In theory, that may now be disrupted by sweeping sanctions imposed by the UN, with Chinas backing, on March 2nd. Sweep：vt. 扫除；猛拉；掸去vi. 扫，打扫；席卷；扫视；袭击n. 打扫，扫除；范围；全胜Sweeping：全面的 彻底的 广泛的Backing：支持They ban trade in luxury items and call for (potentially time-consuming and costly) inspections of cargo going into, and coming out of, North Korea. call for：要求；需要；提倡；邀请；为…叫喊time-consuming ：耗时大China is by far the biggest trading partner of the North;if these sanctions are being applied rigorously, it should be evident in Dandong, which handles an estimated 70% of the trade between the two countries. Rigorously：adv. 严厉地；残酷地理论上来说，中朝贸易应该已经停止，因为中国支持联合国3月2日期对朝鲜的全面制裁。该制裁禁止向朝鲜出口奢侈品，也要求对进出朝鲜的集装箱进行检查（该举措可能耗时大而且成本高）。中国目前是朝鲜最大的贸易伙伴。如果真的要严格实施这些制裁手段的话，丹东市应该会有明显的表现，因为中朝贸易额的70%都是在丹东产生的。It is not, yet