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

Coming up:

--China launches crude oil futures¹ trading

--Chinese vice² premier³ says unilateralism harms everyone

--Hundreds of thousands of protesters rally in the U.S. for gun control and school safety

For more on this, CRI's Suyi joined on the line by Tao Wenzhao, senior research fellow of Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science; YE Hailin, Director of center for South Asia studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences;Peter Drysdale, Director of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, at the Australian National University spoke⁴ with Yawen;Michael R. Powers, Zurich Insurance Group Professor of risk and finance at Tsinghua university and Winston Wang,Managing Director of Shipston Group Limited spoke with Zhao Yang.

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1 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

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。