新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2018/05/08

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

Coming up：

--Donald Trump¹ Plans to Skip the Opening of New U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem

--China April exports bounce back more than expected despite U.S. trade brawl²

--One year in power, French President Macron draws mixed feelings

--Hezbollah leader declares 'victory' Lebanon parliamentary election in almost a decade

For more on this, CRI's Zhaoying earlier spoke³ with He wenping,senior research fellow of the institute of west-Asia and African studies at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences；Paul Gillis, Professor of Practice, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University; and Liu Baocheng, professor at the University of International Business and Economics,earlier spoke with Zhao Yang； Su Yi earlier talked with Bob Jones, British journalist and European Specialist； Dr.George Tzogopoulos, current affair commentator⁴.

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 brawl   

n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂

参考例句：

• They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
• I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。

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。

4 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。