1. 回忆：fanfare（n 夸耀）

2. Plum Alley:

3. If he wins the primary, he would face off against first-term Republican Gov. Phil Scott, 59.

4. David said: ‘It was wonderful, you couldn’t fault it. It was perfection.’

5. Sales of previously owned homes have slipped every month since July, according to the National Association of Realtors. That coincides with the surge in borrowing costs across the economy as a result of the Fed's signals about its bond-buying program.

6. 《国土安全》(Homeland)：第三季末布洛迪（Brody，戴米恩·路易斯[Damian Lewis]饰）最终被杀后，映时频道(Showtime)的这部间谍惊悚剧似乎走到了尽头。目前看来，第四季没了他却变得充满活力，令人喜爱。卡莉（Carrie，克莱尔·丹尼斯[Claire Danes]饰）这次的对手是美貌、狡猾的巴基斯坦情报官塔斯尼姆（Tasneem，尼姆拉特·考尔[Nimrat Kaur]饰）。

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1. But, despite the incessant warnings from security researchers, many people are still turning to weak, easily guessable passwords to protect their devices.

2. 中国已经成为世界上电影银幕最多的国家。

3. 'It doesn't have carbs, fat or protein so it won't provide calories, unlike sprinkles which have sugar. It's mostly for decoration. It's tasteless,' said registered dietician Alix Turoff.

4. 但是航空公司在冬季假日期间的经营更加困难。2012年，大约有30%的冬季假日航班延误，高于2011年和2010年的航班延误率。你可以通过美国交通运输部的网站查看假日航班的统计数据。

5. Perhaps the biggest domestic threat to the 3% growth scenario would be a surprisingly swift hike in interest rates, but from all indications a dovish Federal Reserve is unlikely to take aggressive action in 2015.

6. 但许多人预测将会出现经济崩盘，他们认为，旷日持久的欧元区危机加上房地产泡沫，将使相当大一部分中国工业失去盈利能力。这将暴露出各种隐藏的金融脆弱性，推动形成一场螺旋式下降。其他人认为，北京方面有充足的资源可以避免一场危机，不过他们指出，由于中国的增长模式依赖于基建和土地出售，且汇率和利率受到僵硬控制，它也许并没有所有必要工具。

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1. Institutions may also fail.

2. 不过，这种局面正发生变化。2013年基准布伦特原油价格的一次大波动发生在8月份，当时国际社会干预叙利亚的可能性似乎越来越大。虽然在美国牵头进行空袭的威胁下，在伦敦洲际交易所(IntercontinentalExchange)交易的布伦特原油价格上涨了5%，但并没有逼近2013年高点。

3. Despite the solid expansion, the yearly rate weakened to -1.4 per cent last month, from a -0.8 per cent pace in September. Economists expected production to have declined 0.9 per cent over the 12 months to October.