1. 不过巴蒂表示，中国大学排名的稳定并不值得担忧。他说：“数十年的持续投资建设以及中国高等教育国际化程度的提高，无疑将使得中国的大学变得越来越好。”

2. On Monday the research team said the skeleton confirmed that the monarch had severe scoliosis, or twisting of the spine. It may have been painful and caused his right shoulder to appear higher than his left, but there was no evidence of the withered arm depicted in Shakespeare's "Richard III".

3. [bent]

4. 零工经济(gig economy)

5. 以下四个因素应该会对2013年的就业复苏起到推动作用：[qh]

6. 律师本质上是谨慎的，但他们中的大多数人已经认识到，技术是处理他们需要梳理的大量信息的关键。没有技术，披露和合规等一些需要处理很多文件的工作几乎不可能完成。

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1. 桑尼伯恩说他不仅对特朗普的错误决定和无知时期感到失望，同时也因为总统对8月在弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔举行的白人种族主义集会上反抗者被杀害后做出的回应感到失望——这也更加坚定了桑尼伯恩竞选州长的决心。

2. As inevitably happens with all things trade in this White House a vigorous debate has erupted over the future of Korus, as the pact is known in Washington. Among the biggest opponents within the administration are the Trump security team, which thinks breaking commercial ties with an important ally in the middle of a geopolitical crisis is probably not a great idea. US business doesn’t like the idea either. Both are likely to mean at least some short-term delays in Washington carrying out any threats. But then again the politics are also volatile in Seoul. Might the new government there exercise its own right to pull out?

3. Prices at China's factory gates fell for a 34th consecutive month in December, pushed down by falling energy and commodity prices.

4. 喜剧类最佳男配角：路易?安德森(Louie Anderson)，《小丑梦摇篮》(Baskets)

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6. Everybody has heard by now that health care companies are promising hunting grounds for job seekers, and the New Year will see hiring perk up elsewhere, too.

旧版特色

1. Total growth in new orders softened as new export orders rose at about the same pace as a month prior. But job shedding quickened, while input price growth edged lower and prices charged to clients picked up slightly.

2. n. 笔画，击打，一笔（画）连续的动作，中风，

3. Civil War takes place after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, when the government decides that the Avengers should work under them and not on their own. Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, is against this idea whereas Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, is with the government. This leads to a conflict between Captain America and Iron Man.