1. Identity, as academics define it, falls into two broad categories: “achieved” identity derived from personal effort, and “ascribed” identity based on innate characteristics.

2. Hope all your New Year dreams come true!愿你所有的新年想都成真！

3. Of the large land areas where many people live, only the eastern portion of the United States recorded below-average temperatures in 2014, in sharp contrast to the unusual heat in the West. Some experts think the weather pattern that produced those American extremes is an indirect consequence of the release of greenhouse gases, though that is not proven.

4. BrandZ表示，中国科技集团华为(Huawei)已从苹果(Apple)和三星(Samsung)手中夺取市场份额。

5. Best Companies rank: 25

6. 可以想象，2016年油价将从当前不到40美元的水平上反弹。沙特或许会尝试减产，伊拉克可能会爆发更多冲突，恐怖主义分子可能会攻击一些重要目标，比如沙特拉斯坦努拉和阿巴奇克的石油终端。一切皆有可能，有些事情发生的可能性更大一些。但问题在于，油价反弹的幅度将有多大？

应用

1. movement

2. Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”

3. 2. The 'Dad bod' is so hot right now

4. The emissions growth last year was a bit slower than the average growth rate of 2.5 percent over the past decade, and much of the dip was caused by an economic slowdown in China, which is the world's single largest source of emissions. It may take an additional year or two to know if China has turned a corner toward slower emissions growth, or if the runaway pace of recent years will resume.

5. Metals cases made up a record 46 per cent of the 233 anti-dumping actions brought worldwide in 2015, with the steel industry accounting for almost all of the metals complaints.

6. 但国家统计局认为，CPI上涨的主要原因是去年同期对比基数相对偏低。

旧版特色

1. 最后，不管你是什么性格的人，积极生活，健康向上！

2. 北极和南极海冰量均降至历史最低水平

3. 7. Am I working too hard? Taking time to re-charge and spend time on activities that make you happy is so important. Honor your desire to pull back from work or school pressure when needed and give yourself time to breathe, even if it’s only for a few minutes at a time.