Day 16 -- Page 171-183

#学新词

1. I came up with this character called Creighton the Cretin, and I got on a roll.

*be on a roll: (informal) to be having a lot of success with what you are trying to do

Middle High was on a roll, having won their last six basketball games.

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2. Bill is always in detention, so I guess he has a bone to pick with just about every teacher in the school, including Mr. Ira.

*in detention:

1) [U] the state of being kept in prison 

2)[C,U] a punishment in which children who have behaved badly are forced to stay at school for a short time after the other have gone home

She was always getting put in detention.

* have a bone to pick with somebody: (spoken) used to tell someone that you are annoyed with them and want to talk about it.

pick your nose. 挖鼻孔

pick your teeth. 剔牙

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3. I thought he just meant he had fixed spelling mistakes and stuff like that, but he totally butchered it.

*butcher: (informal) to spoil something by working carelessly

That hairdresser really butchered my hair!

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4. But I wasn't ready to set the record straight just yet.

*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

I would like to set the record straight on a few points.

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*stew pid: = stupid

*bin: a box, frame, crib, or enclosed place used for storage

*morning announcement:

* play it cool:

*sign autographs for someone

*heart attack: 惊讶得心脏病几乎要发作

*have fun with someone: 

*be friends with someone


#熟词新义

1. But I slipped them under a pile of paperwork on Mr. Ira's desk.

*slip: to put something somewhere quietly or smoothly [SYN]~slide

2. Hopefully, those ones won't turn up until I'm in high school.

*turn up: to find something by searching for it thoroughly

The police investigation hasn't turned up any new evidence.

3. The paper came out today at lunch time, and everyone was reading it.

*come out: 

4. when Rowley came back fifteen minutes later, he looked pretty shaken up.

*shake up: 



#温习旧词

1. I will never run out of new material.

*run out of:  

2. But when I went to turn my strips in, I saw that there was a pile of comics from other kids who were trying out for the job.

*turn in:

*try out:


# 例句仿写

1. I must've banged out twenty strips, and I didn't even break a sweat.

*bang something out: (informal) to write something in a hurry, especially using a keyboard


2. and I started to get the feeling something was wrong.

*get the feeling something be + adjective

这个用法看上去比较简单,但是非常实用,对。。。有什么感觉

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3. Rowley Jefferson, report to Mr. Winsky' s office immediately.

*report to somebody: to be responsible to someone at work an due managed by them

He will report to Greg Carr, Boston Technology's chief executive.

向某人报告,这是一个很生活的词,最好是记住。

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#大小作文

Summary



Diary


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