#字詞篇
1. Dad was really ALREADY mad at me for tearing up the sod, so I knew I was in for it.
tear up: to tear something into small pieces, in order to destroy it
be in for something: to be going to experience something unpleasant very soon
造句：The weather forecast says we're in for heavy rain this evening.
2. And in less than a minute, he reduced all of our hard work to nothing.
reduce：to bring something or somebody into particularly undesirable state
reduce something to something這個用法在這里用的很妙。符合孩子的描述心理。
平常我們也可以用這個表達來表示“……變成了……（越來越少/越來越糟）”
比如我們可以說A heavy rain reduced our paintings to trash.
3. Right when it looked like we were going to get in an all-out fight, we got ambushed from the street.
ambush意思是“埋伏，伏擊”，這里的got ambushed相當于were ambushed. get作系動詞用法
all-out: complete and with as much effort as possible 王力宏有一張專輯叫《火力全開》，這里的意思也可以理解為一場火力全開的fight
造句：We made an all-out effort to get the project finished on time.
4. There is only one comic slot, and up until now this kid named Bryan Little has been hogging it all to himself.
hog意思是“多占，獨占”，對hog的意思可能我們知道得最多的是它用作名詞，是pig的意思，但是主要指（用于屠宰/肉食的）豬。
slot: a position in a company or organization 這里有點類似于“機會/名額”的意思
slot 最常見的意思是窄縫，凹槽，比如投幣箱的那個投幣口
造句：The only slot in this department has been hogged by a? illiterate man.
5. But lately, Bryan's been using his strip to handle his personal business. I guess that's why they give him the axe.
axe: an abrupt dismissal from job/ a situation in which a government, a company or an organization decides to end something or to get rid of a worker or a job.
comic strips: 常常刊登在報紙上的連環漫畫
造句：Over 500 staff are facing the axe.
6. I had a taste of what's is like to be famous at my school when I won honorable mention in this antismoking contest they had.
taste: a sense of what is proper or acceptable socially此外taste還可以指“品味，鑒賞力，愛好口味”等。
honorable mention 榮譽提名
造句：The famous movie star won honorable mention of Oscar.
7. I don't really want to be partnered up with a kid who doesn't draw noses, anyway.
partner這個詞經常見的是它的名詞詞義，伙伴，搭檔
做動詞partner somebody和…成為搭檔/搭伴兒
partner up: to act as someone's partner in a sport, game, dance, or activity.
文中還有一處team up也是類似的用法，意為“和…組隊”
造句：They partner up and throw water balls at each other.
#句子篇
1. As soon as I heard the news, I knew I had to try out. ''Wacky Dawg" made Bryan Little a celebrity at our school, and I wanted to get in on some of that kind of fame.
something makes somebody something: “某事讓某人成為…”比如我們可以用這個表達寫很多類似的句式。 those stories make me a hero/ gold mines make me a millionaire
get in on: to be involved in or benefit from something when there is an opportunity
也可以直接用benefit from來替代
造句：If you'd like to get in on this offer, call now.
2. I heard the garage door open and I saw Dad coming outside. He marched right out carrying a snow shovel, and I thought I was going to have make a run for it.
I heard the garage door open在這里open是形容詞用作garage door 的賓語補足語。
類似的表達比如 I see the kid crying/ knocked down/ excited...
make a run這里的動詞make其實并沒有什么實際意義，也可以直接用動詞run來替代。
相似的表達比如have a try/ do the cleaning...
造句：I see a kid crying in the street. With nothing can crank him up, I just decide to use my lollipop and have a try.
#作文篇
Today I got totally ambushed by my younger brother. Due to his rotten teeth my folks took him to visit the dentist. So at noon, I just called a beef pizza, and read his favorite comic strips on the couch. Then I heard the door open and I saw him coming in with his watery eyes. He just thought I hogged the whole pizza, and decided to have an all-out fight with me. To be honest, I really didn't want to get in on this stupid fight, so I just shook me head, marching toward my room. Guess what happened? My younger brother began to hit me with his pillow bomb, and the last piece of pizza just fell on the ground, disappearing in our dog's mouth in the blink of an eye.
