2016.2.14 周二 晨讀 小屁孩日記11 double down p139-148
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1.If i 'd known (Had i known) there was a boyfriend involved i wouldn't have killed myself learning a bunch of useless information. 虛擬語氣 過去完成 對過去假設
造句：如果我知道涉及金錢的話，我就不會加入這個群體了。 If i 'd known (Had i known) there was money involved i wouldn't have joined this group.
2.Mariana's parties are kind of legendary (=excellent amazing傳奇的,一個單詞).
Eric is legendary.Eric is a legend.傳奇人物
3.Rowley's gonna get invited,though,because he's in the band. But, believe me, if he goes to the party like that, he's gonna be in over his head?(= in deep water = in trouble = involved in a situation that is too difficult for you to deal with,詞組).
4.Dad said instruments are expensive, and he doesn't think i'll stick with it (continue doing sth堅持做，詞組).
Don't?(be/get) stick with basics.We are gonna learn the basics real quick?(= really quick) and put yourself into an intensive large amount of reading, listening and speaking.That's the way out.(這是解決問題的方式)
5.Judging by Dad 's reaction (通過爸爸的反應判斷，現在分詞的用法在口語里很實用),I don't think mom checked with him before buying it.
6.Mrs French knew her stuff (= be an expert at sth 在某專業領域是行家 了如指掌，詞組) when it came to the piano,but I was a terrible student.
7.That approach might work for some of Mrs French's students, but it definitely didn't work for me.這個方法可能對...有效，但對我來說是沒用的。
造句：這個方法可能對用功的學生有用，但顯然對我來說沒用。 This approach might work for hard-working students,but it definitely didn't work for me.
8.All the songs in that thing were really corny (＝dull tiresome unoriginal 陳舊 過時 老生常談，一個單詞), and it was hard for me to get into them.
9.So every time she came we'd start over ( 重頭開始，詞組) with the CDE song,which must've driven her nuts（drive someone nuts=make sb annoyed 讓某人很生氣，詞組）.
造句：I've start over with IPA for 3 times. ? Let's start over.重新學
10.the piano is just a giant piece of furniture taking up space (占地方，詞組) in the living room
11.Luckily, Mom had my back（have one's back＝be on my side支持我，詞組）.She said maybe the piano wasn't the right fit for me...
12.She finally convinced him when she said that kids who play musical instruments do better at maths and go on to get better jobs(數學學的更好 并且進一步拿到了更好的工作).
造句：People who read English everyday do better at communication and go on get better jobs.
13.see sb do/doing sth的區別
see sb do sth看到全程 ? see sb doing sth看到正在做的某個動作 片段
