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收集整理by子安：zhanghang.simon@这些是我在看经济学人的时候收集到的一些自己感觉比较好的句子段落，与大家分享，希望大家可以继续这个工作，可能有个别句子牛人觉得很一般，不过总体而言，我认为很多句子属于那种可以闪光的，是值得大家借鉴的经济学人的文章，往往有好多闪光句子，这些正是我们作文所缺少的，正所谓他山之石可以攻玉，把这些好的句子段落拿来消化吸收，希望在长期的熏陶中可以形成良好的写作习惯由于个人水平实力有限，阅读视野也有限制，第一版显得有些单薄，希望大家可以增加更多的东西，使这个材料更加丰富个人也会努力出第二辑，欢迎关注支持Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. -----Albert Einstein2011-3-17日下午14:39 完2011-5-23 下午14:22编辑By：子安1. THIS month saw the launch in New York of a new kind of contemporary-art auction, one in which a single major player in the art market is invited to create “the sale of his dreams”. Set up by Phillips de Pury & Company and held in the firm's new premises on the corner of Park Avenue and East 57th Street, the auction was promoted as a “game changer”. Phillips hoped it would help boost its flagging sales. Some described it as sub-contracting; others called it curating. The auction house named the sale “Carte Blanche”, a title that, among other things, is a reminder of the art market's lack of regulation.2. The works consigned for sale went through his office rather than Phillips's art department. So did the paperwork for the pieces that he purchased on behalf of his clients.3. Financial guarantees also helped secure a number of consignments.4. As confidence has returned to the market, guarantees have made a reappearance in the form of “irrevocable bids” from anonymous third-party investors that ensure works sell for a minimum price, with the investor taking a larger cut of the price if it exceeds the guarantee.5. On the night, Mr Ségalot and his assistant, bidding on behalf of their clients, bought six of the seven guaranteed lots—four of which made record prices.6. In this sale, they acquired the lots that featured on both the front and back covers of the catalogue, in each case taking the unusual step of paying more than the high estimate.7. The price achieved by “Men in Her Life” was unusual, particularly as Sotheby's and Christie's were also selling large-scale Warhols painted in the same year.8. Going into the auction week, the art-world's favorite Warhol was Sotheby's “Coca Cola” (pictured above), an iconic, hand-painted canvas that had established the record for the highest price ever paid for the artist's work on the one occasion that it changed hands back in 1983.9. “Men in Her Life”, by contrast, is generally perceived as an interesting outcast.10. Over the past 15 years Mr Ségalot, bidding on behalf of clients, has been responsible for many high prices.11. Food prices, which account for more than a third of the consumer-price index, are largely to blame: vegetables are almost a third more expensive than they were a year ago. Even the most exotic commodities have been affected.12. But neither step will do much to constrain banks swimming in deposits and lending to an economy growing, in nominal terms, by 15% a year.13. It may repeat the kinds of measures it imposed in 2008, when food inflation topped 23% after an outbreak of disease killed many of China’s pigs.14. Federal debt held by the public has shot up to 62% of GDP, the highest it has been in over 50 years.15. All this means that America can sensibly aim for a balance between spending cuts and higher taxes similar to the benchmark set by Britain’s coalition government.16. Its movement and passing were so superior to Tottenham Hotspur’s that it seemed only a matter of time before Arsenal rose to the top of the league.17. Despite government meddling and rampant piracy, commercial television is surging in the Middle Kingdom.18. Flush with money, and determined to differentiate themselves from a mass of cheap knock-offs, China’s larger provincial broadcasters are beginning to import foreign programme formats legitimately. 19. In a pragmatic society that worships efficiency, it is difficult for a sensitive and idealistic person to make the kinds of hardheaded decisions that alone 6 n: P* j# S9 r& E9 rspell success as it is defined by such a society. 在一个崇拜效率的功利主义社会中,一个感性的和理想主义的很难做出一种就其本身而言就可以带来在这个社会中定义的成功的精明的决策。

20. Due to increasing internet connectivity and a large interest in my research area, I receive an overwhelming number of e-mail messages from prospective students.21. Although it is too early to say how much support a boycott will have, a survey on the Web portal NetEase said 94 percent of nearly 11,000 respondents were in favor of a boycott.22. “WE LIVED on farms, we lived in cities, and now we’re going to live on the internet!” proclaims the actor playing Sean Parker, one of the Facebook pioneers in the film “The Social Network”.23. Mr Mulally, who had joined Ford the year before, wanted to remake the firm with his “One Ford” global design and development strategy.24. I had marked neither modesty。