《研究生英语精读教程》(第三版下)中国人民大学出版社UnitEightlAmaHighbrow1.Text2.Exercise3.SupplementaryReadinglAmaHighbrow*AldousHuxley①1.highbrown.personwithtastesandinterestsconsideredtobesuperiortothoseofmostpeople雅士,绅士,自命不凡的人［1］Toagreatextent,ofcourse,itisjustamatteroftaste.IamahighbrowforthesamereasonthatIamaneaterofstrawberries.IenjoytheeatingofstrawberriesandIenjoytheprocessesandexperienceswhicharecommonlyqualifiedbythenameof"highbrow".［2］Conversely,Iamnotalowbrow*,becauseIdonotenjoylowbrowprocessesandexperiences.ThusIderiveagreatdeallesspleasurefromjazzandthrillers*thanfromthemusic,letussay,ofBeethovenorthenovels,forexample,ofDostoevsky①;1.lowbrown.personhavingorshowinglittletastefororinterestinintellectualthings平民,俗民,庸俗的人2.thriller※n.onethatthrills,especiallyasensationalorsuspensefulbook,story,playormovie惊险读物andthesexappealofthegirlsonthecoversofmagazinesseemstomelessthrillingthanthemorecomplicatedappealtoagreatvarietyoffeelingsmadebyaRubens①,anEIGreco②,aConstable③,aSeurat④.［3］Again,Ifindthewatchingofhorseracingorfootballmatcheslessagreeableasanoccupationthantheacquisition*andco-ordination*ofknowledge.Readingseemstomemoreentertainingthanbridgeorcross-wordpuzzles*.1.acquisition※n.theactofacquiringorgetting获得2.co-ordinationn.stateofbeingbroughtorputintoproperrelation协调,调和3.cross-wordpuzzlespuzzlesinwhichwordshavetobewritten纵横字谜(一种填字游戏)Andtheslaughtering*ofanimalsforfunisapastimethatleavesmeeithercoldwithdisgustorhotwithindignation.1.slaughter△vt.tokillcruellyorwrongly残杀,屠杀［4］Thereisnodisputing,saystheproverb*,abouttaste-though,infact,humanbeingsspendatleasthalftheirleisuredoingnothingelse-andifhighbrowismandlowbrowismwereexclusively(asitiscertainthattheyareingreatpart)mattersofindividualtaste,therewouldbenomoretosayaboutthemthanwhatIhavesaidintheprecedinglines.1.proverb△n.ashortwell-knownsayinginpopularlanguage格言,谚语