1. 贸易往来令中国该月贸易顺差达到408.2亿美元，比预期低大约72亿美元，也比11月份修正后442.3亿美元的水平（修正前该数字为446.1亿美元）低了36亿美元左右。以人民币计的这一顺差则为2754亿元人民币。

2. Among the major U.S. airlines, US Airways had the best holiday on-time performance, coming in fifth with 15.57 percent of its flights arriving late during Thanksgiving and Christmas. Meanwhile, American Airlines, with which US Airways plans to merge, was the fourth worst, with 19.7 percent of flights arriving late, according to FlightAware.

3. Other Chinese companies that filed a large number of patents included ZTE, Alibaba, Xiaomi, BYD and Haier, all of which are rapidly expanding into Europe.

4. James Bond Themes 2. "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner

5. During a town hall hosted by MSNBC on last Monday night, host Rachel Maddow asked Clinton whether she would match a campaign promise Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made good on earlier this year.

6. 2016年，担忧和愤怒主导了英国和美国这两个最重要、稳定、悠久的民主政体的政治情绪。

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1. Those falls came despite a rise in insurance premium income of 37.3 per cent year-on-year to Rmb1.88tn, while total assets reached Rmb14.27tn, up 15.4 per cent.

2. 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。

3. Much joy to you in the up coming year. May the warmest wishes, happy thoughts and friendly greetings come at New Year and stay with you all the year through.

4. “还有大批人没有统计进来，”胡润对英国《金融时报》表示，“两周前我在北京拜访了这家投资公司。一下午的时间，我就发掘出了30个登上今年富豪榜的人。他们去年还不在我们的视线内。”

5. 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.

6. 值得注意的是，中国电信巨头华为递交了2390项专利申请，其专利申请数量在全球企业中排名第二，仅次于飞利浦(2568项)。

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1. The eighth grader's candidacy is also about overcoming age discrimination, which he sees as a barrier to equality, and he says his quest for the top state spot is no joke.

2. 马特·达蒙凭借他在《火星救援》中扮演的被困宇航员一角而荣获喜剧类最佳男主角奖项。

3. 10.I thought I already sent that email out. I’m sure I did. – Because telling you that it was a low priority and I forgot would probably hurt our relationship。