词汇

1.conversationalist (n) •a person who is good at talking to others, especially in an informal way. 健谈的人，能聊的人

2.anecdote (n) •a short, interesting or amusing story about a real person or event. 逸事，趣闻

例：amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor.

The book is a rich store of anecdotes.

• a personal account of an event 传闻

例：This research is based on anecdotes, not fact.

3.upbringing (n) •the way in which a child is cared for and taught how to behave while its growing. 培育，抚养，养育，教养

例：to have had a sheltered upbringing 受到呵护的养育

He was a Catholic by upbringing. 他受家庭熏陶，从小就是天主教徒。

4.snob (n) •a person who admires people in the higher social classes too much and has no respect for people in the lower social classes.势利小人，谄上欺下的人

例：She is such a snob.

•a person who thinks they are much better than other people because they are intelligent or like things that many people do not like.自以为优越的人，自命高雅的人

例:an intellectual snob. 自命知识渊博的人

    a food/wine snob自命精于品尝美食/美酒的人

    There is a snob value in driving the latest model.开最新款式的车能满足一种庸俗的虚荣心。

snobbery (n) •the attitudes and behavior of people who are snobs. 势力的态度/行为；自以为优越的行为/态度

例：intellectual snobbery 智力上的自我优越感

5. desultorily (adv) •in a way that goes from one thing to another, without a definite plan and without enthusiasm.

desultory (adj) •漫无目的的，无条理的，随意的

例：I wanderers about in a desultory fashion.漫无目的的四处游荡。

a desultory conversation 漫无边际的谈话

词组

1.area code 电话地区号，区号

2.love triangle 三角恋爱

3.case history 病例

4.separation of the executive, legislative and judicial powers 三权分立

5.eliminate pornography and illegal pubilcations 扫黄

pornography (n) •淫秽作品，色情刊物

例：child pornography 儿童淫秽作品