Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 - Day 2

一. Vocabulary

1. in a pinch & bail sb out

(1) 原文：So if I ever get in a pinch, it's nice to know I can count on Alex to bail me out.

(2) 解释：

① in a pinch(us)( or Brit   at a pinch): in a bad situation when help is needed

【拓展】feel the pinch:

to experience the problems caused by not having enough money or by paying higher costs

② bail sb out: help sb. solve a problem or leave a difficult situation

(3) 造句：

①She is always glad to help a friend in a pinch.

②His parents are always bailing him out of trouble.

2. camp out

(1) 原文：As soon as dinner is over, he goes upstairs to the bathroom and camps out there for an hour.

(2) 解释：

① to sleep outdoors usually in a tent

② informal

a : to live in a place for a short period of time

b US : to stay in a place for a period of time

(3) 造句：I camped out in the library for the afternoon.

3. cram sth down sb's throat

(1) 原文：The other reason I don't care about Rowley's trips is because whenever Rowley comes back from one of his vacations, he always crams it down my throat.

(2) 解释:把东西往某人的喉咙里猛塞，引申义为把...强加于某人,向某人强行灌输某事

近义词：ram sth downone’s throat

(3) 造句：Don' t cram your opinions down other people' s throat.

二. Sentence

And what made it really irritating was that now this guy was Rowley's new hero.

(1仿写：What made it really irritating was that his new iphone was stolen at the bus station.

(2) 原文改写：And what made it really annoying was that now this guy was Rowley's new hero.

三. Article

  I have just finished reading the book The Ordinary World, which is written by a famous Chinese writer, Lu Yao. It mainy talks about ordinary peasants who struggled for a better life in the 1970s to 1980s. In this book, the heroine,Tian Xiaoxia, make a deep impression on me. Though born in an official family, she has a soft place in her heart for all poor people. It was really heartending to read the part that she jumped into the flood  to rescue the endangered girl and sacrificed herself. It is worthwhile to reading this book for many times and of course, I will keep the heroine in my mind forever.