1-nightstand 床头柜

What books are on your nighstand?

2-memoir(s) 回忆录，自传（一般以复数形式出现）

The memoirs of Alexander Dumas, the first volume of which I am struggling through French.

3-unparalleled 无比的，无双的，绝无仅有的

"Spring Rising ", by the unparalleled Angelique Kidjo, who recommended the first title.

4-cellist 大提琴手

Casals was one of the greatest cellists of the last century.

5-suite 组曲，套房

6-despotism 专制统治，暴政

He rediscovered Bach's cello suites for generations of musicians and listeners, he stood always for liberty and against despotism.

7-ethnomusicologist 人种音乐学家

In the 90s, I discovered the work of ethnomusicologist named Ted Levin.