2016.2.15 周三 晨读 小屁孩日记11 double down p149-156
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1..I had my eye on the saxophone at first, because with that one it's hard not to look cool. 双重否定 表示easy 很好的思维
2.But there are way too many buttons on that thing, and I knew I'd never get the hang of it.（to learn the skills that are needed to do sth 掌握 熟悉 词组）
3.Mom suggested I take a look at the French horn （妈妈建议我看一下圆号，注意suggest的用法） suggest (that) i (should) take (原型) 不能用不定式
拓展：建议某人做某事怎么说？
不能说suggest somebody to do something，要改为suggest (that)+ (should) +动词原型
【例】What do you suggest we do about it? 咱们对此该怎么办，你有什么建议吗？/Her uncle suggested that she (should) get (gets) a job in a bank. (错误：Her uncle suggested her to get...)她叔父建议她找一份银行的工作。
如果是当堂提建议，则不要用should。【例】I suggest that you get a job in a bank.我建议你去找一份银行的工作。
4.你没系安全带，被警察抓住了本来要罚。但是警察觉得你长的好看，觉得放你一马。
造句：警察说：这次放你一马（describe someone who has avoided trouble or punishment 你摆脱了危险 惩罚，一词组），下次要系安全带。
This time I let/got you off the hook(摆脱危险 惩罚).Next time,fasten your seatbelt.
hook 是钩子 钓鱼的时候鱼脱钩，意味着摆脱危险
5.But when dad saw the price tag he put the brakes on （slow or stop movement or activity 制止，词组） the whole thing.
拓展：急刹车怎么说？
slam/jam on the brakes 急刹车 brakes 一定是负数 slam 猛踩
He slammed/jammed on the brakes[=he applied the brakes very quickly] to avoid hitting the other car.
6.Dad said we should rent instead of buy,because that would be a whole lot cheaper.
a whole lot 一般＋比较级
造句：我好多了。I'm a whole lot better.
7.Eventually,dad caved in.（＝give in，informal:to stop trying to resist or oppose sth 屈服妥协，词组）
8.swipe credit card
造句：我能刷卡吗？Do you take credit card? (Can I pay by credit card)
9.It was a pain in the neck (=any kind of annoyance or source of grief 苦事 惹人讨厌的人或事,词组) bringing my French horn to school today,because the case weighs almost as much as the instrument.
造句：每天早上5:30起床太难太苦了。It was a pain in the neck getting up at 5:30.
10.she's not wasting any energy lugging a heavy instrument around.(现在进行时更体现画面感、状态)
造句：我不要再(浪费时间)等你了。I am not (wasting my time) waiting for you.
11. The great thing about the band is that there are no try-outs (=a test of someone's ability to do something that is used to see if he or she should join a team, perform in a play 试验 选拔) or anything.
12.I wasn't thinking it all the way through when I picked my instrument.
拓展：think about 想一想 / over 再想一想/ through 反复想
13.I really wish he'd given me a heads-up （＝a message that tells or warns someone about something that is going to happen 善意警告）about it, because that information would've been nice to know.
感受一下生活大爆中的用到的heads-up
Amy: Hang on, please. Hello?kay. Oh, and just a heads-up, mm, since the last time you saw me naked, I got a Cookie Monster tattoo. The acceptable responses when you see it are awesome or nothing.
Oh, and just a heads-up, mm, since the last time you saw me naked, I got a Cookie Monster tattoo. The acceptable responses when you see it are awesome or nothing.
Heads up（抬起头）. Pwofessor Wothman urinated in the particle physics wab again, so we’re going to move up his wetirement party.
14.But I figured I might as well give it a shot (=try ,go 尝试一下).
15.I filled my cheeks with air just like he did, and I blew into the mouthpiece （乐器吹口，也有发言人 喉舌的意思）ad hard as I could.
造句：我为自己代言。I'm the mouthpiece.
16.放屁怎么说?
cut the cheese/ break wind /pass the gas
17.instrument除了乐器，还有什么意思？ 手段
instrumental = helpful 有帮助的
18.retire是退休，retiring是什么意思？ shy 孤僻害羞
