VOA慢速英语:Tensions High on Korean Peninsula

1. North Korea is urging foreign embassies to consider telling their workers to leave the capital, Pyongyang, because of rising tensions.

because of 因为
例句：You laugh because of this?
你因为这个笑了？

2.  After a year of negotiations, North Korea agreed to stop long distance missile tests in exchange for better contacts with the United States and its allies.

agree to 同意
例句：I may agree to some extent.
我也许会有点同意。
in exchange for 交换
例句：He gave me an apple in exchange for a cake. 
他给我一个苹果，换一块蛋糕。 

3. Then, in February, it carried out an underground nuclear test.

carry out 执行；进行
例句：We must carry out it wholeheartedly indeed.
我们必须尽力把它贯彻到底。

4. “Some of the actions they’ve taken over the past few weeks present a real and clear danger and threat certainly to the interest of our allies, starting with South Korea and Japan.”

take over 带；接管
例句：Do you really think she's gonna take over the salon?
你觉得她真的会接手这家发廊吗?

5. South Korea is also preparing for an attack.

prepare for (使)为…作准备；(使)对…有思想准备
例句：Prepare for some bad news.
坏消息来了，你准备好了吗？