新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/05/23

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

Coming up:

--A suspected suicide attack in Manchester has killed over 20 people

--Donald Trump¹ is trying to broker² peace between Palestine and Israel

--and The new U.S. Ambassador to China has been confirmed

For more on this, We are now joined on the line by Mike Bastin, Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University, and Visiting Professor at the University of International Business and Economics；

Dr. Yahia H. Zoubir, Professor of International Studies & International Management, Director of Research in Geopolitics, KEDGE Business School；Tao Wenzhao, senior research fellow of Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science；Dr. Li Yuxi, Technical adviser of Synced，a global platform for AI information service 

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 broker   

n.中间人，经纪人；v.作为中间人来安排

参考例句：

• He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
• I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。