1. Bangkok's 2014-15 fall from the top was largely put down to political instability in recent years.

2. On Turkey, which recently shot down a Russian warplane, Putin said he sees no possibility of overcoming the strained ties with the current Turkish leadership. He said he was shocked to see that Turkey hadn't tried to explain its action but turned to help from NATO instead.

3. From Yahoo’s bombshell announcement of a data breach that affected millions, to the recent WannaCry and BadRabbit ransomware attacks, 2017 has brought several major cybersecurity disasters.

4. 昨日发布的新数据是对2015年全球贸易图景的第一张快照。但在这些数据发布之际，有越来越多的人担心2016年对全球经济而言将比此前预期的更为危机四伏。

5. 可以想象，2016年油价将从当前不到40美元的水平上反弹。沙特或许会尝试减产，伊拉克可能会爆发更多冲突，恐怖主义分子可能会攻击一些重要目标，比如沙特拉斯坦努拉和阿巴奇克的石油终端。一切皆有可能，有些事情发生的可能性更大一些。但问题在于，油价反弹的幅度将有多大？

6. They will get more creative in 2018, including on non-cash benefits. Bank of America, for example, has just introduced a programme allowing employees of the global banking and markets unit to take a sabbatical — on full pay — for up to six weeks in a year. There are conditions: people must have been with the bank for at least a decade, and can request the time once every five years, to a maximum of three. But in a memo circulated this week, seen by the Financial Times, chief operating officer Tom Montag urged eligible employees to consider it.

应用

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2. 他赢得了名动词奖，而其姐妹奖，最佳动词名词化奖，则由另一位顾问凭借这句“全球联络”(global touch-base)摘得。

3. 可穿戴设备通常分为三大类：像健身追踪器这样的复杂设备；像智能手表这样的智能配件（由于它们可以运行第三方应用）；还有像谷歌眼镜这样完全自主、可以直接联网的智能可穿戴设备。

4. 办公室总有一两个让人让大多数人都无法容忍的人，但是如果你不喜欢大多数的同事，那么你的工作就会变得不愉快因为你不得不整天和他们在一起工作。如果你再也不能容忍他们，试试找一个你能够和里面的职员和平相处的公司了。

5. Chinese cellphone maker giant Huawei expects its smartphone shipments to grow 29 percent year-on-year to reach 139 million in 2016, compared with an estimated global average shipment growth of 0.6 percent.

6. Ford's F-series pickup, the reigning champion for the last quarter-century, held off a strong challenge from Chevrolet's redesigned Silverado to remain the nation's No. 1 selling vehicle. The race to become the best-selling car, an all-Japanese final, belonged again to the Toyota (TM) Camry, which beat out the Honda (HMC) Accord.

旧版特色

1. This was never more powerful than when he talked publicly for the first time about his sexuality.

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3. St. Vincent “Digital Witness” (Loma Vista/Republic)