1. oDesk and Elance (now in the process of merging) are freelance marketplaces, which allow you to quickly identify, engage and hire freelancers from all over the globe. Need a website developer or content writer? Don’t hire an employee; instead, work with a freelancer. At last count, there were more than 1 million freelance contractors available via these marketplaces.

2. 谎言4：太感谢了！我很喜欢！说谎原因：告诉别人他们送的礼物一团糟会让我看起来像是冷血的混蛋。

3. That is changing. One big 2013 move for benchmark Brent crude came in August, when international intervention in Syria seemed increasingly likely. But while the price of Brent, which is traded on London's IntercontinentalExchange, did rise by 5% on the threat of U.S.-led airstrikes, it didn't come close to the 2013 high.

4. 还有些电视剧不如人们最初预料的好，不过仍有吸引力，最显眼的是映时频道的《婚外恋》，它一开始看起来像汉普顿斯式黑色电影，后来变成了法国艺术电影。剧中的罪行与过于缓慢的节奏以及《罗生门》(Rashomon)式的讲述方式不太相称，不过该剧在最后几集势头大涨，悬念丛生。

5. Asia and Australia account for 11 of the world's top 20 most expensive cities, with eight from Europe and one from South America, the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) worldwide cost of living index found. No North American cities featured in the top 20.

6. Victoria's Secret angel Candice Swanepoel comes 4th amongst 10 most beautiful women of 2015. This South African beauty came in 10th on the Forbes top-earning models list last year. She was voted No. 61 in 2010, No. 62 in 2011, and No. 75 in 2013 in FHM's annual “100 Sexiest Women in the World” poll and No. 1 in 2014 Maxim's "Hot 100 List".

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1. The Harry Potter star Emma Watson hold fifth position in the list of ten most beautiful women of 2015. The English actress, model, and activist, Watson took the top spot on the AskMen “Top 99 Outstanding Women 2015″ list and at number 26 on the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people.

2. 雪莉·巴赛为007系列电影演唱了两首名曲，这是其中之一。从某种程度上来说，007系列电影一直讲述的是心愿达成的故事。观众在享受剧情的同时，耳旁听着最棒的歌手用强有力的声音唱着关于贪欲的歌词，真是恰到好处。所以无论你对这部电影抱有何种看法（尽管这不是007系列最佳电影之一），巴赛拥有上好的素材，创作了让人眼前一亮的歌曲。

3. 他们现在对阵克里夫兰和波士顿时的人员对位看起来顺眼多了。

4. 单词enterprise 联想记忆：

5. 你一定有一个连走路时都念念不忘的怪癖。你只想聊这个。瞧着吧，观众会被你帅到的。

6. How much time? And to what extent will bitcoin, in seeking wide adoption as a currency and as a protocol for new applications, face the hurdle of mainstream consumers’ lack of understanding? Adam Ludwin suggests that people don’t need to understand how the technology works to appreciate it. “It has the quality of early Internet,” he says. “People don’t actually know anything about how it works, but they don’t need to know, or care. They just know they turn their computer on and can check email.”

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1. 欧盟正明确表现出，它希望利用美国在贸易上领导力的空缺来敲定新的贸易协议。欧盟在拉丁美洲与南方共同市场(Mercosur)的谈判时断时续，已经进行了10多年。但欧盟和阿根廷等南方共同市场的关键成员国正推动在今年年底前达成一项协议。这将成为一项重要声明，正好杵在美国的后院内。

2. ……被要求向面试官简单介绍自己，结果她没有什么可说的。

3. The rise of populism, even in countries such as the US and UK where plenty of people are in work, has made politicians realise that the quality of jobs is as important as their quantity.