Kim Jung-un birthday

This is a documentary(紀錄片) about the future as much as about the past. Kim Jong-un is still not yet 30: his childhood years too recent for a lingering look(長期注目).

Instead, he's shown in his new role as North Korea's supreme(最高的) military commander(指揮官): inspecting(檢查) troops(部隊), saluting(敬禮), sitting in a tank. Other images, meant to reassure(安撫), show him doing all the things his father used to do: visiting factories, talking to officials, and inspecting their work.

Websites linked to the North Korean government have already begun describing the new young leader as having the wisdom(智慧) of great men, and extraordinary competence(非凡的能力).

Kim Jong-il's sudden death left a dangerous(危險的) vacuum(真空) in a society raised to(提高至) venerate(崇敬) one supreme leader. Less than a month on, North Korea's unique(獨特的) media machine is already working to fill it.

Lucy Williamson

this report is from bbc learning english

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/01/120109_witn_kim_jung_un_birthday.shtml