1. 就目前而言，虽然偶尔出现一些高价交易（比如大新金融中心、以21亿港元售出的太平山顶豪宅），但整个行业弥漫着广泛的悲观情绪。世邦魏理仕数据显示，今年第一季度房地产业最活跃的部分是写字楼，但交易总量也不过8笔。

2. 'It doesn't have carbs, fat or protein so it won't provide calories, unlike sprinkles which have sugar. It's mostly for decoration. It's tasteless,' said registered dietician Alix Turoff.

3. 然而我知道，你们这一代人不同于过去的任何一代人，极其渴望体会不同以往的人生。所以，在你们离开学校之际，我要向你们介绍几条显而易见、却容易忽略的真理，帮助你们以略微不同的角度来看待生活，而不是仅凭一叠薪金来认识世界：

4. Notably, the domain name for the top fake news story of the year is “abcnews.com.co.” In a November interview with The Verge, Professor Nicole A. Cooke of the University of Illinois’ School of Information Sciences cited the slight modification of familiar domains as a particularly dangerous and common tactic for fake news sites. They make the source look reputable at first glance. The man who operates abcnews.com.co told The Washington Post that he believes his websites were a key factor in the election of Donald Trump.

5. 这也是短信应用独有的棘手问题。在消费内容时，我们希望广告乖乖待在一边。没人想在聊天时突然有条广告蹦出来。雷表示：“人们在聊天时最不想看到的就是打断对话的广告条或弹出式广告。可能这在非个人的网络上还管用，但在短信中，人们最恼火的就是看到传统广告。”

6. 仪征博物馆的工作人员告诉每日邮报电子报，这件青铜器是在西汉（公元前206年–公元8年）贵族墓中发现的。

应用

1. 这家总部位于亚特兰大的集团预测，经并购、资产剥离和汇率波动调整，今年销售额将增长3%，而之前的预期为4%至5%。

2. 欧盟的美洲布局

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5. 9. Ambrose Akinmusire “the imagined savior is far easier to paint” (Blue Note) The trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire imbued his second Blue Note album with the searching, genre-fluid sound of today, enlisting singer-singers and a string quartet. His social commentary feels even more urgent and stinging now than it did when the album was released.

6. As for the worst job of 2013? Newspaper reporter bumped last year's loser, lumberjack, for the ignominious distinction.

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1. 值得注意的是，中国电信巨头华为递交了2390项专利申请，其专利申请数量在全球企业中排名第二，仅次于飞利浦(2568项)。

2. Ahh, the glamorous life of AT&T: best friends with Steve Jobs, exclusive rights to the iPhone (for now) and carrier of choice on the iPad. So why, with everything going for it, did the stock miss a huge rally? In the year ending April 1, Apple soared 109% and the S&P 500 rose 41%. AT&T? Down 2%. The problem is growth, or lack thereof: little in its saturated wireless business and a decline in landlines, which still accounts for 25% of sales. Unless its high-speed Internet business takes off or the iPad drives new wireless growth, the beatings by Wall Street will continue.

3. Do your homework. Read the assigned pages, and then some. Plug your topic into the Internet, grab another book at the library, and see what else you can learn about the subject.