1. “…started swearing during the interview.”

2. Texas was one of the first states to emerge from the recession and it continues to attract companies on the basis of its low tax burden, predictable regulatory environment and skilled labor force. Texas employment is expected to expand 3% annually through 2017, according to Moody’s. (Arizona’s forecasted rate is a microscopic 0.04% better). Texas has attracted a lot of attention from California companies and Governor Rick Perry has not been shy about contrasting the business climates of the two states. California firms EBay and Electronic Arts have both chosen Texas for large expansions in recent years. Austin has been a hotbed of activity this year with Accenture

3. Am I tempting fate by wondering if the Lakers end up in this conversation within a couple weeks? They'd have to go on a truly epic slide to be bad enough to keep their draft pick at this rate (top-three protected to Philly) but I think the question is whether they should continue to build slowly around this core or flip one or two of the young dudes for a star.

4. 4. Outsourcing placement services.

5. We will strengthen the prevention and control of water and soil pollution.

6. 沃伦·比蒂和费·唐纳薇在宣布奥斯卡最佳影片奖时，因为错拿了评奖结果卡片，误将得奖影片念成了《爱乐之城》，而不是《月光男孩》。事后，负责处理奥斯卡奖项结果的会计公司发了一份公开道歉声明。

应用

1. However, the state is also wary of the fast growth in online finance, which is largely unregulated and the risks of systemic crises may be high. Since 2007, 370 P2P lending platforms have failed in China, of which 270 failed in the past year, according to research by Morgan Stanley and Wangdaizhijia, a Chinese research group.

2. [is't?bli?t]

3. 东京大学（全球排名22名）和京都大学（35名）仍然是亚洲最顶尖的两所高校。

4. There were more than 8m Chinese tourist arrivals in the country last year — up 36 per cent year-on-year, said Mr Wang. The numbers had continued to increase even after Seoul announced the deployment of Thaad, he added.

5. Twenty-something show

6. Only asset management firms saw profits rise, up 16.7 per cent year-on-year to Rmb3.7bn.

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1. These artificial ears will be a huge benefit to those who suffer injuries or who have microtia, a condition that keeps the ears from ever developing.

2. [k?m'plein]

3. 约翰奥瑟兹(John Authers)