2016.2.16 周四 晨讀 小屁孩日記11 double down p157-165

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1.I have never taken blame for a fart, I'd even throw my own mother under the bus (小屁孩放屁了，但卻說不是 不是我放的 是媽媽放的??throw someone under the bus＝to betray or sacrifice someone for personal gain 將別人推下水，為了自己的利益而犧牲或背叛別人 ）and, trust me , I have.

造句：要是老板喜歡你，他就不會找你的碴或者拿你頂罪。

2. The wimpy kid?got away with?breaking wind because he?pinned it on?someone else. 小屁孩放屁了，但是把這個過失歸咎到了其他人身上，因此自己免受了懲罰。

（1）除了 break wind，還記得放屁有哪幾種表達嗎？

（2）get away with 做壞事而未受懲罰，做冒險之事而未遭遇不測 If you get away with doing sth?wrong or risky, you do not suffer any punishment or other bad consequences

造句：我抄作業了但沒被懲罰。

（3）pin (sth) on (someone):to say that (sth) was done or caused by (someone) 把事情歸咎于某人

造句：他總是設法把過失歸咎于他人。

pin (all) your hopes on (sth):to hope very much that (sth) will help you or allow you to succeed 寄希望于

造句：你不能把所有的希望都放在得到那份工作上。

3.I wish I could?go back in time ( 穿越回那個時間 時光倒流 ，短語)?and pick a new instrument, because this French horn is no joke.

造句：（乘風破浪 Duckweed）鄧超飾演的角色穿越回以前并與他爸爸成為了朋友。

造句：我希望這個組里有男孩。

4.I thought it would be easy with the whole three button thing, but my left hand isn't strong enough to?work?it. (work除了自己干活的意思，還有“讓…干活，讓…工作”的意思)

造句：我的地主Eric天天讓我干活。

5.a musical note 音符?

note 還有什么意思？ 五線譜怎么說？

6.That means if you play a brass instrument like me you're?out of luck (運氣不好，短語).

拓展：push one's luck ??

Don't push your luck. 你已經夠幸運的了，別得寸進尺啊！

7.Rowley's part of the woodwind section, and if he's going, then I can just?_______.（＝follow 尾隨,詞組）

8.I can't just show up with him, though, or I could get ______（If you ___ someone ___, you do not allow them to enter your country 拒絕進入）at the door.

拓展：turn down拒絕?

造句：我表白了，但是被拒絕了。

9.I told Rowley if he went to a party like this dressed up as a witch he'd never?live it down (If you are unable to live down a?mistake, failure, or bad reputation, you are unable to make people forget about?it,使人們忘記錯誤、失敗、惡名).

造句：我無法相信我忘記了我老婆的生日！我是沒法讓人忘記這個錯誤了。

10. A party was a chance for us to_______________________(擴大朋友圈).

11.give sb a ride（美）/lift （英） 載別人一程

造句：你想要我載你一程嗎？

拓展：順風車 怎么說?

12. I was kind of glad we were a little late,because if we showed up ______（時間恰好，短語） we'd look like we were too eager.

拓展：Under stress these people will appear to be superficial, over-eager and manipulative.這些人在壓力下會顯得淺薄無知、操之過急，而且愛擺布人。

13.I begged mom not to,but when she decided to do sth there is really no stopping her. (no stopping 的用法很特別)

14.我腸子都悔青了 怎么說？