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请把下面的汉语翻译成一句英文：

 

中央电视台周三晚间播出的新闻显示，李克强在中南海会见了库克。中南海位于北京，是中国最高领导人工作和居住的大院，戒备森严。

参考答案：

In its evening news broadcast on Wednesday, state-run China Central Television showed Mr. Li meeting with Mr. Cook at Zhongnanhai, the closely guarded compound here that houses China's top leaders.

 

⁴com·pound/ˈkɑ:mˌpaʊnd/noun

plural com·pounds

 

[count] : an enclosed area that contains a group of buildings
▪ a prison compound

²house/ˈhaʊz/verb

hous·es; housed; hous·ing

 

[+ obj] 1: to provide shelter or a living space for (someone)
▪ More prisons are needed to house the growing number of inmates.— often used as (be) housed▪ The soldiers were housed in poorly heated huts.