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Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- Today keeps you informed and inspired. I'm Zhaoying

Coming up：

--China conducts successful land-based missile interception¹ test

--US stock plunge² sparks global sell-off

--Maldives declares state of emergency as Yameen tightens³ grip on power

For more on this, CRI's Zhaoying now joined on the line by ZHAO Tong,fellow in Carnegie's nuclear policy program based at the Carnegie-Tsinghua center for global policy;Sara Hsu,associate professor of State University of New York at New Paltz&commentator on Chinese economy and Liu Baocheng; Associate professor at the business school of the University of International Business and Economics earlier spoke⁴ with my colleague Zhao Yang;Rong Ying,Vice President and Senior Research Fellow, at the China Institute of International Studies earlier spoke with my colleague Su Yi;He wenping,senior research fellow of the institute of west-Asia and African studies at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

1 interception   

n.拦截；截击；截取；截住，截断；窃听

参考例句：

• Aerial photography can provide valuable information on precipitation, evapotraspiration, interception, and runoff. 航空摄影可提供有关降水量、蒸发蒸腾量、入渗和径流量的有价值的资料。
• Light interception and distribution in hedgerow orchards with different alleyway widths is indicated in Fig. 56. 图56显示篱壁果园不同行间宽度的光能截取和分配的情况。

2 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

3 tightens   

收紧( tighten的第三人称单数 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• One set of provisions tightens emission standards. 一套使排放标准更加严格的规定。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Requires no special tools or fittings; hand tightens to relief valve outlet. 不需要专用工具或管件；用手将其紧固到安全阀上即可。

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。