1. 在过去的20年里，日本有些城市的生活成本达到过世界最高，但现在正在降低。东京和大阪分别降低了11名和14名。

2. It is already illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, nationality, religion, age, or disability. But a majority of states still don't provide protection to LGBT individuals in the workplace. Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) CEO Tim Cook wants to put an end to this discrepancy. In a November Wall Street Journal op-ed entitled "Workplace Equality Is Good for Business," Cook urged the passing of a federal law to protect workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation.

3. 3. 《聚焦》(Spotlight)，导演：汤姆·麦卡锡(Tom McCarthy)。

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5. Whether Russia, one of 15 successor states to the USSR, which broke up in 1991, is still a genuine world power in 2015 is open to question.

6. encouragement

应用

1. PwC has counted votes and provides winner envelopes for the Oscars and has done so for more than 80 years. This is the first time in Oscar history that the wrong envelope had been opened while an award was being announced.

2. We will improve mechanisms that give incentives and allow for and address mistakes so as to support those who are dedicated to their work and stand behind those who live up to their responsibilities. Every one of us in government must take an active approach to our work and have the courage to tackle the toughest problems, we must work closely with the people, using concrete action to make progress in development, and using genuine hard work to realize a bright future.

3. In news that should come as little surprise to global air travelers, Singapore's done it again.

4. The writer is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment and a former World Bank country director for China. Read other predictions for the world economy, politics and finance in 2012 at www.ft.com/thealist

5. During the same period, Braziland Russia slashed their holdings to USD 261.7 billion and USD 108.9 billion,respectively.

6. The movies were selected from more than 2,000 titles from 100 countries and will be screened in 30 cinemas and colleges around Beijing from April 8 to April 23, Zhang Xiaoguang, deputy head of China Film Archive, said last Thursday.

旧版特色

1. A fallen tree blocks a street in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.

2. 线索可能隐藏在价格之中：H股很便宜。H股指数市盈率为7倍，低于西班牙（该国失业率达到22%）、巴西（该国依赖大宗商品，因而也依赖中国）以及受中东乱局影响的土耳其和埃及。

3. So, yeah, I think they should tank and they might even be able to get some good value for Ibaka in a trade even if it would be a really quick about-face. God they're weird.