1. 阿方索?卡隆(Alfonso Cuaron)凭藉广受好评的全球热门太空科幻影片《地心引力》(Gravity)赢得最佳导演奖。《地心引力》、《美国骗局》和《为奴十二年》均有可能成为今年奥斯卡奖(Academy Awards)的夺奖热门，本周四将公布今年奥斯卡奖提名名单。（与金球奖不同，奥斯卡奖还设置技术类奖项。）

2. 维尔德斯在周一晚上的电视辩论中呼吁荷兰将土耳其大使驱逐出境。

3. 他表示：“今明两年，美国经济增长可能会在3%以上。欧洲终于在复苏。日本也正取得重大进展。印度、中国和印尼等新兴经济体以及其他国家的经济增速，可能会继续保持在高水平，还可能会加速。”

4. The Chinese mainland had a population of 1.37 billion, an increase of 33.77 million people over the census taken in 2010, meaning the annual growth rate was 0.5 percent.

5. A person walks through snow Tuesday in Belington, West Virginia. Superstorm Sandy buried parts of West Virginia under more than a foot of snow on Tuesday.

6. 经济学家的预期中值为同比上涨0.9%。

应用

1. Callabro，喜欢唱歌剧的男孩组合在经过不懈努力之后成功成为了本年度的英国达人秀冠军，最具天赋的歌唱组合。

2. A schoolgirl aged 11 has been honoured as "America's top young scientist" for inventing a quick, low-cost test to detect lead-contaminated water.

3. 美国国际集团(AIG)首席执行长本默切(Robert Benmosche)将当选年度CEO。

4. For over two decades I have been writing about the rise of Asia and the dynamic driving it. There is an extraordinary consensus among east Asian leaders that Asia needs to use this window of opportunity to focus on economic development and growth. War is the biggest obstacle to development. If Asians were truly stupid, they would engage in such wars and derail their enormous development promise. Most Asian leaders, barring North Korea, understand well the dangers of war. Hence, while there will be tensions and rivalries in the region, there will be no wars in the region, in 2014 or in 2015. As 2015 unfolds, I would like to encourage all western pundits to understand the underlying Asian dynamic on its own terms, and not on the basis of western preconceptions.

5. “我们需要做市长希望大家做的事——建造更多住房，”纽约房地产委员会主席史蒂芬·斯皮诺拉(Steven Spinola)说，但是，“如果数据上不可行，如果收回来的租金低于建筑的维护成本，那你就不会这么做了。”

6. 上海独立IT专家李亦在接受《环球时报》采访时表示，智能手机数量激增是网民数量增长的主要原因。

旧版特色

1. 不过，在这一反弹中也出现了奖金数额的下滑：去年的平均年终奖是12821元人民币（合1861美元），比2015年多了大约2000元人民币，却仍比2014年的平均值少了800元人民币。在奖金缩水的被调查者中，逾四分之一的人将原因归结为公司业绩太差。

2. 'Gangnam Style' beat 'Call Me Maybe' as the most trending pop song and 'Skyfall' topped 'Prometheus' as the most enquired about film.

3. The 2015 FT Global Executive MBA ranking this year is remarkable for two reasons. Not only is it the FT’s 100th ranking of business schools, but it also marks the first time thataprogramme that includes a mainland Chinese business school has occupied the top position.