1. 格里芬高中时代的样子与现今相差无几，原因是他离开高中才四年。我们能想象得出，暴力美学的格里芬在NBA里再锻炼上一两年年，他会变得更“怪兽”。

2. 由于制度是在专制统治下制定的，那么反对派就会被迫反叛或者顺从。

3. Western whites have a place within their nations’ new, broader national identities. But unless they accept it, the crisis of whiteness seems likely to continue.

4. 2) I Trust Your Judgment: Translation: “You have my permission. I believe in you. Now, go make it happen.” Feels pretty uplifting to hear that, doesn’t it? And I’ll bet you’d do almost anything to please someone who makes you feel that way. Your employees and peers are no different.

5. “Total new business increased at a modest pace that was little-changed from October. However, November data indicated that foreign demand continued to soften, with the latest expansion of new export business the slowest since June. ”

6. “A hiring manager was reading the wrong person’s resume.”

应用

1. adj. 泰然自若的，镇定的；摆好姿势不动的，静止的；平

2. 马克斯将与她的朋友克洛伊一起，揭开她的同学雷切尔o安布尔神秘失踪背后的真相。游戏具有电影的体验感，配有不拘一格的原声，将当下年轻女孩的焦虑与生死攸关的情境结合了起来，再加上了时光倒流的能力，这一切使得这款游戏脱颖而出。尽管该作品中采用的机制在其他游戏中曾经用过，但由法国开发商制作的美国风格游戏，还是让这种定时操作有耳目一新的感觉。

3. The school is also second for its international course experience. More than four in five of its latest graduating cohort went on an internship abroad and over half studied in another country for more than a month.

4. Lawrence Yun, the trade group's chief economist, expects the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage to hit 5.5% at year-end, up from 4.5% late last year and 3.5% in the first half of 2013. That's a sharp runup in a short period of time, one that could harm affordability and spook even more buyers.

5. 凯洛格与香港科技大学的EMBA项目从2009年至2014年一直位居该排行榜榜首，但2014年输给Trium项目，2015年又败给清华大学(Tsinghua)与欧洲工商管理学院(Insead University)合办的EMBA项目。

6. 他们开始对无保障合同、不稳定的工作时间安排、微薄的工资以及依托优步(Uber)等在线零工经济平台的新形态工作感到忧心忡忡。总部位于巴黎的有影响力的富国俱乐部——经济合作与发展组织(OECD)将于2018年发布《就业战略》，其中可能会更加强调工作的质量和包容性。

旧版特色

1. Venezuela's government closed all crossings a year ago to crack down on smuggling along the 1378-mile (2219 kilometer) border. It complained that speculators were causing shortages by buying up subsidized food and gasoline in Venezuela and taking them to Colombia where they could be sold for far higher prices.

2. Now the burden is on Noel to prove that he's capable of being more than the shell of a player he often looked like amidst the Sixers' disarray.

3. 我是说，让一个9号秀同伊巴卡和杰夫格林这样带队真的没问题吗？可能吧。只是从之前糟糕的表现上来看……