讲座: a course of lectures...
口味: a person's preferences, tastes (in food), flavor...
宣称: to assert, to claim...
摇摇欲坠: tottering, on the verge of collapse...
案件: case, instance...
别说: to say nothing of, not to mention, let alone...
掏: dig (a hole, etc); hollow/scoop out, take/draw/pull/fish out...
胖: fat, plump...
