Chapter 6: Loophole
Part I ：篇章
一：Our life turned into a courtroom drama with two lawyers constantly debating over loopholes and technicalities
Loophole 1: 和母親日常生活的爭(zhēng)論中栋荸，找彼此間的漏洞。Trevor漸大后螟蝙，思維足夠敏捷而常讓母親語(yǔ)塞啤月，母親便以書(shū)信的方式教育他称诗。最有趣的一次有理的狡辯莫過(guò)于致讥，母親寫(xiě)信職責(zé)對(duì)其學(xué)習(xí)不佳以及對(duì)老師母親態(tài)度不夠尊敬富岳，并禁足一周作為懲罰，Trevor回信述其不公還將自己過(guò)錯(cuò)歸于母親陈瘦，因?yàn)樽约菏撬碌暮⒆樱?/p>
這樣的后果幌甘，唯有挨打了。雖Trevor做錯(cuò)事常會(huì)挨打痊项，但母親都讓其心服口服：
One thing I respected about my mom was that she never left me in any doubt as to why I was receiving the hiding.
二： I could always find loopholes in the law.
Loophole 2 ：總是找學(xué)泄纾或其他規(guī)矩制度的漏洞。在 Maryvale就讀時(shí)线婚，學(xué)校周五圣餐儀式規(guī)矩遏弱，非天主教徒的Trevor不可領(lǐng)餐，數(shù)次挨餓后塞弊，Trevor又一展口才：
數(shù)次之后漱逸，校方認(rèn)為T(mén)revor巧舌如簧不知悔改，下最后通牒游沿，Trevor選擇輟學(xué)饰抒。對(duì)此，母親并未嚴(yán)加批評(píng)诀黍，認(rèn)為有問(wèn)題的是學(xué)校而不是Trevor袋坑。教會(huì)Trevor懂得質(zhì)疑權(quán)威和體制。無(wú)奈的是眯勾，Trevor也總是質(zhì)疑母親枣宫。
She taught me to challenge authority and question the system.?The only way it backfired on her was that I constantly challenged and questioned her.
Part II ：Thought
...another trait I inherited from my mother: her ability to forget the pain in life.
I never let the memory of something painful prevent me from trying something new.
苦痛的記憶不會(huì)阻止敢于嘗試新事物步伐婆誓。每人都會(huì)在生活中都會(huì)或多或少碰壁而受傷鼻青臉腫，疼痛痛哭也颤，這僅是讓你明白事實(shí)真相洋幻，傷痛的消失恰是為了讓你再次站起。痛覺(jué)翅娶，生理學(xué)而言是機(jī)體保護(hù)機(jī)制文留，給你提個(gè)醒，不是防御機(jī)制竭沫，痛而生畏裹足不前燥翅，不可取⊥商幔“天將降大任于斯人也森书，必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨贯溅，餓其體膚拄氯，增益其所不能”經(jīng)歷磨礪的不僅是能有所增擔(dān)大任能力，還要有忘其苦它浅、勞译柏、餓的生活苦痛的達(dá)觀。敢忘而不畏姐霍，勇于向前鄙麦，敢于再一次新的嘗試。
痛后仍需繼續(xù)著...如書(shū)所說(shuō)：it's time to get up again
You'll have a few bruises and they'll remind you of what happened and that's okay. But after a while the bruises fade, and they fade for a reason—because now it's time to get up to some shit again
Part III 詞匯
The only way it backfired on her was that I constantly challenged and questioned her.
backfire
if a plan or action backfires, it has the opposite effect to the one you intended 發(fā)生意外, 產(chǎn)生事與愿違的后果
同義：rebound镊折，recoil胯府，backlash
例句：The company's new policy backfired when a number of employees threatened to quit
仿寫(xiě)：His plan backfired on him, so his company bankrupted.
I think he thought he was giving me an ultimatum that would get me to shape up
Shape up
①to improve your behaviour or work:
例句：You kids had better shape up, because I’m in no mood to fool around.
②to make progress in a particular way:
～progress/ plan
例句：Ken’s plans for the business are shaping up nicely.
仿寫(xiě)：The government has yet to shape up the progress of smoking prohibition.
?? shape as
Immigration is shaping up as a major issue in the campaign.
?? shape up to be something
It's shaping up to be a pretty big party.
③shape up or ship out 美式 口語(yǔ)
used to tell someone that if they do not improve, they will be made toleave a place or their job 要么表現(xiàn)好要么走人
The principal laid into me.
lay into somebody/ something 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞
釋義：to attack or criticize someone or something:
同義：Blame,criticize,condem
例句：Outside the club, two men were laying into each other.
仿寫(xiě)：Pay attention to thunder, in case it laid into you suddenly.
Learn to buck that trend now and you will be a better man because of it
buck [及物動(dòng)詞]to oppose something in a direct way:
同義：oppose
例句：He was a rebel who bucked the system (=opposed rules or authority).
例句：Unemployment in the area has bucked the trend by falling over thelast month.
?? buck against
?? buck ?up：? (often in orders) to become more cheerful ?cheer up
仿寫(xiě)：Initially, Trevor's mother had bucked against the apartheid.
