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Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi

Coming up：

--Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabewan president

--Putin discusses Syrian issues with Saudi, Egyptian, Israeli leaders

--Beijing releases name list of victims in suburban¹ apartment fire

Joining in our discussion are Ambassador Liu Guijin, Former special representative of the Chinese Government on African Affairs, dean of China Africa International Business School of Zhejiang University；Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of North American Studies and dean of the Faculty² of World Studies at the University of Tehran；Marc VINCK, the Ambassador of Belgium to China spoke³ with my colleague Ge Anna； Wang Shanshan, current affairs commentator⁴.

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1 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

2 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

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 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。