新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/09/14

特朗普年内访华，中美关系何去何从？

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

Coming up：

--China has confirmed US president Donald Trump¹ will pay a state visit later this year；

--Major stats for China’s economy in August miss expectations；

--Who will tango with Merkel? German poll battle heats up;

--The International Olympic Committee awards Paris 2024, LA 2028.

For more on this, CRI' Suyi is now joined on the line by

Tao Wenzhao, senior research fellow of Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science；

Yu Pingkang, Chief Economist² and Chair of Investment Committee of Changjiang Pension Insurance, earlier talked with our Zhao Yang;

Dr. Simon Franzmann, Assistant professor in political science, University of Düsseldorf, earlier spoke³ with our Ge Anna;

And Li Xiang，senior sports journalist.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

3 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。