学一个词：Powerhouse (音频文字）

学一个词：Powerhouse (音频文字）ZT

今天我们要学的词是powerhouse。
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Powerhouse, 强大的集团或组织。

本周中国国家副主席习近平访美。

奥巴马提出了两国间贸易不平衡的问题 。

"Obama said that with China's rise as an economic powerhouse came a responsibility to ensure balanced trade flows,"
奥巴马说，随着中国崛起为经济强国，中国有责任确保贸易流的平衡。

"Illinois remains to be an agriculture powerhouse in the year of 2011,"
2011年，伊利诺依州保持农业大州的地位。

哈佛大学毕业生林书豪在NBA掀起了一场旋风。不过，

"Harvard is not a basketball powerhouse,"
哈佛大学并不是篮球球星的高产地。

林书豪是将近60年来进入NBA打球的第一个哈佛毕业生。

好的，今天我们学习的词是powerhouse...

双语新闻：习近平访问美国爱奥华州(Chinese VP Visits Iowa) ZT

中国国家副主席习近平星期三访问美国爱奥华州的一个农业社区。27年前，习近平曾经作为一名中层官员访问过该地区。

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visited a farming community in ((the Midwestern state of)) Iowa Wednesday, 27 years after he first visited the area as a mid-level official.

习近平被认为将担任中国下届国家主席，他在马斯卡廷镇度过了一个小时，与当地居民一起喝茶。很多人说，习近平还记着一些人的模样，并回忆了他1985年第一次访问时的情景。

The man presumed to be China's next president spent an hour sipping tea with residents in the town of Muscatine, and many said he remembered faces and recited events from his previous visit in 1985.

和习近平会面的人当中有当地居民汤姆·胡普斯，习近平上次考察美国农业情况时，曾经访问过他的农场。

Among those who met with Xi was local resident Tom Hoopes, whose farm Xi visited during that earlier trip to study U.S. agricultural practices.

习近平将于星期四在洛杉矶结束这次美国之行。星期三晚些时候，习近平在爱奥华州首府德梅因出席正式宴会时强调说，他对人与人的接触很感兴趣。

Xi, who concludes his U.S. tour with a visit to Los Angeles Thursday, stressed his interest in person-to-person contacts during a formal dinner later Wednesday in the Iowa state capital, Des Moines.

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