#字词篇
1. Dad was really ALREADY mad at me for tearing up the sod, so I knew I was in for it.
tear up: to tear something into small pieces, in order to destroy it
be in for something: to be going to experience something unpleasant very soon
造句：The weather forecast says we're in for heavy rain this evening.
2. And in less than a minute, he reduced all of our hard work to nothing.
reduce：to bring something or somebody into particularly undesirable state
reduce something to something这个用法在这里用的很妙。符合孩子的描述心理。
平常我们也可以用这个表达来表示“……变成了……（越来越少/越来越糟）”
比如我们可以说A heavy rain reduced our paintings to trash.
3. Right when it looked like we were going to get in an all-out fight, we got ambushed from the street.
ambush意思是“埋伏，伏击”，这里的got ambushed相当于were ambushed. get作系动词用法
all-out: complete and with as much effort as possible 王力宏有一张专辑叫《火力全开》，这里的意思也可以理解为一场火力全开的fight
造句：We made an all-out effort to get the project finished on time.
4. There is only one comic slot, and up until now this kid named Bryan Little has been hogging it all to himself.
hog意思是“多占，独占”，对hog的意思可能我们知道得最多的是它用作名词，是pig的意思，但是主要指（用于屠宰/肉食的）猪。
slot: a position in a company or organization 这里有点类似于“机会/名额”的意思
slot 最常见的意思是窄缝，凹槽，比如投币箱的那个投币口
造句：The only slot in this department has been hogged by a illiterate man.
5. But lately, Bryan's been using his strip to handle his personal business. I guess that's why they give him the axe.
axe: an abrupt dismissal from job/ a situation in which a government, a company or an organization decides to end something or to get rid of a worker or a job.
comic strips: 常常刊登在报纸上的连环漫画
造句：Over 500 staff are facing the axe.
6. I had a taste of what's is like to be famous at my school when I won honorable mention in this antismoking contest they had.
taste: a sense of what is proper or acceptable socially此外taste还可以指“品味，鉴赏力，爱好口味”等。
honorable mention 荣誉提名
造句：The famous movie star won honorable mention of Oscar.
7. I don't really want to be partnered up with a kid who doesn't draw noses, anyway.
partner这个词经常见的是它的名词词义，伙伴，搭档
做动词partner somebody和…成为搭档/搭伴儿
partner up: to act as someone's partner in a sport, game, dance, or activity.
文中还有一处team up也是类似的用法，意为“和…组队”
造句：They partner up and throw water balls at each other.
#句子篇
1. As soon as I heard the news, I knew I had to try out. ''Wacky Dawg" made Bryan Little a celebrity at our school, and I wanted to get in on some of that kind of fame.
something makes somebody something: “某事让某人成为…”比如我们可以用这个表达写很多类似的句式。 those stories make me a hero/ gold mines make me a millionaire
get in on: to be involved in or benefit from something when there is an opportunity
也可以直接用benefit from来替代
造句：If you'd like to get in on this offer, call now.
2. I heard the garage door open and I saw Dad coming outside. He marched right out carrying a snow shovel, and I thought I was going to have make a run for it.
I heard the garage door open在这里open是形容词用作garage door 的宾语补足语。
类似的表达比如 I see the kid crying/ knocked down/ excited...
make a run这里的动词make其实并没有什么实际意义，也可以直接用动词run来替代。
相似的表达比如have a try/ do the cleaning...
造句：I see a kid crying in the street. With nothing can crank him up, I just decide to use my lollipop and have a try.
#作文篇
Today I got totally ambushed by my younger brother. Due to his rotten teeth my folks took him to visit the dentist. So at noon, I just called a beef pizza, and read his favorite comic strips on the couch. Then I heard the door open and I saw him coming in with his watery eyes. He just thought I hogged the whole pizza, and decided to have an all-out fight with me. To be honest, I really didn't want to get in on this stupid fight, so I just shook me head, marching toward my room. Guess what happened? My younger brother began to hit me with his pillow bomb, and the last piece of pizza just fell on the ground, disappearing in our dog's mouth in the blink of an eye.