1. Dachis says: The news just keeps getting worse for Mitsubishi. Low sales triggered a decision to pull out of the European market and if the levels of negative discussion are any indicator, 2013 doesn’t look to be any better.

2. Every great detective needs his or her definitive story. For Sherlock Holmes it was The Hound of the Baskervilles. For Agatha Christie’s fussy Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot it’s Murder on the Orient Express – a tale in which a bloodthirsty villain kills a wealthy businessman during a train journey through the Balkans. Or are things really what they seem? Sidney Lumet made a beloved film out of the story in 1974, with a stunning cast that included Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman and Albert Finney as Poirot. Now Kenneth Branagh is donning the Belgian’s moustache himself, as well as stepping behind the camera as director, in his glossy new big-screen version, starring Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz and Dame Judi Dench. Is there something new that can be mined from this story? Maybe. But even if not, Christie fans will surely want to climb aboard. Released November 3 in the UK, November 10 in the US, China and Turkey, and November 30 in China's Hong Kong and Singapore. (Credit: 20th Century Fox)

3. Several South Korea-linked entities have already felt Beijing’s wrath in response to the Thaad plans. Chinese state news agency Xinhua last month issued a stark warning to Lotte, one of South Korea’s biggest companies, for giving up land on which the Thaad platform will be hosted.

4. A study cited in an article from Harvard University suggests your diet could have a significant impact on your memory as you age. Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital published a study within the "Annals of Neurology" that suggested women who ate high levels of saturated fat in foods like red meat and butter didn't perform as well on memory tests than women who regularly consumed less saturated fat. Researchers haven't yet discovered the connection between saturated fat and memory, but they hypothesize it could have something to do with a person's genes. Scientists and doctors have long recommended that patients work to control their cholesterol levels as they age to protect the memory during the aging process.

5. 'Increased production in the U.S. meant that spot prices weren't reacting quite as much as in previous geopolitical incidents,' Mr. Hansen said. There is so much supply that threats to it have less impact than previously, and 2014 will be 'the first year in a while when supply growth is going to outpace demand growth,' Mr. Hansen said.

6. 在讲故事的时候，历史片和故事片各有所长，不过，时不时也会出现无法归入其中任何一类的电影。这些故事十分离奇，但字里行间又透着现实。这些电影非常有趣，观众却常常完全不知道，他们正在看的情节真的发生过。好啦，别猜了！读下去，你就能认识几个好莱坞的古怪剧本，都是受到狗血现实生活的启发。

应用

1. 这位无懈可击的歌手用吉他和铜管乐器合成的节拍和强节奏的音乐效果展现了更为广阔的情感和音乐世界。它会使你回想起艺术摇滚乐教母凯特·布什（你可以去听一下《Green Light》（《绿灯》）这首歌）。

2. adv. 未料到地，意外地

3. [.p?pju'lein]

4. According to Putin's most recent income declaration, he earned roughly 8.9 million rubles ($137,000) in 2015.

5. 1. Buy expensive tailored clothing that only sort of fits so that most of the time your buttons appear to be just seconds from bursting.

6. 此前，跨国房地产经纪机构仲量联行(JLL)的数据显示，2016年全年，中国对外房地产投资额增长了53%，达到创纪录的330亿美元。

旧版特色

1. 'This child is going somewhere big, you mark my words.'

2. The blocks of flats which were up to 12 storeys high in the city of Wuhan are making way for a huge new business district including a 707-metre tall skyscraper.

3. democratic