Such difficulties have even led to high-profile public spats .

这些困难甚至引发过一些备受瞩目的公开口角。

The weekly meetings have also helped her daughter learn to handle conflict . " They have their little spats and their disagreements and they do have to work it out because they have to deal with each other the next week , " ms. morgan says .

每周一次的相聚也帮助她女儿学会处理争端，她说：“他们也会有小小的口角和不和，然后他们回去解决，因为下个礼拜还是要见面的。”

At a thursday meeting of the 10 asean leaders , the south china sea is likely to come up as four members are claimants , including vietnam and the philippines , which have been embroiled in a series of diplomatic spats and incidents at sea with china this year .

周四东盟10国领导人之间的一次会议可能会提到海南问题，因为东盟有四个成员国在南海拥有领土主张，而其中的越南和菲律宾更是在今年卷入了和中国有关的一系列外交口角和事件。