1. administration

2. Ms Xie estimates that around 40 per cent of the decline in November — about $35bn — is attributable to valuation effects related to the weakening of the euro and other currencies against the dollar in November, rather than outflows.

3. Hitachi Data Systems

4. 但是更让人兴奋的是，魔术师约翰逊是一个人脉广泛且备受尊敬的名人堂球员，他看起来也能知人善任，新经理罗布-佩林卡是一个老谋深算的交易者，他在联盟人脉也很广。

5. 北京正努力在年底前完成《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》（Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership，简称RCEP）。该协议长期以来被称为中国面对《跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》（Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement，简称TPP）的对策，以及代表了中国争取区域贸易霸权的努力。

6. 在"踢脚舞"这集中，我们得以看到伊莱恩·薄伯那难以置信的滑稽舞步。简直难以想象没有她这么带感的放克舞蹈，《宋飞正传》会是什么样子。然而，令人震惊的是，那差点就成了现实。编剧之一斯派克·费雷斯滕知道，制作人拉里·戴维一定会反对这场舞戏，所以他只能等到戴维离开之后。当他的这场舞戏终于获得许可，却又遭到不少同事的强烈反对。

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1. "It became an issue about so many things, such as the environment, energy, workplace disasters and the role of big government. It became a lightning rodfor peoples' anxieties," she explained.

2. Mr Cook’s decision to expand its cash return programme of dividends and share buybacks helped to defuse the situation with the activists, returning $94bn to date. In the end, he stared down the challenge just long enough for the next wave of iPhone growth to hit and new products to emerge from Sir Jonathan Ive’s workshop.

3. Unlike most boy-band dudes going solo, he never sounds like he's sweating to get taken seriously – he never loses touch with the exuberance and swagger he brought to One Direction in the first place. So get used to this man – you'll be hearing a lot more from him.

4. A woman's portrait has not been printed on U.S. paper money since 1896, when Martha Washington, the wife of the first U.S. president, was shown on a one dollar silver certificate.

5. 编者案：伦敦奥运会开幕在即，让我们来看看本届奥运会都有哪些比赛项目吧，同时在看看的同时也不要忘了学学比赛项目的词汇，一举两得何乐而不为呢？

6. 2.这里没有人能够回答你问的任何关于击剑的问题。还是去google一下吧。

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1. The media are annoying, we get that, Your Royal Highness, but there may have been more dignified ways for you (and the establishment you represent) to air your concerns.

2. Financial success and dazzling new technology alone might have been enough to earn Apple’s steely chief executive the FT’s vote as the 2014 Person of the Year, but Mr Cook’s brave exposition of his values also sets him apart.

3. 在面试中，每个人都说自己又很强的团队合作能力，快速的学习能力。告诉我一些别的好嘛。