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2. Format: After a one-week orientation, classes are held on alternating weekends on Fridays and Saturdays, with accommodations provided on Friday nights. Final term sessions are held on campus for two weeks with the remainder of the term completed online.

3. Mr Williams’ medium to long-term view is arguably more gloomy than that of Mr Baweja. He believes the 25-30 year period during which growth in global exports far exceeded that of global GDP, represented a “surge of globalisation that has come to an end”. In other words, the current slowdown in trade growth is structural, not cyclical.

4. 迁移工程也是京津冀一体化计划的一部分，其目的在于缓解首都交通拥挤，为地区提供更加均衡的发展。

5. 在土耳其问题上，普京表示，他看不到与现任土耳其领导人消除紧张关系的可能性。土耳其不久前击落了一架俄罗斯战机。他说，他非常震惊地看到，土耳其非但没有对其行为做出解释，反而转向北约寻求帮助。

6. 大银行已经或多或少地放弃了用高薪留住人才的尝试。自金融危机以来，有一件事很清楚：如果你想暴富，就得去硅谷。露丝波拉特(Ruth Porat)在2015年树立了一个标杆，她放弃了摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)首席财务官约1300万美元的年薪，跳槽谷歌（如今的Alphabet）获得五倍于此的薪酬。

应用

1. 单词shorten 联想记忆：

2. The decaying feet, some dating back to 1967, were being 'cleaned up', plumped up and whitened at the 'foul-smelling' plant using bleach and other chemicals, before being prepared for sale.

3. 根据世界黄金协会(World Gold Council)的数据，自2008年以来全球黄金供应每年都增长，这一增长在去年陷入停滞。作为世界最大的黄金生产国，去年中国的黄金供应创纪录地下降9%，这是自1980年来中国的黄金产出第二次下降。

4. In an interview with Yicai magazine last week, the chairman of China Construction Bank pointed to the rising tide of non-performing loans as the biggest problem confronting China’s banks.

5. 切实落实脱贫攻坚责任制，实施最严格的评估考核，严肃查处假脱贫、“被脱贫”、数字脱贫，确保脱贫得到群众认可、经得起历史检验。

6. “双创”可以说是应运而生，在全球化、“互联网+”的时代，我们推动“放管服”改革，也促进了“大众创业、万众创新”。

旧版特色

1. sen年老+ior表形容词，“较…的”→年长的

2. Will the housing sector adjust easily to higher interest rates?

3. 卢彦说，通州和其他地区也会建设高规格的医院供市中心地区居民看病，该举措可以缓解交通压力和城市拥堵。