1.Stars:a landmark restaurant in San Francisco，California.Along with Spago，Michael's，and Chez Panisse，it is considered one of the birthplaces of California cuisine，New American cuisine，and the institution of the celebrity chef.

2.Pacific Place:a complex of office towers，hotels and a shopping centre situated at 88 Queensway，in Admiralty，Hong Kong.The four-level mall is home to over 130 shops and boutiques and one major department store，collectively offering an array of contemporary fashion and luxury brands.The complex is also home to three five-star hotels，a boutique hotel，three Grade-A office towers and 270 five-star serviced apartments.（香港）太古广场

3.Time Warner Center:a twin-tower building in New York City.It consists of two 750 ft（229 m）twin towers bridged by a multi-story atrium containing upscale retail shops.Construction began in November 2000，following the demolition of the New York Coliseum，and a topping-out ceremony was held on February 27，2003.The total floor area of 260，000 square metres（2，800，000 sq ft）is divided between offices（notably the offices of Time Warner Inc.），residential condominiums，and the Mandarin Oriental，New York Hotel.The Shops at Columbus Circle is an upscale shopping mall located in a curving arcade at the base of the building，with a large Whole Foods Market grocery store in the basement.（纽约）时代华纳中心

4.eponymous:the eponymous character in a book，film，or play is the character whose name is in its title.For example:Jane Eyre is the eponymous heroine of the novel Jane Eyre.

5.food court:the area in a shopping centre where there are many small restaurants（商场内）美食区，美食广场，美食街

6.white-linen restaurants:restaurants whose tablecloth is made from white linen有白色亚麻桌布的饭店（喻指就餐环境上乘）

7.high society:a category of people deemed to have social status or prestige；the fashionable elite；people coming from rich and important families上流社会

8.Chowhound:a popular online food discussion board founded by Jim Leff and Bob Okumura in 1997，known for its user base of food fanatics.In 2006，they sold the board to CNET Networks，which took over and redesigned the site，merging it with CHOW magazine，redirecting the chowhound.com domain to chowhound.chow.com，but keeping its busy forums，grouped by locale.

9.The New Yorker:an American magazine of reportage，commentary，criticism，essays，fiction，satire，cartoons，and poetry.Started as a weekly in 1925，the magazine is now published 47 times annually，with five of these issues covering two-week spans.Although its reviews and events listings often focus on the cultural life of New York City，The New Yorker has a wide audience outside of New York.It is well known for its illustrated and often topical covers，its commentaries on popular culture and eccentric Americana，its attention to modern fiction by the inclusion of short stories and literary reviews，its rigorous fact checking and copyediting，its journalism on politics and social issues，and its single-panel cartoons sprinkled throughout each issue.纽约客（杂志名）

10.dead spot（also dead zone）:a zone within the range of a radio transmitter where little or no radio signal can be received（接收机）死角；盲点；非灵敏区（文中喻指“顾客注意不到的商场的某个地方或角落”）

11.often as not:equal to“as often as not”；between whiles；very frequently往往，时常；大抵

12.attention span:the period of time during which you continue to be interested in something注意力的持续时间

13.strip mall:（AmE）a row of shops built together，with a large area for parking cars in front of it单排商业区，沿公路商业区，带状商业区

14.niche market（also niche）:the subset of the market on which a specific product is focused.The market niche defines the product features aimed at satisfying specific market needs，as well as the price range，production quality and the demographics that is intended to impact.It is also a small market segment.For example，sports channels like STAR Sports，ESPN，STAR Cricket，and Fox Sports target a niche of sports enthusiasts.Every product can be defined by its market niche.The niche market is highly specialized，and aiming to survive among the competition from numerous super companies.Even established companies create products for different niches，for example，Hewlett-Packard has all-in-one machines for printing，scanning and faxing targeted for the home office niche while at the same time having separate machines with one of these functions for big businesses.利基市场，缝隙市场，瞄准机会的市场，细分市场（指那些被市场中的统治者，有绝对优势的企业忽略的某些细分市场，即指企业选定一个很小的产品或服务领域，集中力量进入并成为领先者，从当地市场到全国再到全球，同时建立各种壁垒，逐渐形成持久的竞争优势。）