1.If anyone ever accuses Gramma of showing favorites, she gets all defensive.

Defensive（too quick to protect yourself from being criticized 急于为自己开脱的；戒备的，怀有戒心的 感觉受到威胁）

When a person is acting defensive, they're trying to protect or justify themselves. People who are insecure or guilty tend to act defensive.

例句：Her manner was oddly defensive, as he hadn't intended any criticism at all.

造句：Whenever anyone mentions lottery, he gets rather defensive.

2.All I can say is,  if mom and dad were trying to teach me a lesson for covering for Rodrick, well, mission accomplished.

mission accomplished任务完成

例句：Mission accomplished. I've got everything you asked for on the list.

造句：Mission accomplished. All you need is right here.

3.But at least Grandpa is up front about it.

up front about 坦诚 不掩饰

例句：She's very upfront about why she wants the job - she'd earn a lot more money.她毫不掩饰自己想要获得这份工作的原因——她想赚更多的钱。

造句：He's been upfront about his intentions since the beginning.

句子

I guess the idea was to have people watch horror movies and then draw pictures afterward to show how the movies affected them.

造句：I guess the idea was to have people eat different types of foods and then test their blood glucose levels afterward to show how those foods affected them.

Diary

My cousin is back this summer from Canada. He is going to be a senior and has to prepare for college application, but so far as I can see, he's really not sweating it. Recently, he's been into a new Chinese TV series. It just makes no sense to me since the acting is so lame and the plot is tacky. I figure my cousin watches it either for fun or to immerse himself in the Chinese culture environment when homesickness becomes unbearable in Canada. Somehow he has  got addicted to it and there is no coming back once he started.