1. n. 改进，改善

2. The programme is ranked second for career progress three years after graduation. Tiemba’s graduates number only about 250 so far, making them an elite group.— LaurentOrtmans

3. Recipient: Britney Spears

4. Yu Xiuhua, born with cerebral palsy, lived a quiet village life. She is now a literary sensation whose vivid, erotic poems are “stained with blood.”

5. n. 授予物，补助金; 同意，给予

6. 反对派是合法的，可以自由表达观点而且权力受到限制。

应用

1. We will continue to reform fiscal and tax systems.

2. 无论是电视剧版的《仙剑》，还是原作游戏，都不仅仅是在中国有着大量的粉丝且深受欢迎，在亚洲其他地方也是如此。

3. n. 美德，德行，优点，贞操

4. There are, for example, clear differences in the way the products are pitched to investors in the US and Asia. A high proportion — some estimate 90 per cent — of funds in Asia are commission-based. This disadvantages ETFs because they are openly traded on stock exchanges and are not structured to pay commissions to banks, brokerages or financial advisers that might recommend them, unlike the mutual fund industry in the region.

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6. 201001/93725.shtmlNews trumpedcelebrities in 2010 as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and World Cup soccer in South Africa topped the list of most-searched items of 2010, according to Yahoo!

旧版特色

1. n. 温室，暖房

2. Another exceptional new field is that of nanotechnology.

3. Mr Erdogan, who has also benefited domestically from the row with Mr Rutte, has sought to broaden his diplomatic dispute to take on all of the EU, particularly Germany, which has had similar run-ins with Ankara over campaigning in Germany’s large Turkish community.