Everything I Never Told You- Chapter 4

Part I Words and Expressions

1. So it behooves a good wife to know how to make an egg behave in six basic ways.

it behooves somebody to do something: used to say that someone should so something because it is right or necessary, or it will help them. 

仿句：It behooves you and your partner to consider the financing channel before getting started. 

2. The noise outside the car was deafening: a million marbles hitting a million tin roofs, a million radios all crackling on the same non-station. 

deafening: very loud

仿句：After a deafening roar at that night, a complete silence occupied the forest. 

3. James, not attuned to the sensitivities of the playground, was suddenly annoyed at his son’s shyness, his reluctance. 

be/become attuned to: to be or become familiar with the way someone thinks or behaves so that you can react to them in a suitable way. 

仿句：He's really not attuned to the situation of expressing his personal view in public places. 

4. The confident young man in his imagination dwindled to a nervous little boy: skinny, small, hunched so deeply that his chest was concave. 

dwindle: if supplies or numbers of something dwindle, they gradually decrease. 

仿句：The tall handsome prince dwindled to a small ugly beast. 

Part II Thoughts

母亲的去世似乎给Marilyn敲了警钟。Marilyn发现她和之前想象的生活越来越远。放弃当医生的梦想，安心相夫教子，这样平庸的一眼望到头甚至很可能重蹈母亲覆辙的一生，绝不是她想要的。她的离开有点意外，细想又在情理之中。