1. We were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way

2. France, one of the most visited countries in the world, ranks No. 9 overall. It is No. 2 in Cultural Influence and No. 6 in Power.

3. In one tweet that was posted on Jan 10, Obama wrote, "Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I'm asking you to believe - not in my ability to create change, but in yours."

4. And the best gig for 2015? That would be an actuary, the people who specialize in financial risk.

5. 2010 U.S. unemployment rate (average): 10.2%

6. Graham Allison, the famous Harvard professor, also warned that east Asia was headed towards the “Thucydides Trap”, adding: “When a rapidly rising power rivals an established ruling power, trouble ensues.” In early 2013, the then prime minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, warned that 2013 was looking dangerously like 1913. The Economist also warned at the end of 2013, “A century on, there are uncomfortable parallels with the era that led to the outbreak of the first world war.”

应用

1. 周二公布的数据显示，去年12月，中国规模以上工业企业利润同比下降8%，是2011年末以来的最大降幅。11月数据的同比下滑幅度为4.2%。

2. 几家与韩国有关系的机构已经感受到了北京方面对萨德计划的怒火。上个月，由于乐天(Lotte)出让土地用于部署萨德平台，中国官方新闻机构新华社(Xinhua)向乐天发出了强硬警告。乐天是韩国最大的企业之一。

3. 凯莉·克莱森、蒂姆·麦格罗、泰勒·斯威夫特、凯莉·安德伍德、米兰达·兰伯特等人的现场表演high翻了米高梅大花园露天剧场。

4. The retail side, she says, “is nascent and a mixed bag”. All countries in the region have a lot of work to do, she says, adding the Australian example has proven that regulatory changes can make a significant difference to generating pockets of interest.

5. The total number of qualified applicants reached 31,220 in the first 24 hours, up from 25,000 over the same period last year, according to figures from offcn.com, an education organization that offers training for the civil servant exam.

6. "This year promises to bring Australia and China closer and provide more opportunities for further engagement, be it in tourism and travel or more broadly in trade, sport and culture or social and academic exchanges," says Ciobo.

旧版特色

1. 批评人士一直急于指出，库克对新产品开发的参与度不如他前任那样高，而且当他走上舞台介绍新品时，也无法引起同样的兴奋。但库克知道自己的短处，他从健身和时尚界招揽人才，组建了一支新团队，其中包括前博柏利(Burberry)首席执行官安杰拉?阿伦茨(Angela Ahrendts)，以及工业设计师马克?纽森(Marc Newson)。

2. 制造业PMI降至5个月以来的最低水平，是由于受访企业表示，更严格的环保政策限制了业务扩张。这些政策旨在遏制每年冬天笼罩中国大部分地区的有毒烟雾。

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