新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/08/16

美国参谋长联席会主席邓福德来华沟通军事，有实质进步还是象征客套？

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

Coming up：

--The US' top military officer is in Beijing to build trust between the miliitaries of the two countries

--Australia's deputy Prime Minister Banaby Joyce may lose his position due to his having a dual¹ citizenship²

--and The Iranian president warns the US that his country could restart the nuclear project if the US keeps imposing³ sanctions on it

For more on this, CRI' Jingnan is now joined on the line by Zhou Bo, senior colonel and director of center for security cooperation,Ministry of National Defense⁴ People's Republic of China；Hu Dan ,Assistant Professor in the Australian Studies Center, Beijing Foreign Studies University；Professor Greg Barton professor of global islamic politics at Deakin University.and our reporter Zhao Ying earlier talked with Li Guofu, Senior Research Fellow with China Institute of International Studies.

1 dual   

adj.双的；二重的，二元的

参考例句：

• The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
• He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。

2 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

3 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。