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

Coming up：

--The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China concludes with new Central Committee elected

--Tillerson calls for Iraqi unity¹, urges dialogue on Kurdish issue

--Britain to see 400,000 people learn Mandarin² by 2020

Joining in our discussion are Liu yunyun Deputy executive editor of the beijing review, China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration；Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of North American Studies and dean of the Faculty³ of World Studies at the University of Tehran；Mike Bastin,Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University；Jon Taylor, Professor of Political Science, University of St. Thomas in Houston, early spoke⁴ with Zhao Ying.

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1 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

2 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。

3 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

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。