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

Coming up：

--South Korean President greets Trump¹ in U.S. military base

--Saudi Arabia says Lebanon declares war

--On the eve of Trump’s visit to China, we remember two key figures of US-China history, Helen and Edgar Snow

Joining in our discussion are Einar Tangen, author and columnist² and Dr. LIM Tai Wei ,Senior Lecturer UniSIM (SIM University) of Singapore and Research Fellow Adjunct of National University of Singapore East Asian Institute；Wangjin,PHD candidate of Haifa university, Israel,research fellow of Syria research center of northwest university,research fellow of China globolization center(CCG)； Ray Wang, Board Member of the Edgar Snow Memorial Foundation, early spoke³ with Zhao Ying.

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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 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

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。