联合国在建立和维持全球性规则方面发挥着同样重要却基本上是默默无闻的作用。如果没有这些规则，现代社会简直无法运作。

1. The United Nations plays an equally important, but largely unsung role in creating and sustaining the global rules without which modern societies simply could not function.
2. According to the Charter of the United Nations, the UN Security Council is the most authoritative and legitimate institution in the multilateral security regime.
3. Chinese calligraphers usually render their Chinese characters in ways that exaggerate the form to yield artistic beauty, such as those in stone inscriptions seen in tourist resorts.
4. The APEC meeting in this year will mainly focus on two aspects: one is on strengthening the cooperation among all APEC members to cope with the possible economic recession with rebuilt-up confidence.
5. In 1998, 18 colleges and universities in Shanghai received 4,298 long-term overseas students from 97 countries and regions, among whom 650 students came to study for master’s degree or above.