Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 - Day 7

一. Vocabulary

1. strike it rich

(1) 原文：Mom handed us $1,000 each to get us started. I thought I had struck it rich.

(2) 解释: to become rich usually suddenly

(3) 造句：Wow, you must have struck it rich overnight!

2. track down

(1) 原文：So Rowley's party had to be put on hold while the staff tried to track down this kid's parents.

(2) 解释: If you track down someone or something, you find them, or find information about them, after a difficult or long search.

(3) 造句：The police had spent years trying to track down the criminal.

3. tick sb off / tick off sb

(1) 原文：It kind of ticked me off, because I knew Rowley asked his parents for a diary so he could be just like me.

(2) 解释:to make (someone) angry

(3) 造句：He really ticks me off with his rude manner.

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二. Sentence

(1) 原文：But Rodrick cashed in his whole stash before Mom was even done talking.

(2) 结构：be done doing sth

(3) 造句：My mother is done cooking the dinner.

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三. Article

  This morning I went to the hospital to reorder an electrocardiogram, which gives a detailed look at how your heart is beating. Last time my heart rate (HR) was 119 beats per minute which did not meet the civil servants employed medical standards that HR must between 50~110 bpm. This time I was still a little nevers but the doctor was very nice, he tried to calm me down and asked me to take a  few deep breaths. Once I slowed down my HR, he printed the electrocardiogram with normal HR 81 bpm. Thanks to the doctor, I have finally passed the physical examination.