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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:

--Russia mulls response to diplomat¹ expulsions

--Chinese premier² promises further reform and opening-up

--Job-hunting season begins in China with record number of college graduates entering the market

For more on this, CRI's Suyi joined on the line by Dr. Cui Hongjian Head of European Studies Department, China Institute of International Studies;Wang Jia, Deputy Director of the China Institute with University of Alberta, spoke³ with Zhao Ying; Xu Qinduo, senior political anaylist;Yang po, associate professor of Educational Economics,graduate school of education at Peking University

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1 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

2 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。

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。