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Today updated 20:00 2017/07/12  IS大魔头巴格达迪被炸死；中东反恐前进重要一步

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi

Coming up：

--The Islamic State has confirmed the death of its top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

--French president Emmanuel Macron's has been criticized for claiming women having "seven or eight children" are hampering¹ development in African nations.

--Paris and LA have been chosen to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, but who comes first remains² undecided.

For more on this, CRI' Suyi is now joined on the line by Professor Greg Barton professor of global islamic politics at Deakin University；Bukola Ogunsina, a journalist with the China-Africa press center in Beijing；Paul James, host of Beijing hour；Mark Dreyer,sports journalist and founder³ of the china sports insider website，early spoke⁴ with Suyi

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1 hampering   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• So fraud on cows and development aid is seriously hampering growth. 因此在牛问题上和发展补助上的诈骗严重阻碍了发展。
• Short-termism, carbon-trading, disputing the science-are hampering the implementation of direct economically-led objectives. 短效主义，出售二氧化碳，进行科学辩论，这些都不利于实现以经济为主导的直接目标。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

4 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。