1. 一些最近发表的科学论文说，高空急流中这种持续较长的怪现象，由于全球变暖正在导致北极地区海洋中的冰迅速融化而变得更可能发生，但许多主要的科学家还没有被这种观点说服。

2. Its return to the throne came at a cost to London which, after occupying pole position for two years, is trading places with its Asian rival.

3. Justin Bieber's split from Selena Gomez was the most enquired-about relationship bust-up while Victoria Pendleton beat Georgia Salpa as the most searched-for participant in a reality television show.

4. 在苏富比的拍卖会上，有少数几幅作品的拍卖价格远高于预估价，比如德比的约瑟夫·赖特(Joseph Wright of Derby)1780年的一幅风景画，它描绘的是奥古斯都大帝的女儿朱莉叶(Julia)被流放到萨莱诺湾(Gulf of Salerno)的一个洞穴里。

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6. The swap is due largely to the major security breach at software company Adobe in October which affected tens of millions of users.

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1. Despite Sotheby’s branding the two-part auction as “The Bernheimer Collection,” his stock proved a hard sell. Only 22 out of the 42 lots at the Nov. 24 evening sale found buyers, with a top price of 197,000 with fees for the 1732 Nicolas Lancret painting, “Le Menuet” — a frothy “fête champêtre” scene with childlike dancers — that had been purchased for $744,000 at auction in 2005.

2. 他的投篮许多次都是只打中篮筐的前沿儿。而一些三分投篮甚至投出了三不沾。许多本应是扣篮的球最终他只选择了上篮，当然了，这是相比在若干年前没有任何伤病的他而言的。而最残酷的是，其中一次投篮，科比甚至把球嵌在了篮筐与篮板之间。最终还是对方的球员把球拿了下来。

3. 这座墓地在2007年7月份的时候首次被发现，由新疆文化遗产和考古研究院负责开挖，挖掘工作得到当地政府的支持。研究团队将他们的发现发表在了中国的期刊《文物》上。这篇文章最近被翻译成英语，并发布在了《中国文化遗迹》杂志上。

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5. According to file-sharing news site TorrentFreak, "Game of Thrones" has an estimated 5.9 million downloads per single episode. That number does not include online streaming and cyberlocker downloads, which would make the figure significantly higher. By contrast, "Game of Thrones" has an estimated 5.5 million TV viewers per single episode。

6. 2016年观影人数达到13.7亿人次，同比增长近8.9％。

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2. We'll start our review with the South American nations, and who else could we begin with, but the hosts Brazil. Rewind 18 months and they looked like they'd be struggling, but the appointment of 'Big Phil' Scolari has been inspired, and he's brought a belief to the team that was previously missing. Last years 3:0 demolition of Spain in the Confederations Cup final shocked many experts, and all of a sudden the Brazilians have expectations on them. Whilst you can't argue with that scoreline, we still wonder if Brazil have the firepower to win such a long tournament. Neymar is expected to conjure up the magic, but they're relying on Fred to come up with the goals. No disrepect to Fred, but the last two Brazilian teams to win the World Cup, in 2002 and 1994, could count on the likes of Ronaldo and Romario to lead the front line, two genuine legends of the game.

3. 去年，在报名参考的139万人中，只有93万人最终进入了考场。