VOA常速英语:N. Korea to End Nuclear Tests for Food Aid

live up to实行; 履行
例句：They have truly lived up to their pledge.
他们确实照他们的誓言做了。

2. The White House also welcomed the announcement, calling it a "positive step," but stressed that the U.S. is looking for North Korea to follow through with action.

look for寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。
follow through保持, 坚持
例句：He is good at initiating projects but rarely follows through with anything.
他善于创建项目, 但难得坚持完成。

3. Washington says it is ready to move forward with plans to provide the North with 240,000 metric tons of food aid over a period of a year.

provide with装备,供给
例句：Somehow she managed to provide her children with food and clothing.
她总算设法使她的孩子有饭吃,有衣穿。

4. The two sides still need to work out the details before deliveries of the aid can begin.

work out作出; 制订出
例句：The plan has already been worked out, and could be put into operation at a moment's notice.
计划已经拟好并立即可以付诸实施。

5. U.S. and North Korean officials say that in addition to a moratorium on missile and nuclear tests, the North has agreed to allow United Nations inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency access to nuclear facilities so they can verify and monitor the suspension of uranium enrichment activities.

in addition to除…之外，还……
例句：In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外，他还得学日语。

6. IAEA inspectors were kicked out of North Korea in 2009 when the country withdrew from the so-called six-party talks on ending its atomic weapons program.

kick out开除；解雇；驱逐；撵走；强行打发掉；拒绝
例句：If you do not pay the rent, the landlord will kick you out.
如果你不付房租，房东就会把你撵出去。
withdraw from (使)离开〔退出〕
例句：Bill's parents withdrew him from school.
比尔的父母亲让比尔退了学。

7. That said, it does provide a means for perhaps re-opening the diplomatic route, but overall there is very little optimism in the Executive Branch and both parties in Congress and experts both within and outside of government that even a resumption of the six-party talks will be successful in the sense of getting North Korea to actually give up their nuclear weapons.

give up放弃
例句：She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。

8. The meeting was the first since the authoritarian state transferred power to Kim Jong Il's untested young son Kim Jong Un.

transfer to移动到; 转移; 迁移
例句：I intend to transfer the property to my son.
我想把这笔财产转给我儿子。