新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/08/21

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

Coming up，

 --Several US media outlets¹ are questioning a trade investigation² against China launched by the White House, suggesting a trade war will benefit no one.

 --South Korea and the U.S. kick off joint³ war game amid tense Peninsula situation.

 --and three prominent young leaders that spearheaded Hong Kong's 2014 political movement were sentenced to between six and eight months in jail.

For more on this, CRI' Suyi is now joined on the line by Giles Chance,visiting professor of Guanghua School of Management of Peking University; and Winston Wong, Managing Director of Shipstone Group Limited, early spoke⁴ with Zhao Yang, Zhao Hai, Research Fellow, National Strategy Institute, Tsinghua University, Victor Gao, Current affairs commentator⁵ and Mike Jones, Director of the International Education Services Department, Etonkids Educational Group, early spoke with Zhao Ying.

1 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

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。

5 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。