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《经济学家》读译参考 Translated Edited by Chen Jilong TEXT 71 Pinched bellies 勒紧裤腰带（陈继龙 编译） Oct 19th 2006 | SEOUL From The Economist print edition （1）A NUCLEAR capability may be the toast of North Koreas leaders, but it is a blight[1] on their poor countrymens bellies. Even before fresh sanctions were imposed against the rogue nation this week, ______① response to its nuclear test on October 9th, North Korea could not feed itself. The latest international strictures[2] are not supposed to inflict further damage on its food supply. But with few trustworthy observers in the country—and the level of aid it gets from China hard to ascertain—damage may be done nonetheless. 核能力也许备受朝鲜领导人的推崇，可它却扼杀了贫困的朝鲜人填饱肚 皮的希望。本周，朝鲜刚刚由于其 10 月 9 日进行的核试验而受到制裁， 而此前这个无赖国家甚至连养活自己都成问题。朝鲜有关人士认为，最 新的国际制裁并不会使其粮食供应问题雪上加霜。不过，由于该国观察 员所说的话大多不可信——很难弄清它到底从中国获得了多少援助— —无论如何，损失都将不可避免。 To feed itself, North Korea needs 5.5m tonnes of grain a year. It cannot produce anything like this, even with a bumper harvest last year. （2）That crop was sufficient, however, to embolden the regime of Kim Jong Il last December to force the UNs World Food Programme (WFP) to leave the country, because it felt humiliated by its dependence on emergency relief. To fill the hole dug by this moronic[3] policy, the regime had some success improving its food distribution. It was also counting ______② getting food aid from South Korea, its biggest donor. That changed after the regime tested missiles in July, and South Korea froze its humanitarian aid. After the nuclear test, the South reaffirmed its decision. 朝鲜每年大约需要 550 万吨的粮食供应。虽说去年丰收，但它仍不具备粮食生产能力。可是去年 9 月，金 正日政权竟然因为一时的好收成而冒失地强迫联合国粮食计划署（WFP）离开朝鲜，原因是为自己依靠救 援感到羞耻。为了弥补这一弱智政策所造成的损失，金正日政权对粮食配给进行了改进，也取得了一定的 成绩。过去它一直依靠其最大的援助国——韩国提供粮食援助，可自从今年 7 月该政权进行了导弹发射试 验之后，情况发生了变化，韩国冻结了其为朝鲜提供的人道主义援助。而在核试验后，韩国重申了这一决 定。 For ordinary North Koreans, the loss of aid from the South may be a disaster. （3）In May, as hunger bit in the countryside, workers were ordere