1. Bangkok is projected to host 21.47 million "international overnight visitors" this year, according to the 2016 report by financial services corporation MasterCard.

2. Paris is the only Eurozone country in the top 10, and sees a drop of three places, which the report says may be due to falling confidence in the euro.

3. 所有外出务工人员的年收入据估计达到了3万亿美元，然而大约有85%仍留在雇主国，他们汇款回家的钱，平均不到雇主国GDP的百分之一。

4. 单词compromise 联想记忆：

5. On the flip side, why do so many JetBlue flights arrive late during the holidays (22 percent)? For one thing, it flies to and from some of the busiest airports in the country, including New York’s JFK, LaGuardia and Newark Airports. And it encounters some of the same issues as Hawaiian does over the Pacific.

6. 新年可能平淡开场。但在中国不是这样，2016年中国股市的开局相当刺激，交易员们简直要窒息在泡沫中：周一沪市下跌7%，深市跌幅超过了8%。情况本来可能会更糟糕。一项在沪深300指数下跌7%时暂停交易的新机制让这场大戏提早落幕——就这次的情况而言，是提早了一个半小时。

应用

1. ‘Jeopardy!’ This game show celebrated the 50th anniversary of its debut (broadcast on March 30, 1964), and proved it can still not only stump viewers but also surprise them. That’s not just because the host, Alex Trebek, briefly regrew a mustache after 13 clean-shaven years, but also because some contestants showed they could still rile an audience. This year, it was Arthur Chu, who introduced a blitzkrieg style of gamesmanship that provoked a cyber hate-fest. His strategy was thrilling and certainly effective: he came in second in the Tournament of Champions. (Ben Ingram, the nice guy, finished first.)

2. vt. 祝贺

3. 为什么我如此有信心东亚不会爆发战争，无论在东中国海还是南中国海？答案很简单，因为我了解推动亚洲变化的力量。虽然许多亚洲邻国会发出愤怒的民族主义声明（他们必须这样做来应对普遍的民族主义情绪），但他们的行动是谨慎和务实的。

4. 印度国家板球队

5. Skeptics of climate change have long argued that global warming stopped around 1998, when an unusually powerful El Ni?o produced the hottest year of the 20th century. Some politicians in Washington have seized on that claim to justify inaction on emissions.

6. 31岁的扎克伯格去年的表现力压群豪，个人资产上涨了112亿美元，从去年的第十六位跃升至今年的第六位。这是他和杰夫·贝佐斯首次进入福布斯年度排名榜单前十位。

旧版特色

1. 就在整场比赛即将结束时，荷兰队射入一球再次追平比分，双方进入加时赛。最终中国队射入第三球，赢得2013年机器人世界杯足球比赛冠军。

2. ‘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.

3. 就目前来看，我觉得他们大概会在第十顺位，在这么低的顺位想要得到一个立即能够成为球队建队基石的新秀可不容易，并且留给鹈鹕队出成果的时间不多了。