新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/08/28

印非法越界部队全部撤回

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

Coming up，

——China confirms India’s withdrawal¹ of border personnel from faceoff site at Doklam

——Tillerson says U.S. continues to seek peaceful solution despite North Korea’s recent missile launch

——France and Poland trade barbs² over EU labor³ reform

——Canada says not assuming Cuba was behind acoustic⁴ incidents

Joining our discussion are：

Lin Shaowen, senior current affairs commentator; 

Dr. Cheng Xiaohe, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China; 

Dr. Cui Hongjian, Head of European Studies Department, China Institute of International Studies; 

Jiang Shixue, Professor and Director of the centre for Latin American studies, Shanghai university.

1 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

2 barbs   

n.（箭头、鱼钩等的）倒钩( barb的名词复数 )；带刺的话；毕露的锋芒；钩状毛

参考例句：

• She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话，或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。 来自辞典例句

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 acoustic   

adj.听觉的，声音的；(乐器)原声的

参考例句：

• The hall has a fine acoustic.这个大厅的传音效果很好。
• Animals use a whole rang of acoustic, visual,and chemical signals in their systems of communication.动物利用各种各样的听觉、视觉和化学信号来进行交流。