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中国最高科学技术奖花落火药免疫；白宫秘事宝典《怒与火-特朗普白宫内幕》点评

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

Coming up：

--Two scientists win China's top science award

--French President Emmanuel Macron is now in China for a state visit

--Germany is having another try to form a coalition¹ government

For more on this, we are joining on the line by Gregory Yingnien Tsang, Current affairs commentator² and Dr. Chen Yuxin with the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Gulou Hospital； victor Gao, current affairs commentator；Mr. Christoph Pohlmann Resident representative for China Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung；Harvey Dzodin, Research Fellow of Center for China and Globalization;freelance columnist³ for China Daily early spoke⁴ with Wu You.

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

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 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

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。