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世界级谈判吹起哨声--退欧谈判今日启动

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

Coming up：

--Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly called China as "frenemy"

--The Brexit talks have officially started in Brussels

--and Concerns have been expressed after Donald Trump¹ rolled back the rapprochement between the US and Cuba

For more on this, CRI's Jingnan is now joined on the line by Prof. Martin John Smith, Head of the Department of Politics Univerisity of York, UK; Paul James, CRI's news anchor,current affairs commentator² Victor Gao early spoke³ with Su Yi;Joseph Polisi, president of Juilliard, spoke with CRI's Ge Anna.

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 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。

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。