1. 公关行业胜在连基本的发邮件、说话和开会都能玩出无穷的花样。入围作品有：“我想跳上你的雷达”（别，你要跳上来雷达就完了）还有“我们找时间联系，相互更新一下情况”。我最喜欢的是这个，一位名叫迈克尔的这样写道：“希望你别介意这次广推(outreach)。”哎吗，我很介意。主动凑上去(reach out)已经够让人腻歪的了，就算你把它当名词使，还颠倒了词序，也并没啥用好吗。迈克尔，“沟通杯”(Communications cup)归你了。

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3. 第二场比赛将于10月8日在上海的梅赛德斯-奔驰文化中心举行。

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5. 毋庸置疑，改造比创造容易。任何曾经对着白纸一筹莫展的人都知道这一点。但是，在过去七年里，时尚界对60年代的普遍模仿至少暴露出，这个行业缺乏想象力——不只是对于服装和消费者缺乏想象力，而且对于文化与服装的关系也缺乏想象力。

6. Below are 10 clues you left that basically scream: "I am job searching!"

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1. Here are the 10 winners of the 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes given to scientists, writers, and peacemakers who make silly but thoughtful contributions to the world, or as the Annals of Improbable Research puts it, "first make people laugh, and then make them think." I can vouch for them making us laugh!

2. Take targeted policies to cut excess urban real estate inventory

3. n. 联合，结合，交往，协会，社团，联想

4. 11. Our gut bacteria are messing with us in ways we could never have imagined. New research has revealed that neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's might actually start out in the gut, rather than the brain, and there's mounting evidence that the human microbiome could be to blame for chronic fatigue syndrome. With gut bacteria showing signs of controlling our appetite, changing our brain structure, and triggering brain lesions that could lead to strokes, our tiny passengers are a force to be reckoned with.

5. Audrey Zhang, a fifth-grader from Levittown, N.Y., is the winner of this year's Doodle 4 Google competition, rising to the top of some 100,000 entries on the theme of "draw one thing to make the world a better place."

6. 艾伦非常有才，主持也自然，她知道如何调动世界范围内的观众的心绪。她是奥斯卡的铁杆粉丝，而我们也是她的庞大粉丝团。真是完美的契合。

旧版特色

1. 《副总统》(Veep)：Netflix公司的热门剧《纸牌屋》(House of Cards)今年露出疲态，但另一部讽刺华盛顿的HBO电视剧《副总统》却在第三季中更上一层楼。塞琳娜（朱莉娅·路易斯-德莱弗斯[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]饰）和助手加里（Gary，托尼·黑尔[Tony Hale]饰）在洗手间里发现自己即将成为总统后，激动得失声大笑，成为2014年喜剧片中最滑稽的一幕。

2. 美国的排放量一直在降低，这是因为发电过程中燃烧天然气的比例增加了；与煤炭相比，燃气发电每单位能量所产生的二氧化碳更少。但美国通报称，2013年的排放量有所增加，因为煤炭重新获得了一些市场份额。如果这种趋势持续下去，它可能会成为奥巴马政府的一个挑战，因为奥巴马政府正试图制定更严格的温室气体政策。

3. Vawter climbed 103 floors of a Chicago skyscraper on his bionic leg, but its designers are still working on improving it. To optimize it for everyday use, they have to make it even thinner and lighter. Its successor (the iLeg Air?) may meet the Army's stated goal for a bionic leg—10,000 steps without recharging.