The presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he will be prepared to meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Mr Trump said that if he was elected in November. He would talk to Mr Kim about his country’s nuclear program and also put pressure on China to deal with the issue, I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking tohim, at the same time I will put a lot of pressure on China because economically we havetremendous power over China, people don’t realize that, they are extracting vast billions of dollars out of our country, billions, and we have tremendous power over China. China can solve that problem with one meeting or one phone call. The US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has declared victory in the Democratic primary in the state of Kentucky. Herlead of her rival senator Bernie Sanders came down to a few thousand votes. In the otherballot held on Tuesday, Bernie Sanders won in Oregon. Overall, Mrs Clinton maintains asignificant overall lead to take to the delegates’ conference in July.
The Japanese car maker Suzuki says it has found discrepancies in the way it’s been testing vehicles for fuel efficiency and emissions, but the company denied it had cheated to makeits cars appear more efficient. Rumors of improper testing sent shares in the firm tumbling down nearly 10% in Tokyo when the market closed. Theo Leggett reports. Suzuki admits that an internal investigation has found discrepancies between the way in which its cars should havebeen tested and how the tests were actually carried out. However, it insists that there wasno deliberate attempt to mislead its customers or flatter the performance of its cars.Although the admission is an embarrassing one for Suzuki, analysts say the apparentviolation is less serious than those uncovered of its rival Mitsubishi which recently admitted falsifying fuel-economy data on a number of Japanese models. Meanwhile Mitsubishiitself has announced that its president Tetsuro Aikawa is to step down in the wake of the scandal.
The Red Cross in Sri Lanka says more than 200 families are missing feared buried under mudand sludge after torrential rain sent landslide cascading over three villages in the center of the island. The disaster management authority say they can't confirm the figure but sayat least 32 people have been killed. Here is our South Asia editor, Charles Haveland. Footage from the worst-hit area shows a massive gash along the side of a hill caused by alandslide. Villagers say more than 60 houses have been buried or damaged. Hundreds of armytroops have been deployed and have managed to rescue scores of people. But it’s difficult toget heavy equipment to the worst-hit places. President Maithripala Sirisena is visiting thearea to meet victims' families. Meanwhile the authorities in other badly hit parts of the island have appealed to the public to send water, dry food rations and sanitary items forthose affected. Charles Haveland reporting. World news from the BBC
China says it will maintain tax incentives for steel exports, despite the decision by the United States to impose duties of more than 500% on imports from China and Japan. The USsays unfair subsidies are allowing the two countries to sell certain kinds of steel at thelow cost, but Beijing says it will keep its tax rebate policy for exports of the metal tohelp tackle excess production.
The new England football champions Leicester City have arrived in Thailand for a celebratorytour. The team which defined huge jobs to win the English Premier League are owned by the Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. From Bangkok, Jonathon Head reports. Leister's unexpected success has given the Thai company which bought the clubs six years ago a golden opportunity to promote itself and the team in football-mad Thailand. Members of the winningsquad were greeted by jubilant fans when they arrived early this morning in Bangkok airportled by their manager Claudia Raneairi and captain Weeze Moregan. Later they will display the premier league trophy at the headquarters of King Power where the company has in recentweeks put up giant TV screens for fans to watch the team’s final games.
The Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has pulled out of an anti-counterfeiting conference in theUS after the organizer suspended his company Alibaba. He has been due to give the keynote speech of the anti-counterfeiting coalition’s conference in Florida. When Alibaba wasadmitted to the coalition last month, several companies left in protest. BBC news.
例句：He admitted possessing and delivering counterfeit currency.
他供认持有并散播假币。
2.rebate n.退款
例句：Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.
顾客将从他们的电费退费中得到实惠。
3.discrepancy n.不一致
例句：The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.
他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。
4.ration n/v.配给量，定量供应
例句：Staples such as bread, rice and tea are already being rationed.面包、大米和茶叶等日常必需品已实行配给。
5.incentive n.奖励
例句：There is little or no incentive to adopt such measures.
几乎没有什么激励政策来促使人们采取这些措施。
内容解析
1.Meanwhile the authorities in other badly hitparts of the island have appealed to the public tosend water, dry food rations and sanitary items forthose affected.
appeal to 呼吁
例句：The Prime Minister appealed to young people to use their vote.
首相呼吁年轻人行使他们的投票权。
例句：He will appeal to the state for an extension of unemployment benefits.
他将呼吁国家延长领取失业救济金的时限。
2.Suzuki admits that an internal investigation has found discrepancies between the way in which its cars should have been tested and how the tests were actually carried out.
carry out 实行
例句：The Social Democrats could still carry out their threat to leave the government.
社会民主党人仍然可能实现其脱离政府的威胁。
例句：Police say they believe the attacks were carried out by nationalists.
