1. This changed two years ago, though, when Tsinghua University broke into the top 20 for the first time, ranking 18th in 2016. Last year, Peking University joined it in the top 20.

2. 2008年，詹纳作为顾问与印度达拉维一家呼叫中心的员工进行了交流。达拉维是南亚最大的贫民窟。那名工人说有数以百万计的无业村民具备有与他一样的能力。詹纳说：“我想：‘有没有可能利用外包为数十亿人每个人带来几美元，而不是为少数富人带去数十亿美元？’” 于是，她成立了撒马源公司（Samasource），用这个高科技平台帮助贫困的女性和年轻人获得谷歌（Google）、商务社交媒体公司LinkedIn和微软（Microsoft）等公司的数字项目。到目前为止，这个非盈利机构已经帮助16,000人脱离了贫困。近期，它还在美国成立了一个国内项目SamaUSA，主要面向居住在旧金山的低收入学生。

3. Mr Koepke’s point is that these conditions may change and that their significance is underestimated.

4. 尽管通常每年的十大榜单中至少有四款引擎会在第二年再次上榜，但去年动力强劲的引擎中只有两款仍然出现在2014年榜单上，它们分别是本田雅阁（Accord）动力十足、节能高效的3.5升V6引擎以及奥迪S5所配备的强劲机械增压3.0升V6引擎。

5. 单词distract 联想记忆：

6. With assets under management of $200bn, according to Nomura Securities, Japan’s ETF market is about $50bn larger than all other Asia-Pacific ETF markets put together. At the end of August, the market value of the BOJ’s ETF holdings was $175bn.

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1. So what forces will shape the questions asked next year? It depends on who (and where) you are. While buyers should brace for another year of high-stakes bidding wars, residents of the city’s far-flung neighborhoods (I’m talking about you, Grand Concourse) should be ready for an onslaught of prospective residents seeking bargains — bargains, that is, relative to the gilded ZIP codes that are out of the reach of most mortals.

2. 8.文盲

3. 截至7月中旬，约有50,000家商店在Bigcommerce上运营，平台累计销售额近40亿美元。Bigcommerce的客户通常是一个一个累积起来的。但7月初，它与eBay签署了一项协议，eBay从2015年2月将停用的两款Magento产品Go和ProStores优先迁移至Bigcommerce。在此之前，ProStores已有5,000多家商户迁移至Bigcommerce。此项协议可能再带来多达10,000家商户。

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5. In the big closing session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, they recognised risks existed and badly run emerging markets might be vulnerable to shocks, but concluded that the outlook was brighter than it has been for many years.

6. adj. 有资格的，有限制的

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1. Local residents living near the launch sites have complained that the activists are putting their lives at risk by making them potential targets for North Korean retaliation.

2. 6.当我看球赛时，禁止从电视前面经过，你最好是从地板上爬过去以免影响我看球。

3. 对于精打细算的旅客来说，尼泊尔一直是绝佳的好去处。无论是该地区的徒步路线还是南部地区的野外生物，在世界范围内都是赫赫有名。平均每人每天的旅行花费大概只在50美元左右。