Vocabulary:
1. rein... in: to start to control a situation more strictly
原文：My mom was forever trying to rein me in.
2. 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.
3. leave sb in the lurch: to leave sb at a time when yo should stay and help them
原文：When a parent is absent, you’re left in the lurch of not knowing
4.tuck in: to eat sth eagerly
原文：Luckily my tastes hadn’t matured much since the age of thirteen, so I tucked right in.
5. sink in: if information, facts etc sink in, you gradually understand them or realize their full meaning
原文：I was so happy that a girl had spoken to me that it didn’t fully sink in that they’d stolen my bicycle.
6. ranting and raving: 暴跳如雷，咆哮和愤怒
原文：With Abel’s anger, there was no ranting and raving, no clenched fists.
8. peel off: to live a moving group of vehicles, aircraft etc and go in a different direction
/to take your clothes off
/to take a piece of paper money from the top of a pile of paper money
原文：each kid peeling off and going their separate way when we reached their house.
9. pitch up: to arrive somewhere 同义：turn up
原文：People would pitch up and offer to help.
10. piss off: to annoy sb very much
原文：Which would piss off the kids behind me because it was basically cutting the line.
11. bide one's time: to wait until the right moment to do sth
原文：I bided my time through it all.
Summary:
These chapters cover how Trevor got along with his mom, dog, father, friends and classmates.
The relationship between Trevor and his mom was like a cop and a criminal in the movies.Trevor was naughty, but his mom could handle him. And Trevor inherited from his mother: her ability to forget the pain in life.
His favorite dog Fufi refused to leave stranger's home to go back home with him. He learned a lesson---you do not own the thing that you love.
He clearly remembered how well he loved Christmas with his father Robert. Even after ten-year gap with Robert, he felt a flood of emotions rushing through him when he saw an oversized photo album made by Robert, a scrapbook of everything he had ever done.
At first, for ugly appearance, poverty, and colored skin, he was an outsider whenever and wherever. All of these kids pelted him with berries. First loving girl Maylene left him and went to be Lorenzo's valentine. In school, he wasn't welcome in any group. And he was the patron saint of detention due to the long commute. However, he became a food dealer to earn some money due to running fast. With the money, he was never late. And he learned to be humorous. Because he could relate to others in this way, but never in the other way. He found his niche. He was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time he was all by myself. And the second girl Zaheera had such a huge crush on him.
Reflection:
我一直不认同三岁看老这句话，但是从Musk和Trevor身上，我又深深的感受到了伟人之所以为伟人，平庸之所以平庸的定论。像是Begin with the end。Musk年轻时断定Internet, renewable energy, and space三大领域，而后来他也是这样从一而终的。小Trevor看到的永远是bright side，身处逆境学到的是如何激流勇进。为了更好的打交道，他在不同环境下用不同语言交流；为了融入团体，他学会如何幽默；利用自己跑的快的优势赚钱等。而现在他也一直是最优秀的脱口秀大师。
//反观gap的自己，一直没能坚持运动的自己，心哇凉哇凉的0.0仿佛看到了我未来的人生
Whatever, come on!
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