新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2018/03/17

新闻点评，美国人对中国好感度53%，创历史最高

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

Coming up:

--Trump sacked Tillerson 

--Survey:　Americans are feeling more positively¹ toward China 

--China’s second-tiered cities launch policy incentives² to attract talents

--University tackles digital distraction³ with phone check-in system

For more on this, CRI's Wuyou earlier spoke⁴ with manling，host of alight on literature and language café and Zhao Hai,Research FellowChinese Academy of Social Science

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1 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

2 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

3 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

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。