A: the three countries have kept close communication on the date and venue of the next round of the China-Japan-ROK Leaders' meeting and foreign ministers' meeting.
答：中日韩三方一直就下一次中日韩领导人会议和外长会的日期、地点等保持着密切的沟通。
2
Make the dateclose enough to take seriously, yet far enough away to allow preparation time.
选择一个可以使你认真对待的足够近的日期，但是也不能太远，以免没有足够多的戒烟准备时间。
3
If the iPhone 5 doesn't actually start hitting stores on October 7th, we'd be gobsmacked if it wasn't so close to this date as to not make any difference.