1. The Cnzz.com report also discusses the problem of the 'free-to-play' business model that's prevalent in China's online game sector. While many games companies in the U.S., for example, charge subscription fees, most Chinese games utilize the free-to-play model, which allows players to try out a game without paying. The longer players stay in the game, the more likely they will be to pay for in-game items to move up into higher levels of play. But that also means that people who spend the most money are the best performers.

2. 这位《饥饿游戏》的女主角在AskMen.com网站评出的2012全球99个最性感女人排行榜中高居榜首。这一调查让网友票选他们最喜欢的女星，根据她们的外貌、个性、才能和其他吸引人的特质。该调查共收集了240多万张选票。

3. Good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the year.

4. The infectious disease known as scarlet fever famously reached pandemic proportions in the 19th century, striking down the young and the weak across the Western world.

5. The first is to view Asia as a market that has proved resistant to rapid development and will require significant structural and regulatory change before taking off. The second sees the possibility of sudden upside surprise.

6. As impressive as those saving gains might look now, they could easily be swallowed as rising rates of illness place a greater burden on society.

应用

1. Landing a superstar like Cousins for pennies on the dollar won't singlehandedly help the Pelicans carve out a larger slice of the sports landscape in New Orleans, but it's an excellent first step.

2. In the 2013 survey, Tokyo reclaimed the title as the world's most expensive city. Currency swings pushed Zurich into the No.1 position last year but government exchange rate controls have driven the Swiss city back to No.7 in the list. Osaka in Japan was ranked the second most expensive.

3. 9. Smiling

4. “I was quite sceptical initially in doing an online course but the communication and online interaction were perfect,” says one graduate from AGSM.

5. 对欧洲的新投资比2014年的180亿美元高出28%，相比之下，2014年投资额较2013年翻了一倍。对美国的投资比2014年的128亿美元高出17%。

6. Sweden’s foreign minister, Margot Wallstrom, a proponent of a “feminist foreign policy,” opened up to Ellen Barry about her abuse at the hands of an old boyfriend when she was a young woman, something she had never said publicly before.

旧版特色

1. Mr. Lyons took a casting of Ms. Swinton’s mouth and designed teeth to fit. Those were clipped on over Ms. Swinton’s real teeth. For Minister Mason, he came up with a quirky look but didn’t quite want it to be comical. He was, however, interested in adding a little bling. “There’s a little bit of gold on the left-hand side,” he said. “We used real gold to make the filling of one tooth. We did it to put more character into the character.”

2. adj. 有资格的，有限制的

3. 银行业