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 SIDNEY SHELODN，他是位畅销小说家，但更是一个厉害的讲故事人。他的小说，文学性不强，是以情节取胜的，所以，小说比较容易并且会让人有兴趣读下去，在小说的文字中有很多的对话，读他的小说，对你英语口语的语感培养会有很大帮助。

以下是这位作者的简介。

  Best known today for his exciting blockbuster novels,Sidney Sheldon is the author of The sky is falling,Tell me your dreams,The beat laid plans,Morning noon night, Nothing lasts forever,The stars shine down,The doomsdayconspiracy,Memories of midnight,The sands of times,Windmills of the gods,If tomorrow comes,Master of the games,Rage of angels,Bloodline,A stranger in the mirror,and The other side of midnight.Almost all have been number-one international bestsellers.His first book,the naked face,was acclaimed by the new york times as "the best first mystery of the yaer" and received an edger award.Most of his novels have became major feature films or tv miniseries,and there are more than 300 million copies of his bools in print throughout the world.

  Before he became a novelist,Sideny Sheldon had already won a tony award for Broadway's Redhead and academy award for Bachelor and the bobby soxer.He was written thr screenplays for 23 motion pictures,includ-ing Easter Parade and Annie Get Your Gun . In addition, he penned six other Broadway hits and created three long running television series,inc-lding Hart to hart and I dream of jeannie,which he also produced .A writer who has delighted millions with his award-winning plays,movies,no-vels,and television shows,Sideny Sheldon reigns as one of the most popu-lar storytells of all time.

 以下是我读他的《TELL ME YOUR DREAMS》所摘入的词汇：

stalker 网子的一种, 高视阔步者

impend 进行威胁, 即将发生

patrician 贵族

powder room 化妆室

malice 恶意, 怨恨, 预谋, 蓄意犯罪

forebode预示, 预言, 预兆, 预感

tank tops

burly魁伟的, 结实的

splotchy沾上污点的, 有污点的

grate壁炉, 炉

cringe畏缩, 阿谀, 奉承

wryly挖苦地, 表情冷漠地

disparaging蔑视的, 毁谤的, 轻视的

desolate荒凉的, 无人烟的

jar震动, 刺耳声, 震惊, 争吵, 罐, 广口瓶

impish顽童似的, 似顽童的, 顽皮的

vivacious活泼的, 快活的, [植]多年生的

smoldere郁积, 闷骚

firecracker爆竹, 鞭炮

puckish淘气的, 恶作剧的

loath不情愿的, 勉强的

cork软木塞, 软木, (用塞子)塞住

grid格子, 栅格

halftone半音, 中间色, 网板

shag粗烟丝, 粗毛, 蓬乱一团

buzz off匆忙离去,挂断电话

ta-ta回头见, 再见

leprechaun（爱尔兰民间传说中的） 妖精

git 饭桶，无用的人

spinsterish似老处女的, 适合于老处女的

stick -in -the -mud保守的人, 墨守成规者, 迟钝的

spool线轴, 所绕的数量, 缠线用的框

nuance 细微差别

anachronism时代错误

transfix刺穿, 使呆住

euphoria精神欢快.欣快, 兴高采烈, [心]欣快症

anomie社会的反常状态, 混乱

alienation疏远, 转让

grit研磨, 在...上铺砂砾

sexton寺庙里的杂役, 教堂司事

booth货摊, 售货亭, 棚

ferocious凶恶的, 残忍的, 凶猛的, <口>十分强烈的, 极度的

dilettante业余艺术爱好者

smug自鸣得意的

lingerie妇女贴身内衣

pixels（显示器或电视机图象的）象素

patriarch家长, 族长, 创办人, 最年长者

hail冰雹, 致敬, 招呼, 一阵

portico[建](有圆柱的)门廊, 柱廊

downtrodden被践踏的, 被蹂躏的,被压制的

botch修补

bonk  vi. 发出巨响（与with连用）性交

twerp无用之人, 蠢人

ruse诡计

leer淫荡的目光, 恶意的目光

tawdry俗丽的, 非常华丽的

ogle媚眼, 送秋波, 眉目传情

tacky有些粘的, 缺乏教养或风度的, 俗气的

tantrum.发脾气, 发怒

virago

tenacity

shard

coroner

somber

loner

calvados

paillard

cavenous

foyer

holster

brunette

deilitate

caricaturist

trench

giddy

scrawl

strap

remission

automaton

glitch

balustrade

penthouse

genie

rarefied

myriad

bassinet

highchair

stroller

playpen

wharf

monogrammed

paralegal

lick

sank

revere

shoo

lilt

limelight

monochrome

intercom

quizzically

traumatized

cot

mimicke

psychopath

hypnotheraphy

contort

raspy

metamorphosis

alters

dissociative

trauma

fugue

spellbound

cowering

sedative

condo

homespum

rugged

sylphlike

bustled

circumstantial

refute

vicious

tar

quid pro quo

voir dire

arraignment

wrangling

bail

acquit

sharecropper

feisty

brogue

prejudge

juggernaunt

detention

mellifluous

agitate

git

malicious

stem

sadistic

relentless

preponderance

goblin

alias

strand

burp

smudged

barring

felon

gavel

mistrial

sequester

churn

grimace

schizophrenia

redirect

illustrious

stipulate

malingering

embezzler

aggravate

credential

recess

gallow

lethal

croak

recuse

argumentative

amnesia

paranoia

provocatively

baleful

palpitating

fiend

repulsion

emasulated

irrefutable

badgering

disbarred

foreman

bungled

nag

loon

swivel

sterling

manor

manacle

shackled

broad

badgering

tarmac

turbulent

pastel

claustrophobic

vivacity

blob

lame

gulped

pestering

scoffed

lacuna

willy

molestation

molester

feral

logjam