1. I said it last year - and I'll say it again. There is only one activity more thankless than predicting the future - and that is publicly sharing your predictions.

2. Global emissions of greenhouse gases jumped 2.3 percent in 2013 to record levels, scientists reported Sunday, in the latest indication that the world remains far off track in its efforts to control global warming.

3. n. 青少年

4. ['v?ksi:n]

5. tunnel

6. 公共检察官已决定释放若干人，并将起诉至少五人。

应用

1. 现在的勇士队已经是NBA历史上最好的球队之一，你可以把他们的冠军阵容和NBA历史上的任何一支球队相提并论，因为他们打出了有史以来最好的季后赛表现。但同时也有一个“篮球”的问题。如果历史上最好的或者第二好的球员都没有机会对抗这支球队，那对这项运动的竞争力意味着什么呢？到目前为止，幸运的是这个问题并没有凸显出来，这可多亏了一个非常狂野的休赛期，但问题仍然存在：当一个最高水品的竞技体育联赛缺乏真正的竞争时，它会发生什么？

2. n. 土耳其

3. In the open ranking, IMD, in Lausanne, scores particularly highly in the top 10 criteria based on a survey of executives who attended programmes. It is ranked first in three criteria and in the top five for the remaining seven.

4. With an 8.5-percent increase in profits, industrial enterprises reversed the previous year's negative growth of 2.3 percent.

5. To be brief, people with type C personalities are perfectionists, consistent and will never break the rules. Unlike their "sister" type A; type C personalities tend to take their time with the details and often check and recheck their work for accuracy. They tend to be deep thinkers and like to know every detail in regards to their work and life.

6. If a child on the street who has nothing, is willing to share, why are we who have everyting still so greedy? 如果一个孩子在自己一无所有的时候都能愿意分享，为什么拥有一切的大人却如此贪婪？

旧版特色

1. IT富豪榜排名前十的富豪的平均年龄为45岁，现年52岁的马云是其中年纪最大的一位。

2. The number of students who will study abroad after graduation has also seen a drop, down from 4.8 percent last year to 3.4 percent.

3. But with a Republican-controlled State Senate, opponents of rent stabilization doubt that 2015 will be a watershed year for the tenants’ movement. Sherwin Belkin, a lawyer who represents landlords, said: “Landlords view this as an opportunity to make some much-needed changes to rent regulation.”