参考答案：face-to-face meeting

解析：[听力原文] Beijing: The United States and North Korea had their first {{U}}face-to-face meeting{{/U}} in four months here this afternoon as part of {{U}}six-nation{{/U}} negotiations on how to end North Korea’s nuclear program, but diplomats played down prospects for {{U}}an early breakthrough{{/U}}. James A. Kelly, assistant {{U}}Secretary of State{{/U}}, and Kim Yong Il, North Korea’s deputy foreign minister, met {{U}}on the sidelines{{/U}} of formal discussions, {{U}}breaking a freeze{{/U}} on direct dialogue that began after a stormy meeting {{U}}in April{{/U}} in which North Korea warned that it was moving quickly to {{U}}develop and deploy{{/U}} nuclear arms. The Bush administration had insisted {{U}}for months{{/U}} that it would only hold talks with North Korea in {{U}}a multilateral setting{{/U}} because, it argued, only {{U}}collective{{/U}} pressure would persuade North Korea to {{U}}dismantle its nuclear program{{/U}}. It got its way when North Korea dropped its insistence on {{U}}direct talks{{/U}} and agreed, after extensive efforts by China, to hold unusual simultaneous negotiations with {{U}}China{{/U}}, {{U}}Japan{{/U}}, {{U}}South Korea{{/U}} and {{U}}Russia{{/U}} as well as the United States. Though Bush administration officials had not {{U}}ruled out{{/U}} talking privately with the North Koreans during {{U}}a broader meeting{{/U}}, the fact that Mr. Kelly and Mr. Kim met on the first day was seen as a sign of {{U}}modest flexibility{{/U}} by the American side.

[分析]： 名词短语。 此处补足动词的宾语，是一个名词短语结构，要注意中心词和修饰词的关系，关键记下中心词meeting，并注意修饰词复合形容词face-to-face的拼写和连字符的使用，face-to-face meeting意思是：面对面的会议。速记技巧：f-to- f meeting。