The report, delivered by a tearful, black-clad announcer, claimed that he died due to “an advanced acute myocardial infarction, complicated by serious heart shock,” which was caused by “a great mental and physical strain caused by his uninterrupted field guidance tour for the building of a thriving nation.” It is of course no secret that he had been unwell for several years, having suffered a stroke in 2008, and often appearing frail in public appearances.
这份由泪眼朦胧、身穿素衣的广播主持人宣布的报道称，他死于“由严重心脏病综合引发的心肌猝死”，死因是“为建设一个繁荣国家而连续在外指导而带来的劳累过度。”他多年来身体状况不佳并不是秘密，2008年曾经遇到一次心脏病，并且经常在公众面前显得身体脆弱。
Kim’s declining health had prompted the regime to accelerate progress towards the planned succession of his third son, Kim Jong Un. The report itself exhorted viewers to “loyally follow” the Swiss-educated, would-be third-generation leader, whom his father chose ahead of two elder sons, apparently due a ruthless streak that runs beneath his pudgy features.
**的濒死状态已经加快了该政权计划中的传位于其子金正恩的速度。这份报道要求观众“忠诚于”这位在瑞士受过教育、并且将会成为第三代接班人的领导人，他的父亲越过他的两位兄长而选择了他，是由于他的长相酷似身材矮胖的自己。
Still in his late twenties, and with very little experience of leadership, the younger Kim may yet face trouble when it comes to grasping the reins of power. Kim Jong Il himself had already been the heir-apparent to his father, the founder of the North Korean state, Kim Il Sung, for almost two decades before he was declared the country’s “Dear Leader” and thrust upon the throne of the Democratic People’s Republic in 1975. Kim Jong Un will have no such luxury. But that does not mean that crisis is imminent. Kim Han-jong, who visited North Korea with South Korea’s President Kim Dae-jung at a momentous summit in 2000, states we should “not expect Kim Jong Il’s death to be followed by big political change”, owing to China’s apparent support for the regime as well as to the internal efforts to speed up the succession.
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