1. More than 70% said self-realization was the biggest motivation to start a business.

2. You are the one for me this New Year and for many New Years to come.在此新年和未来的每个新年里，你都是我唯一的爱！

3. Mr. Anderson wanted an abundance and a variety of facial hair on the men, with no beard or mustache adorning each actor’s face in quite the same way. It’s a veritable hipster’s row of styles, from pencils to handlebars to a black-and-gray goatee worn by Jeff Goldblum.

4. 新建的房产将给那些财大气粗的租房者提供奢华的居住选择，它们大多位于曼哈顿以外的行政区。根据花旗居屋的数据，在布鲁克林，预计有6527个新的出租单元，将于明年（2015年——译注）投放租赁市场，比曼哈顿3802个单元多出近一倍。

5. 《使女的故事》

6. 时间：2010-02-24 编辑：vicki

应用

1. 美式快餐发源企业、《财富》美国500强公司麦当劳（McDonald's）)上周四宣布，它将用200亿美元进行股票回购和派发股息，由此加入了过去18个月企业界的股票回购浪潮。

2. The Great Recession had devastating effects across the U.S. and few places were as hard hit as Arizona. The state was booming on the strength of its tourism and real estate markets during the 2000s. Median home prices jumped 70% between 2003 and 2006—only Nevada had bigger gains—fueling more building and construction jobs. Monthly unemployment was at 3.5% through much of 2007. But then the bottom fell out. Home prices plummeted more than 50% from their peak and 6% Arizona properties received foreclosure filings in 2009. Unemployment stubbornly remained in double-figures for most of 2009 and 2010 and only Nevada lost a higher percentage of jobs over the last five years. Household incomes declined at the fastest rate in the country since 2008.

3. While at least four engines tend to repeat from one year’s 10 best list to the next, only two of last year’s powerplants remain recognized for 2014, the Honda Accord’s peppy and fuel-efficient 3.5-liter V6 and the powerful supercharged 3.0-liter V6 featured in the Audi S5.

4. 政治也对气候的认知有所影响，超过3/4的民主党人和六成独立派人士认为在过去几年中气候越来越极端，而不到半数共和党人认同这种转变。

5. L2研究总监科林o吉尔伯特表示，这一系列合作标志着创新的摇篮与时尚的发源地终于开始牵手。吉尔伯特说，要解决可穿戴领域的难题，缺少的不仅仅是设计这一种要素，但设计确实是这个领域期待的元素。这份报告的调查显示，超过一半的受访者希望拥有看上去更像珠宝的可穿戴设备，62%的受访者更喜欢腕戴式设备。

6. 但是，当《老友记》第二季浓墨重彩地展现卡罗尔和苏珊的同性恋婚礼时，这个剧集就朝着人人平等的方向迈出了一大步。幕后，执行制片人玛塔·考夫曼说："国家广播公司预计会接到成千上万的投诉电话和邮件"。然而在这部剧集上映之后，收到的恶意信件却是寥寥无几。原来，大家根本就不在乎。

旧版特色

1. Mr. Wang, the WeChat user in Beijing, said he was an avid QQ user 11 years ago but stopped using the instant messaging service because 'it didn't look very professional.' But after downloading WeChat on his smartphone he found 'most of my colleagues and friends are on it, and everyone communicates through voicemails now.'

2. Gongloff piles on the bad news about 2014: GDP 'grew at a 1.8% annualized pace in the first quarter ... revising down its earlier estimate of 2.4% growth ... The first quarter's dismal growth was at least better than the 0.4% GDP growth of the fourth quarter of 2012. But it was still far from healthy, and economists don't see it getting much stronger any time soon.' And that's real bad news for the markets going into 2014.

3. Despite China's rise, an "innovation divide" persists between developed and developing countries amid increasing awareness among policymakers that fostering innovation is crucial to a vibrant, competitive economy.