Born A Crime - (6) Loopholes

New Vocabulary:

1. voracious:? wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

原文:I was a voracious kid.

造句:Voracious people are often fatter than others.

2. rein... in: to start to control a situation more strictly

原文:My mom was forever trying to rein me in.

造句:Reining children in may hurt their nature and creativity.

3. ground: to stop a child going out with their friends as a punishment for behaving badly

原文:Because of your behavior I am grounding you for one week.

造句: Little boy was grounded because he drew on the wall.


Summary:

In this chapter, the relationship between Trevor and his mom was like? a cop and a criminal in the movies. Little Trevor was endlessly fascinated by fire and knives, especially fireworks. His? eyebrows and the front inch or so of his hair were burned off when creating massive firework, through which his mom caught him telling a lie. His mom denied that she was Trevor's mom so that Trevor couldn't buy toffee apple. By the time Trevor was seven or eight, too smart to be tricked, his mom started writing letters to rein Trevor in. However, Trevor didn't get into trouble with my mom when he was expelled by Catholic school and fired the white family's house. And Trevor inherited from his mother: her ability to forget the pain in life.


Thought:

It’s better to take it, spend some time crying, then wake up the next day and move on.

和”好了傷疤忘了疼“這句話有點(diǎn)像络它,但卻是完全不同的解讀氓奈,褒貶之別挖胃。好了傷疤忘了疼本意為貶義艇纺。而在Trevor這里卻被理解為是我們沒(méi)時(shí)間為那些疼痛憂傷抑郁,因?yàn)槲覀冞€要準(zhǔn)備好迎接下一次疼痛焊虏。

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