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

Coming up：

--China sees robust¹ consumption during Spring Festival holiday.

--Donald Trump² hosts 'listening session' with students and teachers after gun violence

--Australia to send its largest-ever political and business delegation³ to the US

--Justin Trudeau 'snubbed' by Indian government on official trip

For more on this, CRI's Zhao Ying joined on the line by Xie Tao, professor of American Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University；Dr. Allan Patience,Principal Fellow of the Asia Institute, the University of Melbourne；Madhav Nalapat,Professor of Geopolitics of Manipal University in India, earlier spoke⁴ with my colleague Su Yi.

1 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 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。

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。