1. Few of the Fed's forecasts have proceeded according to plan over the course of the sharp economic downturn and choppy recovery, a fact that Fed officials now openly acknowledge. 'We have been disappointed in the pace of growth, and we don't fully understand why,' Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said at his final news conference last month.

2. 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》。

3. 对于购房者，也不都是坏消息：房价明年（2015年——译注）仍将上涨，但步伐可能会从飙涨趋于平缓。“房价不会一味地陡然上涨，”柯克兰集团(Corcoran)的首席执行官帕梅拉·利伯曼(Pamela Liebman)说，“买家都有点疲劳了。”

4. Stranger Things 2

5. James Bond Themes 2. "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner

6. 10. 把单词画出来！

应用

1. 尽管在奥巴马担任美国总统的过去的四年里，美国经济复苏缓慢、失业率居高不下，奥巴马在几个关键的摇摆州获得的选票还是高于罗姆尼。美国选民在两种风格明显迥异的国家发展愿景中做出了自己的决定。

2. While you're studying, pay attention to the material you know will be on a test and write a quick practice question. Start a new document on your laptop and add questions as you think of them.

3. Yes — just. Democrats will regain control of the House of Representatives in the November midterm elections. Though they will not take charge until January 2019, they will waste no time preparing the House Judiciary paperwork. Mr Trump will label it a “witch hunt”. But another year of his surreal presidency makes it all but inevitable Democrats will campaign on a pledge to hold him to account. Whatever Robert Mueller’s investigation unearths before then is unlikely to turn enough Republicans against him.

4. “I don’t think there are any companies that have survived big assaults from two of the biggest beasts in the hedge fund jungle,” says Ms Simpson of Calpers. “He is cool, calm and collected — the corporate exemplar of ‘Keep calm and carry on’.”

5. engaged

6. The show started with a circus theme, complete with acrobats, a sword-swallower and a man on stilts. Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Bruno Mars performed.

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1. 8. 随着养老金抽干州市财政，就业前景疲弱

2. 阿德瑞娜利玛穿上了红色，亚历山大安布罗休惊艳四座，你能想到她刚生完孩子么？

3. 智能烤箱