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

Coming up：

--Russian PM visit China

--EU threatens visa restrictions¹ for countries that don't accept rejected asylum-seekers

--Barzani steps down as Iraqi Kurdish regional president

Joining in our discussion are Dr. Cui Hongjian, Head of European Studies Department, China Institute of International Studies;Dr.George Tzogopoulos, senior research fellow of International center for European Studies;Wang Tingyi,Phd Candidate of International relations, at Tsinghua University,Visiting scholar to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and UK; Li Guofu, Senior Research Fellow with China Institute of International Studies, early spoke² with Zhao Ying.

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1 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

2 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。