1. “When I started in this business, Brooklyn was the alternative. Now it is a choice,” said Diane M. Ramirez, the chief executive of Halstead Property. “I see Queens becoming that way. The Bronx is not that far down the line.”

2. 教育部在一场新闻发布会上表示，全球大多数的留学生都是来自中国。

3. 神经系统科学家发现了小脑的一项全新功能。长期以来人们一直认为小脑基本上与意识直觉等活动无关，它的主要作用是协调站立、呼吸等基本的身体活动，然而，实际上小脑在影响人类行为上也发挥着重要作用。

4. 虽然也有各种各样的政策鼓励，但许多会采取减免税务、低息贷款或退税的形式。因此，楼盘运营方或许将不得不从估价中征税，或增加维护费，以此打平楼盘运营的初始成本。“你会遇到没人为你提供前期资金的问题，”卢森堡说。

5. Ms Lewis urged people to contact family, neighbours or an animal shelter if they were no longer able to care for their pets.

6. It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

应用

1. 陆金所是最大的一家。它是中国平安保险(Ping An Insurance)的子公司，平安也是陆金所最大的股东。

2. “十二五”期间，中国货物出口年均增长6.5%，占全球的份额从2010年的10.4%提升到2015年的13.2%，速度明显快于全球其他主要经济体。而服务贸易年均增长超过13.6%，位居世界第二。

3. 单词statement 联想记忆：

4. 精准加力补短板。

5. “This is our make or break moment for the tenant movement,” said Ilana Maier, the program director for the Metropolitan Council on Housing. “If we aren’t able to drastically strengthen the rules now, none of this will matter in 10 years.”

6. 声明表示，安诺杰在会谈中承诺将加强管理，增强与中国科协的合作，提升科学公信力。他强调，施普林格自然集团并非针对中国，他们也撤销过其他国家专家的论文。

旧版特色

1. brace原指双臂，用双臂支撑－使稳固用两个brace embrace（v 拥抱）

2. WardsAuto will present its Top 10 Engines awards on Jan. 15 at a ceremony held in conjunction with the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

3. 许多成功的创业者都是在中年之后才开始创业。《哈利波特》的作者JoKo罗琳、大厨茱莉亚o查尔德和沃尔玛超市创始人山姆o沃尔顿，都是在经过多年的舒适生活之后，才创建了自己的品牌，并大获成功。随着年龄增长，经验更加丰富，你会对自己的事业产生一种独特的看法。生活经验所带来的睿智，是大多数受过教育的年轻人难以预见的。