新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/11/15

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The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Paul James with you on this Wedneday, November 15, 2017.

Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.

Coming up on our program this morning...

Chinese President Xi Jinping putting out a call for more public welfare resources as part of his now-concluded trip to Laos.

Chinese Premier¹ Li Keqiang calling on regional authorities to speed up the creation² of an East Asian Economic Community.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tours areas devastated³ in western Iran by Sunday's massive⁴ earthquake.

In business.... new stats showing a slight slowdown in industrial growth in China through this past month.

In Sports... Denmark makes it through to next year's World Cup in Russia.

In Entertainment... A German film festival is now into full swing here in Beijing.

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1 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。

2 creation   

n.创造，创造的作品，产物，宇宙，天地万物

参考例句：

• Language is the most important mental creation of man.语言是人类头脑最重要的产物。
• The creation of new playgrounds will benefit the local children.新游戏场的建立将有益于当地的儿童。

3 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

4 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。