Words and phrases

1.For example, if a DJ plays a song like “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”—yes, it’s a catchy song, but what is a whip?

catchy  引人注目的；（曲调等）易记住的，朗朗上口的

例句 The melodies are catchy, fun to sing.旋律让人记住，唱起来也很有趣。

仿写  This slogan is not catchy enough.

2.Cars creep up to the intersection and the driver will see the party blocking their way and shrug and make a U-turn.

creep的基本意思是“缓慢〔悄悄〕地行进”,隐含唯恐被人发现之意,也可指人或动物身体贴着地面“爬行,匍匐”,可用来比喻岁月、时间等慢慢流逝,数量、份额等逐渐爬升,错误、麻烦等偷偷出现,情绪、感觉等悄然涌上心头

creep up有流遍；漫上；悄悄迫近，等意思，这里的意思我理解是数量增加

例句 Old age creeps up on you before you realize it. 人不知不觉就变老了。

仿写 The train fares of Spring Festival creep up every year.

3.From that point on I worked for Andrew, and then as he was about to matriculate he decided to quit the game.

matriculate    someone who has been admitted to a college or university（formal）

被大学录取；（从学校）毕业；被许入学者

联想到的词 admit,register,enrol,enroll,enlist

4.All I had to do was tap into it.

tap into  利用；挖掘；打入

例句：But it's less symptomatic of India's ambition to unleash cutting-edge innovation, he says, as much as its desire to tap into a new market.

不过，尽管渴望进入这个新的市场，他表示，但它与印度刺激尖端技术革新的抱负并无多大关系。

tap用作动词指轻微地、反复地拍打。tap也可作“窃听”“开发利用”“给…放水”“给…提供消息”解。

这里就是可以理解为“开发利用”的意思

5.By matric I was balling, making 500 rand a week.

matric（中学的）毕业学年     对比  matrices 矩阵matrix的复数形式.

balling 俚语，有钱的意思。    ball意思还是蛮丰富的，感兴趣的可以查下字典看看。

延伸：表示“球类运动”时，ball前不加a或the，如play ball，不说play a/the ball。但是ball前有加the或a的时候，如play with a ball（玩一个球）和play with the ball（玩这个球）

对比  How did you enjoy playing ball?你玩球玩得痛快吗?

How did you enjoy the ball?你跳舞跳得痛快吗?

play ball 打球    play with a ball 玩弄一个球

Thoughts

People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.

Every country thinks their history is the most important, and that’s especially true in the West.

授人以鱼不如授人以渔。其实他想说，他从别人那学到了做盗版碟的能力，相当于得到了钓竿。个人粗浅理解，这里他是想说，给别人鱼不如教人钓鱼，然而没有钓竿怎么钓呢，钓竿在这个类比中是缺失的部分，他认为这句谚语不够直白？他得到的是一个相当于“钓竿”的工具和机会，最后小小地在周围垄断了，并赚了钱，吃上了麦当劳。而像他这样的很多黑人是没有机会接触电脑刻录机等等这些东西的，他说“We weren’t being taught to think.”。他们甚至连希特勒都不知道，很多人都是对名字相关的人物历史并不清楚，直接就这样模模糊糊取了。他们所受的教育，环境和眼界限制了他们的思维和结果。而Trevor很幸运的扩展了一些眼界，看到了一些更远的东西。好像一个新的世界才真正向他敞开了大门。在这个世界中，似乎一切都皆有可能。待看和想知道他后面怎么到美国的做脱口秀的。