新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2018/02/08

德国历时五月终组阁；叙利亚政府军与反动派酣战

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- Today keeps you informed and inspired. I'm Zhaoying

Coming up：

--State Councilor Yang Jiechi is on his trip to Washington

--Germany reaches breakthrough in coalition¹ deal, paving the way for a new government

--Death toll² mounts in Syria siege enclave

--China's foreign trade exceeded 2.5 trillion yuan last month

For more on this, CRI's Zhaoying now joined on the line by Tao Wenzhao, senior research fellow of Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science；Mr. Christoph Pohlmann Resident representative for China Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung；Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of North American Studies and dean of the Faculty³ of World Studies at the University of Tehran, early spoke⁴ to my colleague Su Yi；Michael R. Powers, Zurich Insurance Group Professor of risk and finance at Tsinghua university, and victor Gao, current affairs commentator⁵, earlier spoke with my colleague Zhao Yang.

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

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。

5 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。