1. 德系三巨头：由于奔驰的几款低价产品不可避免地会损害它“要么最好，要么什么都不是”(the best or nothing)的商誉，该公司也开始陷入低迷。而即将推出的新7系轿车则会进一步巩固宝马在美国富人圈中的地位。另外，起价30,795美元的奥迪A3，很可能会使奥迪的销量较2014年增长15%，新款Q7也将进一步提高奥迪的利润。

2. 谷歌地图产品经理Bryan Cheng表示，iPhone和Android版用户均可使用该功能。只需打开手机上的谷歌地图，点击屏幕底部的"探索附近饮食"，谷歌地图就会根据你所在的地点和时间，分享附近的食物和饮料店铺的地址列表，从"最棒的早餐"到"河畔餐饮"都涵盖在内。

3. 也许经济增长率是否能达到3%的国内最大威胁是利率的突然调整，但是从各方面的预测来看鸽派的美联储在2015年不太可能会采用挑衅的利率策略。

4. 单词celebrity 联想记忆：

5. Spielman was sifting through dirt at the Emek Tzurim national park on the slopes of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem when she noticed the small rectangular object.

6. n. 按揭，抵押贷款

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2. 当他饰演《活力王子》中"威尔"一角时，前三季的薪水都被制作方扣除了70%！三年之后他才拿到全额工资。碰巧的是，主题曲的第一句就如同是按他的真实经历所写："这故事就是说/我翻腾的生活/如何大起大落"。只不过在现实中，那个"（他）爱闹事的邻居"是美国国税局。

3. Among them, IT/Internet/telecommunications/electronics industries absorb nearly 30% 2016 graduates for the rapid development.

4. “我明天还要上学，不能晚睡。” 张天羽如是说。

5. Always wanted to be an author but not sure where to start? Have you considered self-publishing? Thanks to Amazon, you can. Kindle Direct Publishing allows you to get the word out via e-books, CreateSpacehelps you develop a print edition and ACX is the audio publishing division. I’ve used all three to develop my book.

6. Obama's victory in the hotly contested swing state of Ohio - as projected by TV networks - put him over the top in the fight for the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the White House and ended Romney's hopes of pulling off a string of swing-state upsets。

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1. 尽管中国排名上升，随着决策者越来越意识到加强创新是一个经济体充满活力、竞争力的关键，发达国家与发展中国家在创新方面仍存在差距。

2. Considering Stryker's founder invented the turning frame -- a device that allows patients to be repositioned in bed while keeping their bodies immobile -- it only makes sense that this medical equipment manufacturer lends employees and their families medical beds, free of charge.

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