正如美国有线电视新闻网记者盖奇·古尔丁报道的那样，如今开通的中朝之间的这座桥梁是外交进展的一个重要信号。
As CNN's Gage Goulding reports, the bridge between China and North Korea that's now open is a big sign of diplomatic progress.
两位主播 >> 是的。我认为要理解这座桥的全部概念，它不仅仅关乎交通，也不仅仅关乎贸易。这是北京与朝鲜关系升温的又一个重大信号。那座桥已经建好十多年了，但朝鲜并不是没有能力完成其一侧的基础设施建设，而是一直在拖延。我们只是在今年夏天对朝鲜进行国事访问之后，才看到朝鲜真正加快了这座桥的建设进度。
TWO >> YEAH. I THINK TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL CONCEPT OF THIS BRIDGE, IT'S MORE THAN JUST TRANSPORTATION. IT'S MORE THAN JUST TRADE. THIS IS A BIG SIGN OF ANOTHER TREND OF WARMING BETWEEN BEIJING AND NORTH KOREA. THE BRIDGE THERE. IT'S BEEN DONE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, BUT NORTH KOREA, NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPLETE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THEIR SIDE, BUT RATHER DRAGGING THEIR FEET. WE ONLY SAW AFTER A STATE VISIT TO NORTH KOREA OVER THE SUMMER THAT NORTH KOREA REALLY ACCELERATED THEIR CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS ON THIS BRIDGE.
新鸭绿江大桥耗资中国约3300万美元，是一座长达1.9英里、双向四车道的桥梁。它取代了一座自20世纪30年代起就存在的桥梁，目前的旧桥是一座铁路两用桥，且只有一个车道实行单向交替通行。因此，预计这座桥将承载中朝两国大约70%的双边贸易。顺便说一句，中国承担了朝鲜大约95%的总贸易额。所以这是一个非常关键的地区。
THE NEW YALU RIVER BRIDGE COSTS CHINA ABOUT 33 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS, AND IT'S A 1.9 MILE LONG BRIDGE, FOUR LANES TRAVELING. AND IT REPLACES A BRIDGE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 1930s. AND AT THIS POINT IS A RAIL BRIDGE WITH ONLY ONE LANE OF ALTERNATING TRAFFIC. SO THIS BRIDGE IS ANTICIPATED TO CARRY ROUGHLY 70% OF BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN CHINA AND NORTH KOREA. AND BY THE WAY, CHINA CONDUCTS ABOUT 95% OF ALL OF NORTH KOREA'S TRADE. SO THIS IS A VERY VITAL AREA.
但一些专家警告称，这可能表明两件事。首先是中国本身可能并不太愿意执行联合国对朝制裁。随着美中之间以及中国与西方国家之间的紧张关系进一步加剧，情况可能正是如此。所以存在这种可能。但这也可能意味着通过这座桥运输受制裁的货物。它再次成为一条大型运输通道，中国希望借此增加两国之间的贸易和交流，同时也促进两国人民以及朝鲜东邦和中国两座城市之间的交流。
BUT SOME EXPERTS WARN THAT THIS COULD SHOW TWO THINGS. THE FIRST BEING THAT CHINA ITSELF MAY NOT REALLY BE WILLING TO ENFORCE U.N. SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA. AND IT COULD BE AS KIND OF TENSIONS RISE IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA AND THE CHINA AND WEST IS STRAINED MORE SO. SO THERE'S THAT. BUT ALSO THERE COULD BE THE TRANSPORTATION OF SANCTIONED GOODS ACROSS THIS BRIDGE. IT'S, AGAIN, A MEGA TRANSPORTATION WAY WHERE CHINA IS HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL INCREASE TRADE AND EXCHANGE AMONGST THE TWO COUNTRIES, BUT ALSO AMONGST THE TWO PEOPLE AND THE TWO CITIES THERE OF DONG BONG AND NORTH KOREA.
再次强调，这座桥筹备了十多年，今天才正式开通，但它不仅仅关乎贸易和交通，更可能展现了随着中朝关系不断蓬勃发展，两国是如何合作并共同努力的。我必须提到，这是朝鲜和中国之间1400英里边境线上的十多座桥梁之一。但就在本月早些时候，两国之间的第一座桥梁之间发生的事……
SO AGAIN, THIS BRIDGE HAS BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE IN THE COMING, AND IT JUST OPENED OFFICIALLY TODAY, BUT MORE SO THAN JUST TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION, MORE SO A POTENTIALLY A LOOK AT HOW CHINA AND NORTH KOREA ARE COOPERATING AND WORKING TOGETHER AS THE RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES TO BLOSSOM. AND I MUST MENTION THAT THIS IS ONE OF MORE THAN A DOZEN BRIDGES ACROSS THE 1400 MILES OF BORDER BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND CHINA. BUT JUST EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE FIRST BRIDGE BETWEEN