1. More recently, however, General Motors made a self-driving car in 1958 that adjusted its steering wheel based on the alternating currents given off by a wire placed inside the road. While the vehicle did actually drive itself, it does not qualify as the first autonomous vehicle because it depended on wires placed inside the ground. The world's first autonomous vehicle was made by S. Tsugawa and several of his colleagues at Japan's Tsukuba Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. However, German engineer Ernst Dickinson is regarded as the pioneer of the autonomous car. In 1987, he developed the VaMoRs which was capable of traveling more than 90 kilometers per hour (55 mph) for about 20 kilometers (12 mi). Seven years later, he made the VaMP, which could recognize road signs, know its own position in a lane, detect other vehicles, and even decide when to change lanes. And a year after that, he and his team made another autonomous vehicle which traveled from Germany to Denmark. The vehicle had a maximum speed of 180 kilometers per hour (111 mph) and was controlled by a human for about 5 percent of the journey.

2. 包括AT&T、IBM、西门子和施乐等在内的27家公司今年未能继续上榜。

3. Managers are expected to manage the people below them on the corporate hierarchy, but the best managers also have ways of managing their superiors and coworkers on behalf of their team. Many times this means effective communication, managing expectations, and requesting help in a timely manner。

4. 有些人仍坚持一种可称为“资源稀缺”的理论。该理论的核心是，资源开发遵循线性模式，低成本的资源最先被开发，也就是说，未来大部分乃至全部开发活动的成本一定会更高。遗憾的是，行业发展历史并不支持这一观点。过去几十年的经验表明，情况正相反。

5. “That’s the first time we’ve seen that,” said Thomas Karl, director of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s national centres for environmental information.

6. 老爷车：由于今年在一个海外小岛上发现了一大批尘封50年之久的老爷车，导致现在二战后的老爷车的供给充足，价格也显著下降。收藏家们尤其喜欢Packards、Studebakers、Hudsons、Nashes、Kaisers和Henry J’s等型号的老爷车。更令人吃惊的是这批老爷车的车况都十分良好，能够满足日常使用。（财富中文网）

1. check原是检查的意思，后来有这么一帮人喜欢突然阻止你，检查你的暂住证，所以就有了突然阻止的意思。

2. “现在，我只给她稍微擦了点唇膏，涂了点指甲油。”

3. After weeks of nail-biting auditions and five days of tense semi-finals, Britain’s Got Talent picked one of the 11 acts to be the 2014 champion.

4. 和许多评论家一样，我一方面了解清单的便利，一方面也讨厌清单的专横。所以我永远不可能只列出十部――我怎么做得到呢，北美影院一年就要上映900多部影片呢――今年是2015年，所以我挑选了15部，为它们分门别类，计数时做了一点含糊，所以最后其实是20部。其中有两部片名的不代表并列，而是代表有两种特色，可以成对观看，二者的优点相映成趣。

5. 2. Don’t fantasize about big brother: I am only legend.

6. 《钢铁侠3》（Iron Man 3）凭借12亿美元的票房总收入成为目前2013年最卖座影片。不过这还不足以令其主演小罗伯特·唐尼（Robert Downey Jr.）摘下我们票房收入最高演员的桂冠。今年，绰号“巨石强森”的德韦恩·约翰逊（Dwayne Johnson）凭借更加努力的工作，击败了唐尼。

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1. 对可穿戴技术有兴趣的不止是科技公司。梅赛德斯-奔驰（Mercedes-Benz）正在将移动体验移植到可穿戴设备上，而维珍航空（Virgin Atlantic）正在试验性地探索谷歌眼镜在顾客服务上的应用。

2. n. 离开，出发，分歧

3. The students were very experienced, commented one graduate. Networking and interaction among everyone involved were key aspects of this programme.