Day 20, Page 207-216

Day 20. Page 207-216

#字词篇

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也可以说成rip something into shreds

把某物冲下马桶可以说flush something down the toilet

Risk doing something我们平常都比较常见，但是也可以用risk somebody doing something表示“冒着让某人做某事的险”

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

See the whole thing unfold又是一个表示“完整地看见事物发生的全过程”的表达

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

联系前几天见到的一个表达是place/put something on record: officially say omething or write itdown

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

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#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常见的语义经常为名词“角落”，corner此处作动词，表示to

force a person or animal into a position from which they cannot easily escape,除此之外，corner作动词有时还用来表示“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.例如经常可组成表达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.

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#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…

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#其他知识点

Get one’s wish如愿以偿

Scoop the book off the floor从地上抱起书，另外scoop还可做名词表示“独家新闻”

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联系在“经典读书群”里学的一个表达make appearances on television，都表示“露脸，为人所知”

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

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