1. It is the first biography to win the prize, although Mr Greenspan’s autobiography, The Age of Turbulence, was shortlisted in 2007, the year before the financial crisis raised serious questions about the central banker’s legacy.

2. 汤姆·佩蒂

3. v. 施压

4. over $50,000 category, pickups and SUVs distributed through non-premium dealers outsell German luxury brands.

5. China's online game revenue in 2008 was CNY20.8 billion, accounting for about 27% global share, ahead of South Korea at 21% and slightly behind the U.S. at 29%, according to an earlier report by Shanghai-based market research firm iResearch. The firm also predicted that China is likely to surpass the U.S. to become the world's largest by the end of 2009.

6. 该声明称，EPIC绝不容忍任何人的欺骗或者侵犯版权的行为，不管他的年龄有多大。

应用

1. 调查指出，关键的是，世界的不稳定性和冲突可能继续推动通货膨胀并影响某些城市的生活成本。

2. In fact, create a hard and fast rule to keep work and job searching separate. That means no sneaking out for a phone interview. No browsing job boards. No applying or networking with your work email address. "You don't watch porn at work, and you don't work on your résumé at work," Kay says. "You just don't."

3. The ranking is based on surveys of schools and alumni who graduated in2011. This edition gives a snapshot of alumni’s situation compared with when they started the programme.

4. 有理由怀疑纳伦斯-诺埃尔是否能成长为可靠的先发中锋，这些理由包括他的伤病史、场外红灯行为和非常有限的进攻手段。

5. How do you know if you need to drink more water? Well, there's a list of factors: dry lips, dizziness, headaches, low urine output and increased thirst. Yet, this smart bottle wants you to listen more to your phone than to your body.

6. 刘易斯说道：“人们不能像这样，抛弃他们的宠物。每个人都有悉心照料自己宠物的法律义务。”

旧版特色

1. A sub-index tracking activity at larger enterprises softened 0.7 points to 53.1, while mid-sized companies fell 1.3 points to 49.9, indicating slight contraction. That for smaller manufacturers fell 0.4 points to 49, indicating worsening contraction.

2. 从2004年起，过去120年里的现代或当代艺术家们创作的10件作品在拍卖会上共卖出1亿多美元。而更早期绘画大师的作品价格则是稳中有跌。最近几周，这一趋势非常明显，伦敦的拍卖公司努力为自己的最新一批18世纪前绘画大师作品寻找买家。与近些年的情况一样，其中几乎没有名作。

3. Will the 10-year Treasury yield finish the year above 3 per cent