1. Also called self-driving cars, autonomous cars have been making the news recently. Chief among them are Google's self-driving cars. Google's driverless cars have traveled over 480,000 kilometers (300,000 mi) with only two accidents, both of which were caused by humans. But self-driving cars aren't new. In fact, their concepts have arguably been around since the days of Leonardo da Vinci, who invented a spring-powered cart with a programmable steering device.

2. The top SUV maker and MPV maker last month are familiar to all: Great Wall Motor and SAIC General Motor Wuling stayed on their segment thrones. SAIC Volkswagen also maintained its crown in the sedans and hatchbacks segment.

3. 埃尔多安在国内也受益于与吕特的争执，他寻求将外交争端扩大至针对所有欧盟国家，尤其是德国，后者同样因土耳其在德国的大型土耳其社区拉票而与安卡拉发生争执。

4. The first view is that the price is inherently cyclical. What has come down must go back up again and the deeper the trough the higher the next mountain.

5. 科学家们让夫妻进入实验室，在他们开始“别扭”对话时观察他们的压力水平。研究发现，面对压力时，用大笑等积极情绪缓解压力的夫妻在一起的时间往往更久。

6. Regarding Syria, Putin said the Russian military operation will continue until a political process starts. And he said the Syrian people must determine who rules the country. He also said he does not know whether Russia needs a permanent military base in Syria.

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1. The relatively stable global outlook must continue if 2014 is to be the kind of economic year Americans have been hoping for throughout the recovery.

2. 到达洛杉矶后在一段虐恋中遭受了厌食症。

3. 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。

4. This quote is the only one picked for the list that didn’t come originally from the Web, but rather from the real world. A government official evading a journalist’s persistent question about the annual total of car loans repaid in Tianjin simply said, “We can’t go into detail on this matter,” which apparently Netizens found really laughable.

5. Guangdong has cemented its position as the country's largest provincial economy for the 28th consecutive year, with its gross domestic product (GDP) exceeding 7.9 trillion yuan in 2016.

6. “为什么这件事发生在我女儿身上？”她说，“因为枪支造成的死亡太多了，我不知道还要死多少人。”

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1. 分析师们表示，未来几个月整体进口数据可能开始好转，因为大宗商品价格下跌在2014年底尤为显著，这将意味着按价值计算的中国进口同比降幅较小。

2. “中国银行业面临的逆风将延续很长时间，”他说。“除了盈利来源减少，它们还将不得不为坏账带来的亏损做好准备。”

3. 《蝙蝠侠大战超人：正义黎明》将于2016年3月23日横扫各大影院。