新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2018/02/07

Today updated 20:00 2018/02/07猎鹰重型火箭划破长空，极致性格天才推动人类进步

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

Coming up：

--Seven killed, over 200 injured in Taiwan earthquake

--SpaceX launches world's most powerful rocket, taking Tesla Roadster to Mars

--North Korea's 280-member Olympic delegation¹ arrives in ROK

For more on this, CRI's Zhaoying now joined on the line by Wang Xiao for all the latest about the earthquake. Up to now, there are still dozens of people missing, our prayers are with them；Dr. YANG Yuguang, professor from the China Aerospace² Science and Industry Corporation and Dr Jon Clarke, President of the Mars Society of Australia. He is also with the Australian Centre of Astrobiology at the University of New South Wales； Zhao Hai with Chinese Academy of Social Science, earlier spoke³ with Su Yi；Elia George Kaiyamo, ambassador of Namibia Embassy to China.

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1 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

2 aerospace   

adj.航空的，宇宙航行的

参考例句：

• The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
• Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。

3 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。