Words and Expressions
1.stand out ?, blend in
造句：It's not a priority for the graduats to stand out among his colleagues , in the contrast , learn how to blend in the company seems more essential .
2. jot down 寫下，記下
造句：Time is limited , jot down the most useful information and leave out the rest of it .
3. drown out : to overwhelm so as to render inaudible
造句:She burst into laughing upon hearing the joke , the laughter is so loud that it drowned out the headmaster's speech .
4. squirm扭動(dòng) studiously 故意的
造句：The boy dropped his book near her desk studiously intend to see her one more second ?, yet he doesn't know every time he pass by the girl would squirmed in her seat with her heart beating fast .
5 . 頭發(fā)
brush Marilyn 's hair from her face
tuck her hair behind her ears
6. a mug of coffee 一大杯咖啡
wisp /tuft of hair 幾撮頭發(fā)
Summary
?"The author's writing skills is so mature , she is an awesome story-teller." That is what I thought when I ?finished this chapter and went back to paragraph one .
The author told ?us the reason why Lydia is dead directly .Because her mother wants to stand out and her father wants to blend in ,and those thing are impossible .So , the author focused on telling us how they try to achieve the "impossible things ".
Marilyn , always trying to stand out ?by doing well in academic studies , rejecting ?her mother's lifestyle and even refusing the men that asked her to movies for they are look alike .James also does ?lot to blend in , such as prepares well in case his classmates ask him play together , choose to study American culture and keeps his parents as a secret to Marilyn.James choose to accept her not because of love but for she can blend in perfectly .
This kind ?of marriage can't be happy and it influenceed Lydia greatly ?, that's why Lydia have so much pressure in study and have to keep contacts with her friends .
