A magic lamp 灯
Eg：if I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all.
Petrified
非常害怕的；吓呆的；If you are petrified, you are extremely frightened, perhaps so frightened that you cannot think or move.
造句：I am petrified of mice.
Elective
elective 用作“选修的”（如 an elective subject）或“选修课程”（名词）解是美国英语，相当于英国的 optional 和 optional subject。
实用表达
Kind of
Eg: her smile kind of hugged me.
Eg: it actually kind of reminded me of you when you were a little baby.
在妈妈肚子里 when I was in my mom’s stomach
从妈妈肚子里出来 when I came out of Mom’s stomach
伴随状语的应用（两个动词是并列关系，后面一个变成伴随状语从句）
I mumbled, dropping my hand into his hand while I looked down at his feet.
He said, kneeling down in front of me so I couldn’t look at his sneakers but had to look at his face.
造句：I shouted, throwing the present out of my desk.
Guiding questions
1. What happened when the boy was born?
There were two nurses in the delivery room. One was very nice and the other one wasn’t. And the other one had kept farting all the time until the boy came out of his mother’s stomach.
2. Among the three ones who showed August around the school, which one did August feel not nice? And why?
Julian. He was rude to August, asking him mean question. And then he made August stumble backwards after August pointed his mistake in grammar.
3. What is Mr. Browne’s precept in the first class? And how do you think about it?
When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.
没想法。可能是因为我最近正在看一部韩剧，讲述的是一个心狠手辣的女主播为了实现正义（对的事）而不择手段Orz…