1. 15. 有趣的巧合。环球影业是题材最具多样性的制片公司之一，它发行了《生活残骸》，也发行了《冲出康普顿》，还有《泰迪熊2》(Ted 2)。环球影业的女导演也是最多的，12月初，它占据了今年24%的市场份额。

2. Will the housing sector adjust easily to higher interest rates?

3. 在大选结果公布后，罗姆尼竞选阵营暂时没有发表言论。

4. 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.

5. Most of the cellphones sold in 2016 are smart phones installed with the Android system and 4G ready, according to the report.

6. The military parade in Beijing on Sept. 3 that commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II was the news event that users looked up the most on Baidu's search platform. The celebration featured thousands of troops marching past President Xi Jinping and his predecessors, Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin, as well as foreign leaders, including President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

应用

1. 胡润估计，中国内地目前有594位身家十亿美元以上的富豪，在香港、台湾和澳门还有94位，而美国仅有535位。

2. The Fed last month laid out a timetable to slow the pace of its bond purchases throughout the year. The central bank, which had been soaking up $85 billion a month in Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities since late 2012, plans to reduce the pace of purchases by $10 billion at each meeting until it is no longer buying bonds at year-end.

3. Alumni from the Swiss school also have the third-highest salary, at $114,449, adjusted for purchasing power parity, behind those from the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, on $116,476, and IIM Bangalore, on $116,094. St Gallen is also top for the quality of its careers service.

4. 在进行融资时，约40%的创业者并未寻求任何外部帮助。他们中的半数完全依靠自己的积蓄及（或者）家人和朋友的资助，相比之下，只有40%的创业者向学校或校友网络寻求帮助。

5. 新兴市场需求减弱使2015年成为全球金融危机爆发以来世界贸易最糟糕的一年，凸显出对于全球经济健康的担忧加深。

6. 第二晚（12月9日）的苏富比(Sotheby’s)拍卖会共拍得2260万英镑（含佣金），比佳士得前晚的表现要好得多，不过也只是略高于2180万英镑（不含佣金）的最低估价。44件拍品中有15件流拍，比例达34%。

旧版特色

1. “Lotte will hurt the Chinese people and the consequences could be severe,” said the report, which followed a string of government probes into the company’s business interests in China.

2. 上班迟到，休息后又迟回工作岗位表现出来的是一种傲慢、随便的工作态度。 因此，快速或者甚至是稍微提前一点进入工作状态说明你有时间观念，你确实很在乎工作和别人时间。

3. Barrymore's condition was based on the real life of Michelle Philpots, who suffered head trauma in two separate motor vehicle accidents, which left her with a 24-hour memory. Rather than using Sandler's tapes, Philpots has survived for over 23 years using Post-it notes and her (amazingly modern, from her perspective) mobile phone.