1. The programme has enabled me to take a quantum leap in my career and prepared me to take on a strategic C-level [chief-level] role right after graduation, said another alumnus.

2. On Monday the research team said the skeleton confirmed that the monarch had severe scoliosis, or twisting of the spine. It may have been painful and caused his right shoulder to appear higher than his left, but there was no evidence of the withered arm depicted in Shakespeare's "Richard III".

3. New Year’s greetings and best wishes!致新年贺忱与最美好的祝福！

4. adj. 确实的，保障的，有自信的 动词assure的过

5. The FT European Business School Ranking 2016 measures the quality and breadth of schools’ postgraduate programmes. It is based on their performance in the five main rankings published by the Financial Times each year: MBA, Executive MBA (EMBA), Masters in Management (MiM) and the two rankings for executive education. Only schools that take part in all five are eligible for a full score.

6. 肥皂剧通常都在电视收视排行榜上位居前列，但2012最流行的电视节目是英国广播电台儿童节目《麦克小骑士》，它打败了美国惊悚电视剧《国土安全》和真人秀节目《Towie》。

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1. The No. 1 thing in job security is your relationship with your boss. Even if he says, "I'm sorry I really wanted to keep you, but they made me lay you off," that's almost never true. He probably made that decision.

2. 而诺贝尔物理学奖则颁给了三位生于英国、目前正在美国工作的科学家，肯定了他们对极端状态下物质的特异属性所做的原子级研究。

3. The excavators think the cemetery datesback around 1,700 years, to a time when Kucha was vital to controlling the Western Frontiers (Xiyu) of China. Since the SilkRoad trade routes passed through the Western Frontiers, control of this key region was important to China's rulers.

4. We had everything before us, we had nothing before us…

5. “The US economy is likely to grow by 3 per cent plus this year as well as next year.

6. 鉴于计算机编程被冠以“美国经济中尚未开垦的处女地”称号，纽约编程及设计学院正在努力让“谈论”代码变得更简单。到2020年，美国市场上将会有150万个计算机科学相关岗位，而计算机科学专业毕业生则仅有40万人。此外，计算机科学相关岗位在全美的平均增长率是其他职位的两倍。但是如果你并没有计算机科学专业学位，也没有计划重返校园又该如何呢？纽约编程及设计学院通过提供夜校课程和密集型研讨会的方式正在令学习网络设计和开发变得简单——从该项目毕业后，创建一家全新的网站，或是着手寻找技术相关的职位，并不是什么稀罕的事情。正如创始人杰瑞米?司乃帕（Jeremy Snepar）所言，在当下的数字化经济中，你不能不懂得怎样编程。他将编程看做是一种技术能力，一种能够也应该以更为简单的方式学习的能力，而纽约编程及设计学院正是为那些曾经感慨过“如果我懂怎样编程就好了”的人填补了一个重要的空白。

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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)。

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3. Data also showed that the average salary for the top 100 colleges on the rankings increased by 1,818 yuan over last year, up 22.8 percent.