新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/06/15

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

Coming up：

--Police warn the death toll¹ of the London fire could rise, while people are asking why the fire engulfed² the building so quickly.

--US media reports say President Donald Trump³ is being investigated for possible obstruction⁴ of justice.

--Japanese lawmakers have passed a controversial bill targeting terror conspiracies⁵.

For more on this, CRI' Suyi is 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； Tony Kevin, Former Australian ambassador to Poland & Cambodia; Author of 'Return to Moscow'；Kuangyu Liu, Associate research fellow, Chinese Academy of Social Science

1 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。

2 engulfed   

v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
• The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。

5 conspiracies   

n.阴谋，密谋( conspiracy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was still alive and hatching his conspiracies. 他还活着，策划着阴谋诡计。 来自辞典例句
• It appeared that they had engaged in fresh conspiracies from the very moment of their release. 看上去他们刚给释放，立刻开始新一轮的阴谋活动。 来自英汉文学