正文
on February 12th, two women assassinated the half-brother of Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, by throwing chemicals in his face at a Malaysian airport. The alleged killers said they
were duped into
taking part, believing the attack was
a prank for a TV comedy
. Malaysian police suspect that a North Korean diplomat in Malaysia may have been among the organisers, several of whom are thought to have fled to Pyongyang.
上次说两周一更，看了大家的留言后，我决定还是每周一更，不过以前两段的内容，现在会压缩成一段，频率不变，长度缩短。大家之后再有什么意见或建议的话，可以在下面留言，反正我也不会看的。
开句玩笑，我们先来看题目：
Shock and ore
这个题目很有意思，要弄明白它，我们先要知道 "
shock and awe
"，shock and awe 是军事术语，意思是“
军事震慑
”，和《孙子兵法》中“上兵伐谋”、“不战而屈人之兵”所蕴含的战略思想一样。
Ore 与 awe 读音相同，读 [ɔ:]，
题目巧借谐音，变 "shock and awe" 为 “shock and ore”，
从而一语三关：
一，"shock" 指“持外交护照的朝鲜籍男子”被刺杀一事，对中国乃至世界来说无疑是一个 "shock"；
二，"ore" 原意指 “矿石，煤炭”，此处指朝鲜不断挑战中国的耐心，商务部对朝下达的“煤炭禁令”；
三，"shock and ore" 借助同音，表达 "
shock and awe
"的意思，中国对朝这一动作，是一种震慑，利用谋略，通过经济手段，对朝制裁，照射出社会主义之光，即“上兵伐谋”。
不得不佩服《经济学人》的语言
逼格，但它总是看着有色眼镜看中国，字里行间充满着嘲笑与讥讽。所以，在翻译的过程中，我把风格调整了一下，翻译成“
上兵伐谋
”，突出一个“上”字，大家在翻译政治类材料的时候一定要注意这一点，立场和信息坚决不能改变，但语气要进行调整。我们来看导语部分：
Fed up with Pyongyang's missile tests and murders, China blocks coal imports
一句话总结出文章的主要内容：受够了朝鲜的导弹试验和谋杀，中国阻止朝鲜对中国的煤炭进口。
这里面有一个常见词组：
be fed up with
. 它的英文解释是：bored, annoyed or disappointed, especially by something that you have experienced for too long. 因为经历了太久，感到厌倦。
但如果
“fed up” 不够表达内心的程度，那就说 “
fed up to the back teeth
”，它比 "fed up" 的感情更加强烈，厌烦极了。
我家之前养了一只比熊犬，耳朵总是耷拉着，我就想办法把它的耳朵竖起来。但每次都是刚竖起来就又耷拉下去了，后来好不容易给竖起来了，我又给按下去了。比熊幽怨的看了我一眼，委屈的哼唧一声就跑出去了。这时我们可以说：
He must
be fed up to the back teeth of/with
my playing with his ears.
我们来看第一部分：
FEW television dramas
boast
a plot
as
far-fetched
as the one that has
unfolded
in North-East Asian geopolitics over the past two weeks. Days after North Korea
tested a ballistic missile
on February 12th, two women assassinated the half-brother of Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, by throwing chemicals in his face at a Malaysian airport.
这一部分概括事件：2月12日朝鲜进行弹道导弹实验，没过几天，两名女性在马来西亚机场将一种化学物质扔向“一名持外交护照的朝鲜籍男子”，将其刺杀。
我们先来看第一句话：
FEW television dramas
