... 参加补习训练以提高自己的驾驶技术 taking a refresher course to improve my driving 抬出名人显要以提高自己身价的人name dropper; name-dropper 永远不要告诉自己你不行 never tell yourself you cannot, for you always can ...
The trouble is partly that discerned by Cooper himself: they are too much a record of meals eaten, people met (a name-dropper's delight) and places visited without much comment.