《中英對照讀新聞》Nothing decided over THAAD environmental test： defense ministry 南韓國防部：薩德環評懸而未決

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"South Korea’s defense ministry is in talks with related government agencies over ways to adequately carry out an environmental assessment on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, and nothing at this stage has been decided yet," it said in a statement.

南韓國防部在聲明中表示，「本部與相關政府機構，就妥善執行戰區高空防禦系統（薩德）環評進行會商，現階段尚無任何定論。」

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The release came in response to some local media reports that said the ministry has begun a process to carry out an environmental test for the THAAD deployment site in North Gyeongsang Province.

該聲明旨在回應部分本地媒體報導指稱，該部已啟動執行慶尚北道薩德部署地的環評程序。

Upon the agreement between South Korean and the United States for the THAAD deployment in March last year, Seoul provided a former golf course in Seongju, some 296 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to station the powerful missile defense battery by the end of this year.

南韓與美國去年3月達成薩德部署協議後，南韓政府即提供首爾東南方約296公里的星州一座高爾夫球場，在今年底前部署此威力強大的飛彈防禦陣地。

But the deployment has been suspended since the new liberal Moon Jae-in government, which took office in May 10, raised an issue with the timeline of the deployment and called for a thorough environmental assessment.

但是當自由派的文在寅新政府於5月10日上台後，其部署進程延宕至今，引發部署時間表的爭議並要求完整環評。

新聞辭典

adequately：副詞，適當地、充分地。We didn’t have adequate time to prepare.（我們當時準備不及。）

carry out：動詞片語，實施、進行。The study will be carried out over a six-month period.（該研究的執行期間為6個月。）

station：動詞，派駐、配置。The company was stationed over here for several years.（這個連幾年來駐紮此處。）