新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/09/25

德国大选默克尔连任，极右选择党AfD崛起

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

Coming up：

--Merkel's party wins commanding yet lower votes as far-right AfD to debut¹ in parliament

--Trump expands travel restrictions² on North Korea, Venezuela, Chad

--China and Japan mark the 45th anniversary of normalization³ of bilateral⁴ ties

--British PM proposes to delay Brexit impact with 2-year transition period

For more on this, CRI' Suyi is now joining in the studio by Dr. Cui Hongjian, Head of European Studies Department, China Institute of International Studies;Harvey Dzodin, Research Fellow of Center for China and Globalization;Qingduo Xu,Political Analyst;Dai Nian, Research Associate at Duke Kunshan University and Mike Bastin, Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University, and Visiting Professor at the University of International Business and Economics.

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

3 normalization   

n.（normalisation）正常化，标准化

参考例句：

• The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries.这次访问显示两国关系已经正常化。
• He was pleased to the normalization of relationship between the police and the people.他很高兴警方和人民之间关系的正常化。

4 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。