1. ……太紧张，差点昏过去。

2. 不像这篇文章中其他的人造物品，人工胰腺并不处于前期研究阶段，这个装置确实存在，而且在今年9月份得到了FDA的销售许可

3. 汤姆·汉克斯（Tom Hanks）的小金人一点也不孤单，他把因影片《费城故事》（Philadelphia）和《阿甘正传》（Forrest Gump）获最佳男主角奖而获得的小金人放在奖杯架上，周围还有足球奖杯和过去某个母亲节颁发的“全世界最伟大的母亲”奖杯。

4. Bigger isn’t always better.

5. “目前市场上有大量尖端，环保的人造皮草，我相信你会同意现在没有任何借口来杀死动物以获取皮草了。”

6. 本次国考招录共有120多个中央机关及其直属机构参加，计划招录2.7万余人，与上一年度规模基本持平。

应用

1. 《副总统》(Veep)：Netflix公司的热门剧《纸牌屋》(House of Cards)今年露出疲态，但另一部讽刺华盛顿的HBO电视剧《副总统》却在第三季中更上一层楼。塞琳娜（朱莉娅·路易斯-德莱弗斯[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]饰）和助手加里（Gary，托尼·黑尔[Tony Hale]饰）在洗手间里发现自己即将成为总统后，激动得失声大笑，成为2014年喜剧片中最滑稽的一幕。

2. 特斯拉：为了缓解外界对特斯拉电动汽车充电时间问题的诟病，特斯拉开始推出一个通过换电池快速充电的充电站网络。CEO埃隆o马斯克肯定希望自己的运气比夏伊o阿加西的Better Place公司好一些，这家公司在2013年破产前做的就是电池更换充电站业务。

3. Fiddle with items, your hair, flick your fingers, rub your leg, pace, rock, and bite your lips.(Well, most of that could just be on the "how to cumberbatch" list)

4. 虽然她五个月之前才刚学会走路，但是这个被人们称作“宝贝碧昂斯”的小宝宝已经开始在各种盛会的舞台上展露风采了。

5. Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist of the Economic Outlook Group, said he is even more optimistic. "The next two years could be the best two we have seen in at least a decade," he said. "There is clearly a lot of evidence the economy is gaining a lot of momentum."

6. Besides Edhec and HEC, Essec Business School, ESCP Europe and Skema Business School are in third, fourth and sixth places respectively.

旧版特色

1. The US remains home to the biggest brands and the value of its top 10 increased by 10 per cent to $1.3tn in 2016. The top 10 UK brands, headed by Vodafone, lost 8 per cent of their value. Those in continental Europe — led by Germany’s SAP software group — rose 5 per cent. Finally, the $360bn value of Asia’s top 10 brands, headed by Tencent, China Mobile and Alibaba, was only 10 per cent lower than the value of the top 10 in continental Europe and the UK combined.

2. 从全国来看，上个月70个主要城市中62个城市的房价环比上涨，1个城市房价不变，还有7个城市出现下跌。

3. Companies are always looking to save money, and outsourcing some roles to freelancers can help. Virtual assistants can perform many of the duties of full-time staffers, but with less commitment. These workers could help expand a business, or just encourage things to run more smoothly.