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Today   

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

Coming up：

——China says it's willing to mediate¹ the spat² between Qatar and its gulf³ neighbors

——Apple may stop taxing in-app tipping in China

——India has elected/is electing a new president

For more on this, CRI' Jingnan is now joined on the line by Wang Tingyi, Phd Candidate of International relations, at Tsinghua University,Visiting scholar to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and UK； Wang Zhengxu, Professor of contemporary Chinese studies at Fudan University；Lin Shaowen, senior political commentator；Xiang Songzuo, professor of economics at Remin University of China and Giles Chance, Visiting professor of Guanghua School of Management,Peking University early spoke⁴ with our anchor Zhao Yang.

1 mediate   

vi.调解，斡旋；vt.经调解解决；经斡旋促成

参考例句：

• The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.政府必须通过调解来解决对水资源的争夺。
• They may be able to mediate between parties with different interests.他们也许能在不同利益政党之间进行斡旋。

2 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

3 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

4 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。