阅读这本书时，总会发出：wow~ 原来还可以这样用，
1 “I’m taking the science elective,” I said.
selective 以前以为表示挑选，原来还可以表达选修课，长见识了。
2 I was so nervous that the butterflies in my stomach were more like pigeons flying around my insides. （表示紧张）
3 my bangs 文中出现了几次，原来表示刘海
4 lamb to the slaughter
5 white lie 善意的谎言
6 “Cool beans,” she answered, giving me a thumbs-up.
7 settle down 又一次看到 但是忘记了意思坐下
8 braid 小辫子
1 bump into 出现了好多次 ...偶然遇见；意外碰到
I happened to bump into Mervyn Johns in the hallway.
2 teacher ask us settle down 坐好
3 plastic surgery 整形手术
4 I gave her a thumbs-up sign. “Cool beans.”
5 Halloween is the best holiday in the world. It even beats Christmas.
6 I wanted a hole I could fall inside of: 找个地洞砖进去
7 “If he starts throwing up or runs a temperature, you should call the doctor.”
8 buy groceries.用这个来替代go to supermarket.
9 It was so completely out of the blue.
10 but she seemed kind of distant, like I was a casual friend. 距离感
11 It was Miranda in eighth period. period在这儿表示课（原来还表示课，惊讶）
表示月经：sb has a period
12 “My mom can pick me up.”接我
1 You are beautiful no matter what they say Words can’t bring you down
You are beautiful in every single way Yes, words can’t bring you down
2 at recess原来表示休息呀
3 Basically, he heard Jack bad-mouthing him and saying really horrible things behind his back. It kind of explained his attitude, and now I knew why he’d been out “sick.”
4 He was such a good sport about himself.
good sport 原来是开朗大度的人呀
5 mummy 原来妈咪也有木乃伊
6 He seemed bummed 它看起来不高兴
I was so bummed
7 Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one’s heart that one can see clearly.
What is essential is invisible to the eye. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
8 he was homeschooled,出现很多次啦
9 you are a good egg good and reliable person
10 Julian’s the biggest phony there is.phoney 表示虚伪的
eg: he looks totally phoney to me.
11 make me crack up 原来大家眼中的奥吉时那么的有趣。
12 名字：August -- Auggie； Jack ----Jackie；Jamie
13 hobo. 流浪汉
14 Mr. Browne’s December precept was: Fortune favors the bold.
这本书里面的人物：不足互补
15 I once got two points off a homework assignment because I didn’t put the date on top.
扣了两分
16 ex-friend
then Julian would tell him how I had badmouthed August, too, and everybody would find out about it.
badmouth v
Jack反省后的行为也是很感动的
17 Hey august. Its me Jack Will. I noticed im not on ur friends list anymore. Hope u friend me agen cuz im really sorry. I jus wanted 2 say
that. Sorry. I know why ur mad at me now Im sorry I didn’t mean the stuff I said. I was so stupid. I hope u can 4give me Hope we can b friends agen. Jack
一封值得学习的邮件
18 I’d been ditched.抛弃
19 It was Charlotte who had the inside scoop on why everyone was dissing me.
diss 这个单词是我同学教过我的 没想到还有英文
20 They were sort of in-betweeners.
21 I’m a total hypocrite. 虚伪
22 “Anyway, I’m not asking Charlotte out,” I said. 表示约会
23 You can pet her. She doesn’t bite.”
You can pet her.pet 表示宠物 居然还可以表示抚摸
24 I answered. “So why’d you call her Daisy?” He didn’t look up from the screen. “My sister named her. I wanted to call her Darth. Actually, technically speaking, her full name is Darth Daisy, but we never really called her that.”
哈哈哈哈 ....太可爱的名字
You know I suck at science.”
Cool beans就是Cool/Great/Awesome的意思。
1 folk = my family members
2 her parents couldn’t be nicer. 这本书里面的表达很简单，但是经常会忍不住发出wow的感叹
3 olivia’s 表示家
4 Like a lamb to the slaughter.
5 Then one day I blurted out that I had a little brother who was deformed.
6 we just drifted away.
7 I badmouthed her to each other:
8 half-brother 同父异母（或者同母异父）兄弟
9 Justin的家人离婚，家人对他的了解也是甚少，于奥吉的一家相比，他们总是说I love u all the time
10 but she was crying hysterically
11 and somehow i get it. total fluke.fluke又一次见面，侥幸成功
12 understudy 候补演员
13 i fish a dollar out of my pocket and watch him cross the street to the grocery store on the corner. he
eg: Kelly fished out another beer from his cooler...
(从…中)取出，拿出，拖出 If you fish something out from somewhere, you take or pull it out, often after searching for it for some time.
14 you could have mentioned it to me at some point, i say quietly, pretending not to notice the big fat tear that’s suddenly rolling down her cheek.
15 substitute teacher 代课老师
She and Via got into a huge fight. 吵架
16 She’d thrown up a lot earlier in the day,
17 You’re moody and taciturn and secretive.…”
18 “Stop treating me like a baby! I’m not retarded! I know what’s going on!”
19 retarded 弱智儿
20 so he was psyched. 兴奋，惊讶
21 she asks out of the blue.突然 意外地
22 I don’t want to let on that olivia had not told me any of this. i don’t want to let on how surprised i am that she called her via.
23 let-on 表示泄漏
24 They were kind of funny and sarcastic. 刻薄的
25 the sound of music 电影
26 “I promise I’ll tell you all about it later, when Dad and Via come home. I’ll tell you all every detail. I just don’t want to have to tell the whole story over and over, you know?”
27 He still gave me dirty looks across the room.
28 Edward Johnson -Eddie
29 grown-up
30 Don’t be friends with jerks. —Henry Joplin
31 Lastly, but not least, I would like to thank the little girl in front of the ice cream shop and all the other “Auggies,” whose stories have inspired me to write this book.
The Magnetic Fields - the Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
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