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VOA慢速英语:Surgery Safaris: Looking for the Perfect Body

2014-11-19来源:VOA
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cosmetic surgery (also “plastic surgery”) – n. surgery that improves or repairs the form or appearance of body parts

safari - n. a journey to see or hunt animals especially in Africa

luxurious – adj. very comfortable and expensive; richly appealing

client – n. a person who pays a professional person or organization for services

stigma - n. a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something

disposable income - n. the personal income that is left after the deduction of personal taxes and that is available for consumption and savings

rogue - adj. used to describe something or someone that is different from others in usually a dangerous or harmful way

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