1. The fact is, Hon Lik is not the first person to invent the e-cigarette. Way back in 1963, Herbert Gilbert made the world's first device that could be used to inhale tobacco-flavored air. In Gilbert's original version, there was no form of combustion and it was free of nicotine. He later designed a prototype that used a battery to create heat. He also used different flavors of water to create steam. He presented his prototypes to different chemical, pharmaceutical, and tobacco companies, but they simply turned down his prototypes.

2. As a result, 39 percent of the post-90s generation tries to avoid the negative effects of mobile phone use through measures like turning off app notifications, intentionally limiting the frequency of social media interactions and staying away from social media entirely in certain situations.

3. A型与B型人格理论指出，A型人格的人外向、野心勃勃、严谨、地位意识强、敏感、不耐烦、焦虑、积极主动和注重时间管理。

4. 银行根本无力赶上这样的薪酬水平。例如，受交易结构性变化和旨在约束冒险行为的新规打击，自2009年以来高盛(Goldman Sachs)的净收入减少了约三分之一。该行试图让薪酬比保持稳定，这意味着发放给典型员工的总薪酬减少。

5. 网上的撤稿公告共列出了107篇论文及524位作者，他们几乎都是中国临床肿瘤专家。所涉及的医院都是顶级公立机构。

6. [iks'pi?ri?nst]

应用

1. n. 基础，根据，建立

2. A teenage student in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has been sentenced to one year in jail after trying to poison fellow students for being too noisy in class, local media reported last Wednesday.

3. n. 宣言，声明 vi. 发表宣言

4. 5.3-D 打印耳朵

5. 中国企业家王兴（音）通过聊天软件“微信”(WeChat)与身在美国加州的姐姐和澳大利亚的叔叔保持联系。这款聊天软件让人得以一瞥中国网络公司怎样参与全球竞争。

6. 该项目的规模较小，为50人左右，这不仅令该学院得以遴选非常有经验的学员，还使得学员之间非常亲近。

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1. China’s largest online peer-to-peer lender, Lufax, is seeking $1bn in new funding at a valuation of $15bn-$20bn, as growth continues to surge across the internet finance sector.

2. 可口可乐表示，中国消费放缓打击了销售额，而较为疲弱的需求正迫使其降低库存。

3. This has given “edtech” start-ups, such as Silicon Valley-based Coursera and London-based FutureLearn, a foothold in the market. Expect them to continue this year, perhaps with a merger with a bricks-and-mortar higher education establishment.