1. The value of goods that crossed international borders last year fell 13.8 per cent in dollar terms — the first contraction since 2009 — according to the Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis’s World Trade Monitor. Much of the slump was due to a slowdown in China and other emerging economies.

2. 在所有這些影片中，斯文頓用的是同一個牙齒設計專家——倫敦Fangs F/X公司的克裏斯·萊昂斯(Chris Lyons)。他在工作中設計了各種牙齒，包括為坎耶·韋斯特(Kanye West)一個音樂錄影帶中的一隻杜賓犬設計了金色尖牙。

3. “One employee threw a cup of coffee and walked out.”

4. Actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Lady Gaga have led the winners at this year's Golden Globe awards.

5. "Compared with previous years, this year's two sessions are due to see the new leadership elected, and reforms of organizations will be discussed. They will also elaborate on detailed plans for implementing policies proposed by the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China."

6. 盡管很多人總把保時捷與純性能車聯係在一起，但近年來保時捷擴大了他們的陣容，包括帕納梅拉，即為上圖的豪華車型，除此外還有卡宴和小卡宴SUV。根據多數評論家，帕納梅拉不僅繼承了保時捷強大的性能，還滿足了使用者對高端內置和聯網特性的需求。

應用

1. Over the past 10 years, the value of the top 100 brands has more than doubled — increasing by 133 per cent. That value (see box on page 3 for methodology) is calculated in terms of financial measures such as revenues and profitability combined with surveys of how consumers view brands.

2. Ten years ago, Steele was a successful investment advisor speaking at ITU World, a United Nations conference on technology for government. That same week, California experienced its first-ever gubernatorial election recall. Steele couldn't believe these kinds of hiccups were happening during such important races (the infamous Florida presidential election recall was only three years prior), so she decided to solve the problem herself. To date,169 countries, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, used Everyone Counts' electronic voting platform, as did the Academy Awards committee.

3. And a few stopped to change a tire for an elderly French couple.

4. 中國人民勤勞智慧，有著追求美好生活的不竭動力，政府就是要創造環境，讓人民群眾創業創新的熱情持久不衰。

5. 榜單的前20名中，除了排名第四的複旦大學和第六名的北京大學這兩所綜合類高校之外，其餘席位多被財經類和理工類高校占據。

6. Yes. With the US Federal Reserve likely to raise interest rates a few times in 2018, trading is likely to be choppy in emerging markets. Sometimes it may feel a bit like a rerun of the 2013 “taper tantrum”. However, average GDP growth will rise to 5 per cent, up from a forecast 4.7 per cent this year. This will mostly be because Russia and Brazil, which have stumbled, will bounce back.

舊版特色

1. The passion for sport utility vehicles continues and the category contributed the most to the entire market, with about 784,900 units sold, a surge of 60.5 percent year-on-year. About 261,400 multi-purpose vehicles were sold in January, a jump of 15.9 percent from the same period last year.

2. 7、Bad body language habits

3. 以美元值計，11月中國的出口總值同比上升12.3%，比10月的出口總值同比增速6.9%有所提高，高於路透社(Reuters)調查的經濟學家給出的預測中值5%。