1. ICBC said net profits increased 0.5 per cent for the year to December 31 2015 — the smallest increase since it listed. Returns on average total assets declined 0.1 percentage points to 1.30 per cent.

2. In the tweet, Obama quoted Nelson Mandela, "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."

3. 科派斯塔克说，人们对经济紧缩和欧元稳定的忧虑使得过去一年欧元区城市的生活成本指数降低了，而加拉加斯能跻身前20则是由于人为的高汇率管制。

4. 朱克斯提醒，我们目前正处于第四次超级大泡沫之中，它是美联储在保守经济学兴起以来的30年时间里吹起来的。他将这个泡沫称为“暂时没有名字的泡沫”(Bubble With No Name Yet)。好，大家来给这个新泡沫命名吧。但不管你叫它什么，都要快点起名，因为它马上就要爆了，就像过去30年相继破灭的亚洲泡沫、互联网泡沫和信贷泡沫一样。

5. 几十年来，白人身份认同话语只存在于白人至上论的语境之中。当白人至上论成为禁忌，白人身份政治就陷入一种失语状态。

6. 总体来看，36%的人相信末日论，而63%的人相信是气候变化的结果。

应用

1. Add your scores for questions one to nine to see how you score on the Negative Affectivity scale

2. 城镇新增就业1100万人以上，城镇登记失业率4.5%以内；

3. ‘Unfortunately, while the newest episode may be a fantastic addition to the Star Wars franchise, ‘starwars’ is a dangerous password to use,’ said Morgan Slain, CEO of SplashData, Inc.

4. 'He does smoke cigarettes, he smokes many, many cigarettes.

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6. Will a nation other than Brazil, Germany or Spain win the World Cup

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1. 2. Do I have too much clutter? Drowning ourselves in too many material possessions can ultimately lead to stress. Get clear on what you absolutely need and what you can get rid of.

2. 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?

3. 联邦控制委员会要求修订的财政计划必须在1月底前批准，举出加西亚去年提交的部份是不现实的，并过度依赖联邦资金。加西亚拒绝提交一项修订计划，包括紧缩措施。罗塞略已经表示，他将要求延长还款期限与在2月到期的延缓偿付，目前保护波多黎各避免被愤怒的债权人诉讼。