Day 9, P93-102

一、字词

1. But right before the test got started, Patty Farrell piped up from the front of the room.

pipe up, to suddenly say sth 突然讲话
例： Suddenly she piped up with a questions.

2. Mom said the only way I was going to be “well-rounded” was by trying different things.

well-rounded, 技术全面的，全面发展的；多才多艺的
例： Marry wants her daughter to be a well-rounded person to earn more honors and awards.

3. They get to bean Dorothy with apples.

bean, to hit (another) on the head with a thrown object.做动词时表示“扔，掷”
例： She have been beaned with stones by other children for a long time.

4. So I guess that rules out any apple-throwing.

rules out, to say that sth/sb is not possible; to prevent sth. 排除...的可能性
例： The government has ruled out further increases in train fares next year.

5. So now I'm trying to think of ways to get Mrs. Norton to kick me out of the play.

kick sb out (of sth), to force sb to leave a place 开除
例： to be kicked out of university 被大学开除。

二、句子

1.  Man, I should have thrown that thing out when I saw it on the kitchen table.

结构：虚拟语气
造句： I should have noticed that question when there was an unreasonable data.

2. The last thing I need is to have to sing a solo in front of the whole school.

结构： The last thing I need is to ... 我做不想做的事情就是...
造句： The last thing I need is to get separated with you, even though we go to different college.

三、作文

Today I called one of our customer to handle an urgent matter, but it turned out that Abbie, the direct responsible person, was out ofoffice. Then I contacted Stephanie, Abbie’s colleague, who maybe could help me,she forwarded my email to the boss. For a while, I got the response from theboss. He mentioned there was a wrong place need to be corrected, where was supposed to be right. Finally I made a call to explain clearly, and found he couldn't speak in Chinese. I had to communicate with him in English. It made me sweaty as my oral English is not good. This motivated me alot to study harder.

更新：上面很繁琐，以下简洁一些。
Today I called one of our customers. it turned out he is a foreigner who can't speak in Chinese, so I had to communicate with him in English. Now I already forgot what I said on the phone. I thought when we talked, I was too nervous to remember what we were talking about.