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Special Trump-Kim 'Peace Talks' Coin Criticized

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The planned meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea may or may not happen.

But a special coin has already been created to mark the event.

The coin shows images of both U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The two men are facing each other. Behind them are images of the American and North Korean flags.

The top of the coin reads "Peace Talks." The back shows an image of the White House. There are also images of Air Force One, the president's airplane, and the official presidential seal.

The coin describes Kim as "Supreme Leader," the name North Korea uses when identifying his position.

The White House Communications Agency released the coin. The agency often creates special coins, called "challenge coins" before major events or presidential visits. An American business manufactures the coins. They are presented to foreign visitors, diplomats or members of the military.

A number of special coins are also available for sale through the White House Gift Office.

The agency ordered 250 of the Trump-Kim coins in preparation for the planned June 12 summit in Singapore.

People are reacting to the coin on social media. Many are noting that the meeting might not even happen.

North Korea last week threatened to "reconsider" the meeting. It released similar statements on Tuesday, the same day Trump said the summit "may or may not work out for June 12." He made the comment after his meeting at the White House with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Others on social media question whether an American coin should honor the North Korean leader.

United States Senator Chuck Schumer urged the White House to remove Kim from the coin, calling him a severe dictator.

Schumer is the leading member of the Democratic Party in the Senate. He wrote on Twitter, "challenge coins are a time honored tradition and certainly appropriate in this situation, but Kim Jong Un's face has no place on this coin."

Korea expert Robert E. Kelly is a professor at Busan University in South Korea. On Twitter, Kelly called the coin "gross" and "un-American."

Still others are discussing the unappealing image of Kim on the coin. They note that his face looks especially large.

Raj Shah, a Trump administration official, said that the White House did not have "any input into the design and manufacture of the coin."

And that's What's Trending Today.

I'm Ashley Thompson.

重点解析

1.peace talks 和平会谈

The President sent a special envoy to the peace talks.

总统派了一名特使参加和平谈判,ID8^2Aj&2。

2.presidential seal 总统印章

The presidential seal has an emblem of the eagle.

总统印章上有一枚老鹰徽章r7tb[43cCb(db。

3.work out 解决；算出

It took me some time to work out what was causing this.

我花了一些时间才弄清此事的起因v~jkA_KA_Zi。

4.social media 社交媒体

We have all witnessed the power of social media.

我们见证了社交媒体的实力&zj]JP47bY4a。

5.The agency ordered 250 of the Trump-Kim coins in preparation for the planned June 12 summit in Singapore.

in preparation for 为...做准备

They've sold their house and car in preparation for leaving the country.

他们卖掉了房子和汽车准备出国pK^LT;IrvDBozQ!。

We will have to collect new material in preparation for the experiment.

我们得收集新资料为实验作准备*WjqQ=&FNgOSbX|%D。

6.A number of special coins are also available for sale through the White House Gift Office.

A number of 一些；若干

We have lived here quite a number of years.

我们在这儿住了好些年了[FwS;C;rrHAop4IE。

The police rounded up a number of suspects.

警方围捕了一些嫌疑犯wJ7Y(Gb,oFSL。

参考译文

“金特会”和平会谈纪念币惹争议

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美国总统与朝鲜领导人的会晤依然悬而未决f2&_kFBk)[9。

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一部分“纪念币”也会通过白宫礼品店出售6Wi&Ae0;O|-4;XK。

该机构定制了250枚“特金会”纪念币，为6月12日在新加坡举行的峰会做准备sq-G|e25H=。

人们在社交媒体上对这枚硬币发表了评论1]]1PAL@)L(s+DsMmIG。大多数人指出，这次峰会甚至有可能“告吹”IZTzD5~bECxyuV7P。

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一些网友在社交媒体上质疑，用一枚美国硬币来纪念这位朝鲜领导人是否妥当-9hHB4P9*])phx+。

美国参议员查克·舒默（Chuck Schumer）敦促白宫将金正恩的头像从纪念币上移除，还称他是一位残暴的独裁者5EkazuQ0U)eq。

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朝鲜半岛问题专家罗伯特·凯利（Robert E. Kelly）是韩国釜山大学的教授VZR;,A~SaN)NI。凯利在推特上表示，这枚纪念币有些“倒胃口”和“不像美国作风”])8(_mTD|NL;rC7L。

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特朗普政府官员拉吉·沙赫(Raj Shah)表示，白宫方面并未“参与纪念币的设计和铸造”l(htard,i6nCZ-d;。

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