2017年CRI The WoW festival in Beijing

 

The WoW festival, the Women of the World festival, has taken place this weekend in Beijing.

Jude Kelly, director of the festival, is also the artistic¹ director of London's Southbank Centre, one of the UK's premier² cultural centers.

Ahead of the WoW festival, which has taken place at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center yesterday, CRI's Xu Fei spoke³ with Jude Kelly about why they wanted to put on the Women of the World event in China.

1 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

2 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。

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。