新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2018/05/02

李克强总理即将拔程中韩日峰会

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

Coming up：

--Chinese premier¹ is set to visit Indonesia, Japan and attend an East Asian trilateral summit

--State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is paying a visit to the DPRK

--The UN nuclear agency says "no credible² evidence" that Iran is working on nuclear weapons

For more on this, CRI's Suyi earlier spoke³ with Zha Wen, associate professor at the Institute of International Relations at China Foreign Affairs University；Dr. Zhao Hai, research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences；Dr. Yahia ZOUBIR, director of Research in Geopolitics with KEDGE Business School, spoke with Zhao Ying；Einar Tangen, author and columnist⁴ and Victor Gao, chairman of China Energy Security Institute, earlier spoke with Zhao Yang.

1 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。

2 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

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。

4 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。