1. It was not an auspicious start to the new year for bitcoin investors.

2. 对专业投资者而言，2014年最令人沮丧的一点是，美国经济复苏时断时续。2014年1月，经济领域捷报频传。然而，在短短几周内，一场暴风雪席卷全美，各种经济数据似乎也因此停摆。

3. It also said 98 percent of government-sponsored students returned to China. Government-sponsored students who study abroad have chosen to pursue disciplines most needed in China, including engineering, the pure sciences, agriculture and medical science.

4. 该学校校友的总体满意度为95%，比伦敦商学院(London Business School)和德国WHU奥拓贝森管理研究院(WHU Beisheim)高出两个百分点。

5. The latest survey also showed the country had a narrower gap between genders in 2015. As to the structure of genders, the male-to-female ratio last year was 105.02, lower than the 2010 ratio of 105.2.

6. Astronomers confirmed a key part of Einstein’s general theory of relativity in 2016 when they announced that the LIGO array had detected gravitational waves released by the collision of two black holes. The researchers won a Nobel Prize for the discovery. But they’re not done: In October, scientists announced the finding of two dead stars colliding — not only hearing the ripples in space-time they made, but confirming the event visually with powerful telescopes. Collisions of neutron stars are believed to be the source of all heavy metals in the universe, including gold and silver, and the detection by LIGO helps verify accepted explanations of how the chemistry of the universe formed.

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1. The rise of populism, even in countries such as the US and UK where plenty of people are in work, has made politicians realise that the quality of jobs is as important as their quantity.

2. n. 改进，改善

3. Ma Nan补充报道

4. Mr Koepke argues, however, that the role of US interest rates in provoking EM crises has not been fully understood. He presents evidence that the probability of EM crises is substantially higher during a conjunction of three conditions: during a Fed tightening cycle, when the federal funds rate is above its natural rate (the rate that leads actual output to converge to potential output), and when market participants are surprised by signals that the Fed will tighten policy faster than previously expected.

5. “这部电影讲述的是在荒野中求生存、适应自然以及人文精神的胜利，更重要的主题是信任。”

6. 我们可以看到时空涟漪的源头。

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1. After exhausting all his options, the practical kid decided to tend to his academic responsibilities, not knowing how long it would take before someone finds him.

2. 胡润估计，如果此举获得成功，王健林的净财富可能会猛增至逾500亿美元，令他跻身世界前十大富豪之列。

3. 但他认为自己任教的经历非常宝贵，可以让他很快适应新的职业阶段。