1. Also called self-driving cars, autonomous cars have been making the news recently. Chief among them are Google's self-driving cars. Google's driverless cars have traveled over 480,000 kilometers (300,000 mi) with only two accidents, both of which were caused by humans. But self-driving cars aren't new. In fact, their concepts have arguably been around since the days of Leonardo da Vinci, who invented a spring-powered cart with a programmable steering device.

2. n. 模子，模型，类型，模式，雏型，真菌，软土

3. 我们都将直上天堂，我们都将直下地狱

4. vt. 领航，驾

5. 网络游戏成了中国的重要行业。北京第三方数据分析公司Cnzz.com新公布的报告预计，2012年中国网络游戏市场规模将达到人民币410亿元（合60亿美元），占据全球网游市场的半壁江山。

6. But retail sales growth softened to 10 per cent in October, betraying economists’ expectations it would hold steady at 10.7 per cent growth from September.

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1. Overall, state-owned and private businesses invested an unprecedented $23bn in Europe — including Norway and Switzerland as well as the EU — in 2015 while investing $15bn in the US, according to a report by Baker & McKenzie, a lawfirm, and Rhodium Group, a consultancy.

2. 专家还指出，最近几年的人口控制政策的效果已经开始显现出来。

3. This year's juries were chaired by AFI board of trustees vice chairs Tom Pollock (for film) and Richard Frank (for TV). Other jury members included Judd Apatow, Halle Berry, Jamie Lee Curtis, Leonard Maltin, authors and scholars representing prestigious universities with recognized motion picture arts and TV programs and film and TV critics from media outlets like NPR, Rolling Stone, TV Guide and The Washington Post.

4. Paris (AFP) - Some 1,400 people living in France have either joined the jihadist cause in Syria and Iraq or are planning to do so, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Monday.

5. Chinese Cultural Relics is a new journal that translates Chinese-language articles, originally published in the journal Wenwu, into English. The discovery of the 1,700-year-old cemetery was included in its inaugural issue.

6. 3.Porto, Portugal

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1. 到底有哪些行业急需专业人才？说起这个问题，你可能怎么也不会想到“供应链管理”：这是一项复杂的幕后工作，负责将货物从甲地运到乙地，不仅要准时，还不能超支。

2. Staff numbers at insurance agencies also rose by 936,200 to a total of more than 5.6m people.

3. The book — published by Basic Books and Oneworld Publications — won out against a strong shortlist dominated by books on technology.