Day 13, P136-148

一、字词

1.  I thought I could just crank out my thank-you cards in a half hour, but when it came to actually writing them, my mind went blank.

释义:
1). crank out, to produce something quickly mechanically, regularly, and in large quantities.
制作,制成。
2). my mind go blank.大脑一片空白。

例句: Her mind went blank when she was diagnosed with cancer.

2. Writing the cards from there was a breeze.

释义: breeze, a light wind, 微风。
例句: A warm breeze was blowing.

3. Thank you so much for the awesome encyclopedia!

释义:encyclopeida, a book or set of books that gives information about very many subjuects, arranged in the order of the alphabet. 百科全书。
例句: Her father promised her that a encyclopeida will be a reward if she got A in the test.

4. Rowley tried to break his fall by sticking out his arms, but he landed prettey hard on his left hand.

释义: stick out, to be further out htan sth else; to push sth further out than sth else.(使)突出,伸出。
例句: It is dangerous when you stick you head out of the window.

5. I tried to cheer him up, but all the jokes that usually crack him up weren't working.

释义: 1). cheer sb up.(使)振作起来;(使)...增添色彩。
            2). crack sb up.捧腹大笑
例句: Her success really cheers him up.

二、句子

1. Ricky's big claim to fame is that he'll pick the gum off the bottom of a desk and chew it if you pay him fifty cents.
结构: ...claim to fame is that ...
造句:Forrest Gump's greatest claim to fame is that he is the fastest runner in his school.

2. We just need to come up with ideas for what our robat might look like and what kind of things it would be able to do.
结构:...for...
造句: You don't know the reason for why she behaves like that.

三、作文

This was first day I was working in boss's home. I thought it would have been an(不是a) awkward day, but it ended up very normal. When her daughter was off school, I met her, a cute girl, first grade. She played piano and sang you are my sunshine with guitar for me. I became one of her fans after that.

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