WORDS
1、Then she said me and Rodrick were going to have to settle our differences in a "civil manner".
in a civil manner 用文明的方式
be going to have to 不得不
settle our differences 解決我們的分歧
例句：Let's settle our differences before it's too late.
造句：Let us try to settle our differences in a civil manner.
2、Mom told me and Rodrick we each had to write down what we did wrong, and then we had to draw a picture to go along with it.
along with (it) 我不確定文中是指除了要寫下我們錯(cuò)在哪以外，還要畫張圖？還是說隨后我們?cè)佼嬕粡埉嫞?
along with 還有以及、和...一起的意思，例如：It is as if the world has vanished and the body along with it.（這就好像這個(gè)世界已經(jīng)消失了，并且自己的肉體還與其留在一起。）
另外，還有一個(gè)意思是隨他去吧，我很喜歡一部電影就叫Just Go with It（隨波逐流），安妮斯頓主演，挺搞笑。例句：Yes, best to go along with it.
造句：Just because the other boys do something bad, you don't have to go along with it.
下文還出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)to get along, 意為相處，例如：It's impossible to get along with him.
3、But Rowley's dad must have cracked our code,...
crack our code 破解我們的代碼
crack也有開裂、重?fù)舻囊馑迹~可做裂紋。
例句：Crack the eggs into a bowl.
造句：The wall had a crack in it.
SENTENCES
get the hang of 掌握竅門
But we couldn't really get the hang of it, ...
例句：It took me a few years to get the hang of it all, but it finally clicked.
造句：I'm trying to get the hang of the ipad.
JOURNAL
How about talking my English name? I started to learn English in junior middle school, at my frist English lesson, English teacher give us English names for everyone in class. He called me stood up, and told me "Your name is Amy", then I sat down. Maybe I didn't like this name because it doesn't sounds like "Selina" or "Maria" as a beauty girl, and more importantly, teacher didn't give me more choices or tell me what this name means. That's all right, who can remenber everyone's English name is.
The turth is, I found another name that I actually like it. I pretty love a cartoon named The wizard of Oz, so I like the heroine's name "Dorothy", wonderful! That's my English name, until now, it still is.
Another day, when I saw American TV series The Big Bang, seeing Sheldon's girlfriend named "Amy" who is brawny and brainy. Well, it's not so bad.
TIPS
klutzy?['kl?ts?] 愚蠢的，笨拙的
off limits 禁區(qū)
The basement is off limits.
