A slowdown in economic activity in China has a global impact as companies that sell to China may see revenues suffer. Countries includ¬ing Australia, Brazil and others in South East Asia have seen huge profits in recent years because of Chinese demand for natural resources. The fall in demand from China has already had an impact on the prices of many commodities. Last week，China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei indicated that economic growth could be 7% for the year, and that this may not be the “bottom line”.

　　古代的藝術家熱衷于畫被馴服的馬，畫家徐悲鴻卻對畫野馬情有獨鐘。這位國畫大師在法國進修期間學習了馬的解剖，他花費大量的時間觀察馬的動態和表情。徐悲鴻畫的馬，有的飛奔，有的小跑，形態各異，非常有魅力。他畫的馬多是黑色，結合了中西方繪畫手法，線條和筆畫簡單，但是每幅畫所畫的動物卻都十分傳神。

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　　Unlike ancient artists obsessed with saddled horses, Xu Beihong preferred feral and wild ones. Trained in France, the Chinese master studied equine anatomy, spending hours observing horses’ movements and expressions. Xu’s portrayals of horses galloping or trotting past, in a rich variety of poses, are some of the most captivating of their kind. Using mostly black ink, they combine the best methods from East and West. The lines and brush strokes are simple, yet invariable evoke the essence of the animals.

　　【重點詞匯】

　　熱衷于：be obsessed with; be wild about; be bound up in; be keen on; be on fire for; be enthusiastic about; be full of enthusiasm about

　　被馴服的：domesticated; saddled

　　對……情有獨鐘：have an affinity to sth. ; prefer

　　解剖：anatomy

　　馬的，馬科的，像馬的：equine

　　飛奔：gallop

　　小跑：trot

　　形態各異：in different shapes; in different poses; in a rich variety of poses

　　有魅力的：captivating; charming, attractive

　　筆畫：brush stroke

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