1. “中国是澳大利亚最有价值的旅游市场，到2020年其价值可能超过130亿美元。”

2. 在一些女学生通过提供裸照作为交换，在互联网借贷平台上获取高息贷款之后，近日又有大批裸照被泄露在了互联网上。

3. 但事实上，作为一项新技术以及新运动，比特币在2014年表现出了猛烈的势头，而且在新的一年有望征服更多怀疑论者。诸多领域的指标证明了这一点：与比特币相关的初创企业和就业岗位数量大增；接受比特币的机构数量也大大增加；开发人员间的活动也较此前增强。

4. 1．《雨人》

5. New employees at the company's Tulsa headquarters have little time to be shy: on their first days, they're seated at desks with a tub of candy. Colleagues often stop by and introduce themselves while grabbing a snack.

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1. With both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq returning over 14% while the Dow and MidCap 400 each kicking in close to 10%, you would assume that passive investors would have an awful lot to celebrate this year. And indeed, they would have, if it weren’t for those pesky overseas stocks that did nothing but drag on the performance of any diversified portfolio.

2. 镜头切换到《爱乐之城》的演员和剧组人员那里，他们高兴得抱成一团了，但大家可以听到比蒂好像在说：“应该是爱玛?斯通。”而唐纳薇回应道：“什么？”当《爱乐之城》剧组上台领奖时，可以听到旁边的舞台管理人员说：“哦……哦！天啊！他拿错信封了！”

3. 英国科学家本周一证实，莱斯特市的一个停车场地下挖出的遗骸为15世纪英格兰国王理查三世，这也解开了长达五百年的谜团。

4. So far this year, companies have announced 376 share-repurchase initiatives for a total of $261 billion, according to data from Birinyi Associates. That's nearly 72% higher than 2012, though slightly lower when compared to the same period in 2013, which was a record year for buybacks.

5. v. 降低，婉谢

6. n. 结，节

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1. No. This is possible, of course, but with luck, Mrs May has at least now ensured that the UK is not going to tumble over a “no deal” cliff in 2019. In December 2017, Consensus Forecasts’ prediction for the UK was of 1.5 per cent growth in 2018. Its forecasts for Japan and Italy were even lower, at 1.3 per cent. So the chances that the UK will have the slowest-growing economy in the G7 next year should be around one in four.

2. 本周四公布的一项最新调查显示，近四成美国居民表示，最近发生的桑迪飓风等自然灾害的严重性正是世界末日即将到来的证据，就像《圣经》中预言的那样。而超过六成的受访者认为这是气候变化所致。

3. Consumers are feeling better. Consumer confidence is at the highest level in four years, thanks to improvements in jobs, housing and the stock market. In the wake of the recession, Americans whittled down their debts, avoided borrowing and delayed purchases. That means the stage could be set for stronger consumer demand, which could nudge businesses that have put off hiring to add more workers. 'Business has likely pushed productivity growth as far as possible,' Principal Global's Mr. Baur says, suggesting employers will need to boost payrolls to meet stronger demand.[qh]