1. While the S&P 500 is on track to conclude another stellar year of gains, those who sought to beat the index are poised to finish with a more dubious distinction. According to Lipper, 85% of all active stock mutual fund managers had been trailing their benchmarks through the end of November. In a typical year, there are nearly twice as many managers outperforming, with only around two thirds of funds struggling to catch up. Lipper says this is the worst year for active managers relative to the market in three decades.

2. As for liberalization of global trade, we believe all countries need to work together to push it forward. This globe belongs to us all and we all need to do our bit.

3. out出去.过时+rage怒气→怒气外露→粗暴,暴行

4. 是的，你想知道怎么去做好你的工作。但是仍然有一些你想要学的东西；否则，你就没有职业发展。如果你在工作中不能学到新的东西，那么已经是时候去找一个能够学到新知识并且有职业发展的工作了。

5. Aspiring young leaders already place more emphasis on using their influence, rather than trying to exert power through the embedded authority of their position or their assigned title. Many are already gaining leadership experience, not through promotion at established institutions but by running bottom-up movements and voluntary groups, or by shaping their own start-ups.

6. 谁被埋葬在这里？

应用

1. 30岁的阿什莉·格林汉姆是首位跻身收入榜单的大码模特，她通过自己的内衣和泳衣品牌代言合同赚得550万美元，排在榜单的第十位。

2. n. 笔画，击打，一笔（画）连续的动作，中风，

3. 会。莫迪一夜之间废除大面额纸币的做法令人震惊，严重扰乱了印度经济。但此举带来了丰厚的政治回报，支撑了莫迪作为愿意采取严厉措施打击腐败的果决领导人的形象。面临2019年的下一届大选，莫迪很有可能想拿出另一项轰动性措施来博取选民的支持。当心，他可能会对那些为了隐藏资产而以他人名义持有房产的富人采取重大行动。

4. First there was SARS, then the global spread of H5N1 flu and now the H1N1 flu. Globalization is not helping, either. The earth now is truly a village, making it easy for a virus to travel from Beijing to Boston in a matter of hours. Will another epidemic arrive in 2010?

5. vt. 凌辱，激怒

6. 美国财政部门最新数据表明印度九月份持有的美国政府债券达到800亿美元，十月份减持美国政府债券到775亿美元——这也是三个月来的最低点。

旧版特色

1. Those in third-tier cities are under relatively low financial stress and human relations stress, and enjoy better social and natural environments, and infrastructure.

2. 在此次数据发布前，澳新银行(ANZ)经济学家表示他们预计1月份通胀将回暖，原因是粮食价格上涨，此外他们预计商品价格走低也会对CPI造成影响。

3. 单词vigilance 联想记忆：