Day 20. Page 207-216

#字詞篇

1. I knew that if Rodrick got ahold of my journal, it would be a nightmare. So I decided to just rip the whole thing into tiny little pieces and flush them down the toilet. It was better to just destroy the thing than risk Rodrick getting his hands on it.

Rip something into pieces也可以說成rip something into shreds

把某物沖下馬桶可以說flush something down the toilet

Risk doing something我們平常都比較常見，但是也可以用risk somebody doing something表示“冒著讓某人做某事的險”

造句：I just ripped my dairy into pieces, and flushed them down the toilet.

2. By the time security came in and got me out of there, everyone who lived in Leisure Towers was down in the lobby. And Rodrick saw the whole thing unfold upstairs on Grandpa’s TV.

Security這里指的是the department of a company or organization that deals with the protection of its buildings and equipment

See the whole thing unfold又是一個表示“完整地看見事物發(fā)生的全過程”的表達(dá)

造句：I saw the whole money-stealing process unfold in front of me.?

3. Now I’m kicking myself for not keeping up my pen-pal relationship with Mamadou.

Kick yourself: used to say that you are annoyed with yourself because you have done something silly, or made a mistake etc.

造句：I was kicking myself for not collecting my pocket money.

4. I couldn’t believe everything got twisted like that, but I wasn’t about to set the record straight, either.

Set/put the record straight: to tell people the truth about something, because you want to be sure that they understand what the truth really is

聯(lián)系前幾天見到的一個表達(dá)是place/put something on record: officially say omething or write itdown

造句：I thought I should set the record straight on this case.

#句子篇

The craziest thing happened today. When I walked in the door at school, a bunch of guys cornered me, and I braced myself for the teasing to start. But instead of harassing me, they started congratulating me.

Corner常見的語義經(jīng)常為名詞“角落”幸缕，corner此處作動詞，表示to

force a person or animal into a position from which they cannot easily escape,除此之外婴洼，corner作動詞有時還用來表示“control”，如corner the

market,意思就是gain control of the whole supply of a particular kind of goods.

Brace oneself for something: to mentally orphysically prepare yourself or someone else for something unpleasant that isgoing to happen

Harass: to make someone’s life unpleasant,

for example by frequently saying offensive things to them or threaten them.例如經(jīng)车平冢可組成表達(dá)sexually/racially harass somebody

造句：Tom was cornered by some guys right when he arrived at school, and he braced himself for the following harassing stuff.

#作文篇

Sometimes I was really sure that my mom didn’t understand a thing about girls my age. I was chubby since infant-hood. However, it proved that my mom had a really bad taste when she picked clothes for me. As you can imagine, mini-skirts and dresses without sleeves took 90% of my wardrobe. Did she ever thought about that would just make my figure look worse? Plus, my mom preferred to cut my hair short at that time. And I believed that was the reason why most of my friends then were boys, because once a boy confessed that I was just a boy who loved mini-skirts in his eye, and added that was never ever a big deal to him…And today, I planned to climb mountains with my friend, and guess what was prepared by my mom——a long pink dress. Because according to my mom, no beautiful dresses, no good mood to enjoy the scenery…

#其他知識點

Get one’s wish如愿以償

Scoop the book off the floor從地上抱起書恼琼，另外scoop還可做名詞表示“獨家新聞”

Duck into: to move somewhere very quickly,especially to avoid being seen or to get away from somewhere

Make a run for it: to suddenly startrunning, in order to escape

Show my face at school聯(lián)系在“經(jīng)典讀書群”里學(xué)的一個表達(dá)make appearances on television，都表示“露臉灸蟆，為人所知”

Pass something up: to not make use of achance to do something

Cut loose: to free yourself from someone or something, or their influence