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

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--China's industrial output maintains steady growth while policymakers urge boost to real economy

--British Prime Minister May suffers Brexit setback¹ as her own party rebels over final deal vote

--Japanese city Osaka cuts sister city ties with San Francisco over comfort women statues

For more on this , we are joining on the line with Zhang Jianping, Director General, Center for Regional Economic Cooperation, a think tank under MOFCOM;Wang Dan, analyst² of Economist³ Intelligence; Unit;Ge Anna earlier spoke⁴ with Gregory Yingnien Tsang, Current affairs commentator;Bob Jones, British journalist and European Specialist;He wenping,senior research fellow of the institute of west-Asia and African studies at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

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1 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

2 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

3 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。

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。