1. decline

2. 当年辛普森(OJ Simpson)杀妻案的审判就说明，再也没什么能比谋杀和名人的组合更能引发公众的集体亢奋了。再加上253号班机爆炸未遂案、几十个恐怖分子、审判律师、公诉人、政客以及911遇难者家属的激动情绪，足够在你面前上演一出长得如同滔滔江水延绵不绝的连续剧。

3. 2011年，在《老友记》最后一季播出7年之后，美国卫星电视频道Comedy Central再次播放该剧，观看人数超过了3600万，而观众的年龄主要分布在16岁至34岁之间。假期时，看剧人数更是由于播放集数增加而飙升。

4. n. 扩大，膨胀，扩充

5. If you want a refrigerator with a screen, might as well just stick an iPad on it. Samsung unveiled a smart refrigerator this summer that connects to wi-fi to help manage groceries and leave notes behind for family members.

6. Many people think, "If I work extra hard, I'm going to get noticed." But it doesn't work that way. If you want to advance, some of the responsibility falls on you to toot your own horn. Make sure your supervisor and your supervisor's supervisor are well of aware of what you're contributing.

应用

1. 根据中国海关总署(General Administration of Customs)发布的数据，12月份以美元计的出口额同比减少6.1%至2094.2亿美元。这一跌幅比经济学家预期的中数多了2.1个百分点，也大于11月份修正后1.6%的跌幅（修正前该数字为增长0.1%）。

2. Hope you enjoy the happiness of New Year and all the trimmings.

3. Germanyjust hung four onPortugal. It was a bit of a shocking result, at least from the perspective that most observers expectedPortugalto put up a bit more fight. But it was another relatively high-scoring game at World Cup 2014? Not surprising at all.

4. 11月17日

5. 该办公室预计今年足球学校的数量将增加到20000所，到2025年时将增加到50000所。

6. Among French schools, Toulouse Business School made the best progress, up 14 places, after featuring in the Executive MBA ranking for the first time.

旧版特色

1. vt. 挖去果核

2. According to figures from Zhonggong Education, an institute that monitors the applicant numbers, more than 459,600 people applied to take the exam by the sixth day of this year's application window on Tuesday. Almost 103,000 of those had applied on Monday.

3. The Magic are the single-most mystifying team in this entire exercise. They make little sense on paper or on the court.