2016.2.15 周三 晨读 小屁孩日记11 double down p149-156
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1.I had my eye on the saxophone at first, because with that one it's hard not to look cool. 双重否定 表示easy 很好的思维
2.But there are way too many buttons on that thing, and I knew I'd never _________ it.（to learn the skills that are needed to do sth 掌握 熟悉 词组）
3.Mom suggested _______________（妈妈建议我看一下圆号，注意suggest的用法）
拓展：建议某人做某事怎么说？
4.你没系安全带，被警察抓住了本来要罚。但是警察觉得你长的好看，觉得放你一马。
造句：警察说：这次放你一马（describe someone who has avoided trouble or punishment 你摆脱了危险／惩罚，一词组，用hook这个词），下次要系安全带。
5.But when dad saw the price tag he_________（slow or stop movement or activity 制止，词组,用brake 这个词）the whole thing.
拓展：急刹车怎么说？
6.Dad said we should rent instead of buy,because that would be _________(便宜得多的多).
造句：我好多了。
7.Eventually,dad ______.（＝give in，informal:to stop trying to resist or oppose sth屈服妥协，词组）
8.swipe credit card 刷信用卡
造句：我能刷卡吗？
9.It was _______(=any kind of annoyance or source of grief 苦事 惹人讨厌的人或事,词组) bringing my French horn to school today, because the case weighs almost as much as the instrument.
造句：每天早上5:30起床太难太苦了。
10.she's not wasting any energy lugging a heavy instrument around.(现在进行时更体现画面感、状态)
造句：我不要再(浪费时间)等你了。
11. The great thing about the band is that there are no ______(=a test of someone's ability to do something that is used to see if he or she should join a team, perform in a play 试验 选拔,一个合成词) or anything.
12.I wasn't think it all the way through (=consider it thoroughly, ) when I picked my instrument.
拓展：think about / over / through 的差别？
13.I really wish he'd given me a _____（＝a message that tells or warns someone about something that is going to happen 善意警告,一个合成词）about it, because that information would've been nice to know.
14.But I figured I might as well give it a ______ (=try ,go 尝试一下).
15.I filled my cheeks with air just like he did, and I blew into the mouthpiece（乐器吹口，也有发言人 喉舌的意思）ad hard as I could.
造句：我为自己代言。
16.放屁怎么说？
17.instrument 除了乐器，还有什么意思？
instrumental 呢？
18.retire是退休，retiring 是什么意思？
