1. A sub-index tracking activity at larger enterprises softened 0.7 points to 53.1, while mid-sized companies fell 1.3 points to 49.9, indicating slight contraction. That for smaller manufacturers fell 0.4 points to 49, indicating worsening contraction.

2. As if 2016 hadn’t been hard enough for China’s workforce, an annual survey has revealed that more than half of the country’s white-collar employees got no year-end bonus ahead of the upcoming (and costly) lunar new year holiday.

3. “What happens if one of these Airbnb guests starts a fire?” asked Phyllis H. Weisberg, chairwoman of the Cooperative and Condominium Law Committee at the New York City Bar Association. “Who’s paying for that?”

4. 佳士得珠宝部门的国际高级鉴定师吉恩马克·鲁纳尔称：“这颗钻石完美无瑕，从内到外都绝对纯净。”

5. 在开放课程排行榜中，基于对参加课程高管的调查，瑞士洛桑国际管理发展学院在最重要的10项指标上得分特别高。该校在3项指标上排第一，在其他7项指标上都排前五。

6. 住房市场在去年年初表现抢眼，但到年末时则受到不断加重的担忧情绪困扰，这其中包括利率上升、供给制约、信贷收紧及一系列其他问题。

应用

1. The 2013 World Happiness Report comes on the back of a growing global movement calling for governments and policy makers to reduce their emphasis on achieving economic growth and focus on policies that can improve people's overall well-being.

2. In that meeting, he told Jacobs that such problems would decrease, as China is reforming its management system in science and technology, according to a statement by the association on Friday.

3. Bigger isn’t always better.

4. 我原以为胡扯是失败与庸俗的产物——它的存在是因为真相往往太伤人，或者高管们懒得弄明原委。

5. 节目25 歌曲《风吹麦浪》，李健 孙俪

6. Some 930,000 people sat the National Public Servant Exam in China on Nov. 29 last year, a 60,000 decrease year on year. But the 27,000 positions on offer was a new high.

旧版特色

1. While organizers of the show attempt to get it back on track following a string of problems obtaining visas for models and performers such as Gigi Hadid and Katy Perry, now they're also claiming that their e-mails are being intercepted by Chinese authorities.

2. Gitanjali因为拿下了本次最高奖项，从而获得了一笔2.5万美元的奖金。

3. 反对：在颁奖季前一年早早上映可能不利于其冲奖。