1. Personal per capita disposable income increased by 6.3 percent in real terms.

2. 吉祥猴的水墨设计草图由中国当代艺术家、北京奥运会吉祥物“福娃”的创作者之一韩美林设计的。这幅中国传统水墨画的设计被网友认为“萌萌哒”，代表了中国传统艺术风格。节目制作人将吉祥猴命名为“康康”，在中国表健康之意。

3. Put succinctly, there was no way to describe or explain the crosscurrents of 2014. And I’m not convinced that the benefit of hindsight will make what happened this year any clearer years from now.

4. adj. 终极的，根本

5. Getting sector calls right was the least of any investor’s problems this year because, outside of the brilliance of U.S. stock gains, the lights were off around the world.

6. infinite

应用

1. Which brands most improved their reputations in social media in 2012? And which companies made them worse?

2. 同时，11月服务业PMI指数是51.2。此前的10月份该指数为52。本周早些时候报出的11月份制造业PMI指数为48.6，高于48.3的预期。10月份该指数则为48.3。

3. Yes. There are plenty of positives: earnings, economic growth, and US tax cuts. But they are already known. Stocks look ridiculously expensive by historical standards, but that tells us nothing about short-term moves. Ultimately, it comes down to liquidity, which has driven markets since they emerged from the crisis in 2009. If all goes according to plan, central banks will be decreasing their balance sheets, and removing liquidity, by the end of 2018. If they go through with this, the odds are that the S&P will stall. But even a tiny tremor could make the bankers blink. Expect the momentum to continue.

4. 两乐设备是青铜做的可以追溯到2000多年前中国的汉朝（公元前206年–公元220）。

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6. 中国股市的跌势仍在继续，现在“红线”已触，一切都提早结束了。

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1. US schools are rebuilding their strength in this ranking, with their number increasing to 51. This had dropped below 50 for the first time in 2016, down to 47. Six of the eight new or returning schools are from the US.

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3. 当地媒体上周三报道，中国西南部重庆市的一名学生因嫌同学上课吵闹而试图下毒，被判有期徒刑一年。