新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/05/25

中国足球何日出头？围观足协新政

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

Coming up:

--A US warship¹ has sailed within the 12 nautical² miles of a Chinese island in the South China Sea

--Qatar has been in a row with some other Arab countries after an alleged³ hack⁴ of its state-run news agency

--and Angry protesters in Brazil has set a ministry⁵ building on fire

For more on this, We are now joined on the line by LIU Youfa, Senior advisor⁶, center for indian studies,the pangoal institution；Dr. Yahia H. ZOUBIR, Professor of International Studies & International Management, Director of Research in Geopolitics, KEDGE Business School；Layanna Azevedo, a beijing-based Brazilian jounalist；Mark Dreyer,sports journalist and founder⁷ of the china sports insider website.

1 warship   

n.军舰，战舰

参考例句：

• He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。
• The warship was making towards the pier.军舰正驶向码头。

2 nautical   

adj.海上的，航海的，船员的

参考例句：

• A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
• It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

7 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。