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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：

--Xi Jingping calls on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to boost security cooperation

--Europe is about to adopt stringent¹ regulation on data protection

--Australian foreign minister says China's development is opportunity, not threat

For more on this, CRI's Suyi earlier spoke² to Victor Gao, Current Affairs Commentator；Chen Hong, Executive Vice³ President of National Association of Australian Studies in China, Director of Australian Studies Center earlier spoke with Wangxiao；Cui Hongjian, Head of European Studies Department, China Institute of International Studies.

1 stringent   

adj.严厉的；令人信服的；银根紧的

参考例句：

• Financiers are calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures.金融家呼吁对这些严厉的措施予以放宽。
• Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.合同中有几项条件太苛刻。

2 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。

3 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。