1. He slipped a note through the door with the message "People stuck inside, please ask the property management for help," and hoped someone would pick it up and act on it.

2. If you thought that getting sector over- and under-weights correct at the outset proved difficult, switching between them throughout the year was nearly impossible. A quantitative analyst from Nomura Securities explained to Barron’s in November that “industry leadership has been reversing from month-to-month at a rate unseen in decades of stock-market history. ‘Even if you’re picking the right stocks in a sector,’ he says, ‘things are moving around so much that your performance doesn’t persist.’”

3. “With the vast number of cutting-edge, eco-friendly faux furs available on the market today, I'm sure you'll agree that there's no longer any excuse for killing animals for their fur.”

4. 1.The Military Parade

5. NASA and the other American agency that maintains long-term temperature records, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issued separate data compilations on Friday that confirmed the 2014 record. A Japanese agency had released preliminary information in early January showing 2014 as the warmest year.

6. According to an analysis carried out by the independent health charity King's Fund, successive cuts to health budgets – especially in fields of sexual health and addiction – could be expected to hit roughly ￡800 million (over US$1 billion) by 2021.

应用

1. Paddington 2

2. I'm only a child yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this earth would be! 我只是一个小孩，然而我知道，要是把花在战争上的钱，用在找寻环境问题答案上来，或用在结束贫穷并找到解决的方案上来，这个星球将是个多么美好的地方啊！

3. Temperatures in 2015 also shattered the previous record set in 2014 by 0.13C, according to Nasa.

4. The former Miss Israel, Gal Gadot spot 6th in the list of 10 most beautiful women of 2015. She is the leading fashion model for the clothing company Castro. Gadot is known for her role as Gisele Yashar in The Fast and the Furious film series.

5. 凸起那部分有个“涡卷饰品”——（古埃及碑上）在王和神的名字周围的椭圆形装饰。考古学家在上面发现有眼镜蛇一只眼的符号。

6. 如果现在的闪电侠韦德减掉30磅肌肉，那你可能就分不清NBA版和高中版的韦德了。

旧版特色

1. I once had an advisor that said to me when I expressed fear of a difficult class, "Do you want to get an education or not?"

2. Siddeeq现在已经是一位退休教师居住在中西部城市Indianapolis，他表示当大学联系到他的时候他震惊了。

3. 紧缩政策促使一些企业寻求其他融资方案，比如债券或在全国中小企业股份转让系统上市。