1. Belgium, for example, has less than a tenth of the population of Russia, its rival in the group stage, but is regarded as a far greater threat. And then there is Uruguay, which despite fewer than 4 million citizens -- barely a sixth of the population of greater S?o Paulo -- is one of the teams Brazil would least like to meet on its way to the final. How is this so?

2. vt. 祝贺

3. Finance and real estate made up the backbone of home-grown brands, with 38 and 23 companies coming into the list respectively, and accounting for 30 percent of the brands on the list.

4. 年龄：50岁

5. 法国当局十二月发表声明，他们已经取缔了十几个向人们发布去伊拉克和叙利亚作战的网络。

6. One of the more notorious incidents was when Zhu Ling, a student at the prestigious Tsinghua University, was paralyzed when her roommate allegedly poisoned her with thallium in 1994.

应用

1. “如果你读了这本书，你就会发现，在这个故事里有个小插曲，我想那在某种程度上报复了邦德有些傲慢的态度。”

2. There are a wide range of low-cost flights to Russia and transportation in the country is also easy with the Trans-Siberian Railway.

3. 其他上榜的明星还有：凯特王妃（排名第八），泰勒·斯威夫特（第12名），金·卡戴珊（第38名），和索菲娅·维加拉（第100名）。

4. BROADCHURCH (BBC America, March 4) David Tennant returns in the second season of this evocative British mystery, playing Detective Alec Hardy again (after a season as Detective Emmett Carver in the American remake, “Gracepoint”). With the British premiere scheduled for Monday, the producers have begun to talk a little about the show’s top-secret Season 2 story line, and fans may not like what they hear: Chris Chibnall, the creator and writer, told a British magazine, “It’s not another crime case.” Olivia Colman returns as Detective Ellie Miller, while Charlotte Rampling and Marianne Jean-Baptiste join the cast.

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6. 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.”

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2. “The individual sent an email blast to the entire staff.”

3. 扎实有效去产能。