1. Every employee wants a pat on the back once in a while, and the best bosses understand the importance of recognizing and appreciating employee contributions. This doesn’t have to mean bonuses or fancy corporate awards, but regular and meaningful expressions of appreciation。

2. 此外，排名前列的城市的“成本”、“文化与居民生活”两项指标普遍不高。在满足民众需求、并提供高质量生活方面，中国的“机遇城市”仍然面临挑战。

3. 在咨询公司Brand Finance的《2017年全球500强》报告中，搜索巨头谷歌超过了iPhone的制造商苹果公司，成为了全世界市值最高的公司。

4. 谷歌和亚马逊分居第二、三名。

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6. 在《星球大战：原力觉醒》后，迪士尼影业和卢卡斯影业承诺每年冬天推出一部星球大战系列电影，都将围绕原来的主题展开。

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2. Of the 200 nominated companies, 101 are privately-owned, while the rest are State-owned enterprises. The total value of these 200 listed brands has risen by 36 percent year-on-year to reach $696 billion, with the top 10 accounting for 46 percent of the total value.

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4. If a sitcom that lasts for 10 years is considered popular, then surely one that still stirs up emotions after 20 must be considered a classic. Friends first aired in the US in 1994, featuring a cast of six young men and women in New York. In the time since, it’s become one of the most famous titles in the sitcom genre, aired in over 100 countries and regions in the world.

5. 例如，美国和亚洲向投资者推介产品的方式存在明显区别。在亚洲，很大比例的基金（一些人估计为90%）是以佣金为基础。这对ETF不利，因为它们在股票交易所公开交易，在结构上不便向可能推荐它们的银行、券商或理财顾问支付佣金，这与该地区的共同基金行业不同。

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1. They expect the heat to get much worse over coming decades, but already it is killing forests around the world, driving plants and animals to extinction, melting land ice and causing the seas to rise at an accelerating pace.

2. The controlled test takes two-and-a-half hours and, according to theories, Nishi's score and subsequentIQ of 162 would be two points higher than famous physicist Einstein.

3. But now she's using her storybook looks for good, dressing up as the character to entertain children and cheer-up cancer patients.