《小屁孩2》Day 18 -- 184-195

#学新词

*sell out*

After I woke up this morning, I went down to the kitchen. But one look at Mom's face told me that Manny sold me out.

[释义] disapproving: when someone does not do what they have promised to do or what they should do 背叛；出卖

[例句] Most of the workers see the union agreement as a sell-out. 大多数工人觉得工会协定是一种背叛。

[造句] It is the most comfortable condition when you can talk to your close friends who will not sell you out.

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*fill in (for somebody)*

So Mom told Mrs.Jefferson that I would be happy to fill in for Rowley at the tryouts.

[释义] to do somebody's job for a short time while they are not there.

[造句] While my mom was out of home, I will fill in for her at housework.

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*tug*

I started tugging at Mom's sleeve to let her know this was a terrible idea, but of course she just ignored me.

[释义] to put with one or more short, quick pulls

[补充] tug at/on something

[例句] Joe was tugging at her sleeve.

[造句] Mom was nagging at my sister over two hours. I found my sisters' annoying appearance. I tugged at mother's sleeve and hoped she would stop nagging.

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#仿例句

But when Rodrick turned in his project, his science teacher told him he was gonna have to start over and come up with a whole new idea.

start over and come up with something else 从头来过，想出别的招。

[造句] The process of success is to start over and come up with one more strategy over and over again.

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#Diary

From Monday to Wednesday, I have been reading three books which belong to the same theme- life guidance and management. Besides flipping through pages, I have also taken notes and written articles on what I have obtained. It took a long time to finish all of those tasks. And I have already experienced great difficulty in working to schedule.

At the same time I've understood the obvious advantage of syntopical reading. If I can't acquire one new knowledge  in a book, I may find another more sufficient explanation for it in another book. Though tired I was, I would adopt this kind of reading skill in a month to see its effects.