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Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Jingnan

Coming up：

——The opposition¹ in Venezuela is organizing a protest against the government plan to establish a new constituent² assembly

——China's property market continues to show signs of cooling as a result of tightening³ policies

——Australia is stepping up its efforts to fight terrorism at home

For more on this, CRI' Jingnan is now joined on the line by Jiang Shixue, professor and director of the center for latin American studies, shanghai university；Greg Barton ,professor of global islamic politics at Deakin University；Paul James, news anchor of Beijing hour；Liu Baocheng, Associate professor at the business school of the University of International Business and Economics as well as Terrill Frantz, Assistant Professor of Management&Director of Global Development at Peking University's HSBC Business School, early spoke⁴ with our anchor Su Yi.

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1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 constituent   

n.选民；成分，组分；adj.组成的，构成的

参考例句：

• Sugar is the main constituent of candy.食糖是糖果的主要成分。
• Fibre is a natural constituent of a healthy diet.纤维是健康饮食的天然组成部分。

3 tightening   

上紧，固定，紧密

参考例句：

• Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前，检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
• It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。