✈ 在新聞中遇見雅思──亞洲七大罪惡城市之「平壤」 (圖文來源:CNN GO)

7. Wrath: Pyongyang, North Korea

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So much fun to be had as the scourge of all peace-loving nations.

Pugnacious, belligerent, quarrelsome ... the North Korean capital is the moody adolescent of the continent. But unlike most spotty delinquents who express their angry insecurities by piercing body parts or coloring their hair, this one sinks ships and shells islands. 

North Korea's national sport is Taekwondo. If there's a food shortage, the military get served first. Propaganda films talk of the "invincible power" of the North Korean army and posters in the capital state, "The way to peace is on the point of a bayonet."

Its army comprises nearly 1 million troops, out of a nation of 24 million. 

Still, the Dear Leader Kim Jong Il does claim to have made the world's best ever golf score -- an astonishing 38 under par on a regulation 18-hole course incuding five holes-in-one. And that on his first ever attempt, too.

Perhaps he's not so bad.

 wrath n. 憤怒  delinquent n. 少年罪犯 
 scourge n. 災禍   shell v. 砲擊
 pugnacious a. 好戰的  propaganda n. 宣傳
 belligerent a. 好戰的  bayonet n. 刺刀
 quarrelsome a. 喜好爭吵的  troop n. 軍隊
 adolescent n. 青少年  astonishing a. 令人驚訝的
 spotty a. 不穩定的  par n.(高爾夫球)標準杆數 

 

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