1. 'If global demand picks up in the developed world, and you combine that with the growth in the emerging economies, I think the market is going to get tight,' he said, which means those mighty peaks could return to the oil-price graph.

2. 中国迅猛发展的网红经济历经了3个阶段——第一阶段基于语言文字，第二阶段是文字加图片，现在由于宽带网络的可获得性，第三阶段就是视频。

3. No. Wall Street strategists’ predicting that the US government’s 10-year borrowing costs will climb above the 3 per cent mark in the coming year is as much a staple of the Christmas period as awkward office parties. This year the forecasts look more likely to be fulfilled, given a withdrawal of quantitative easing and the US tax cut. However, the seismic, secular forces pinning down both inflation and long-term bond yields remain in place and are still underestimated. The Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at least three times in 2018, but the 10-year yield will not breach 3 per cent.

4. 2014年、2015年的研发经费增速分别为9.9%和8.9%。研发经费在去年国内生产总值（GDP）中的占比为2.11%，比上年提高0.05个百分点。

5. n. 沼地，极多，回转 n. 大量，许多 v. 使转，扭

6. 其他上榜的明星还有：凯特王妃（排名第八），泰勒·斯威夫特（第12名），金·卡戴珊（第38名），和索菲娅·维加拉（第100名）。

应用

1. Princess Agents

2. The pandas did some tai-chi in Trafalgar Square before kicking on at a panda party in Convent Garden as part of the first ever Panda Awareness Week.

3. NASA and the other American agency that maintains long-term temperature records, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issued separate data compilations on Friday that confirmed the 2014 record. A Japanese agency had released preliminary information in early January showing 2014 as the warmest year.

4. However, you know when your cycles are over when the washer and dryer stop making noise. And you know when the weather is ugly by simply looking outside, or checking your weather app. Therefore, the product is basically just another way hackers can get into your home.

5. 在“有工作经验要求”项目排行榜上，伦敦商学院的学生在毕业3年后平均薪资最高，为13万美元左右，目标实现率也最高（87%）。该项目还在就业成功率以及国际课程经验方面拔得头筹。该学院学生在国际流动性和职业进展方面排名第二。

6. I, however, am not among them.

旧版特色

1. A segment of Peking Opera from “Take Over The Weihu Mountain” (Yu Kuizhi and a student from Confucius Institute)

2. silicon

3. 9. Mila Kunis - $11 million