新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/10/25

十九大新常委见面+共产党的自我革新

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

Coming up：

--Xi Jinping presents new CPC central leadership

--Russian defense¹ minister reaffirms commitment to strengthening ties with China

--Kenya officials change way of announcing election results

Joining in our discussion are LIN Shaowen, senior political commentator² of CRI；Dr. Cui Hongjian , Head of European Studies Department, China Institute of International Studies； Eric Beigon，journalist from Kenya；John Terrett, New York Corresspondent, CGTN America and Eduardo Marcado, G&E news correspondent spoke³ with Zhaoying；

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1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 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。

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。