Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (译名《小屁孩儿日记》)到目前为止已经出版了12本了，这是其中的第一本，每一本都是以一个初中生小孩儿的口吻写的自己的日常生活，搞笑而且有趣，英文原版也相对比较简单，加上可爱的手写字体，有趣的漫画插图，值得一读~
1. gonna=going to 将要
wanna= want to想要
gotta=have got to必须
2. come in handy 迟早有用，派得上用场
eg: You never know when it might come in handy.
3. be stuck in 困住，陷于
4. the seating chart 座位表
5. scratch one's head （习语）挠头，伤脑筋，苦苦思量
6. heck 究竟，到底
eg: What the heck is going on?/What the heck happened?
7. It just goes in one ear and out the other with him. 左耳朵进右耳朵出。
8. chew sb. out (for sth.) 严厉责骂……
9. I couldn't wait to do ... 迫不及待……
10. have a screw loose （口语）脑筋有一点问题/毛病
11. be subject to ...有……倾向的
12. take sb. under my wing 保护/庇护某人
13. play tricks on sb. 耍诡计，戏弄
14. play pranks on sb. (无意加害他人的)开玩笑、恶作剧、戏弄
15. kiss sb's butt 拍马屁
16. Dad was against ... but Mom was all for it. 爸爸反对……但是妈妈全力支持。
17. take care of (口语) 处理，克服
18. speaker 扬声器、喇叭
19. in hot water with sb. 有麻烦
20. run for 竞选
21. cut corners 抄近路、走捷径；节约（人力、物力）、用简捷的方式做某事
22. make a killing 大赚一笔，发大财
23. cough up 被迫付出，勉强说出，不情愿地付钱
24. to make a long story short 长话短说
25. pay the price for ... 为……付出代价、
26. get the hang of ... 掌握……的窍门，理解
27. hold sb. back 阻止，阻挡，妨碍
28. flunk 考试不及格，失败
eg: She flunked the quize/exam
29. pay sb. back 向……报复
eg: She paid me back by refusing to talk to me.
30. no match for 无法对抗，不能和……匹敌
31. have a bone to pick with
对(某人)有意见；抱怨；对(某人)有理由怀恨[有时用作戏谑语]
32. suck 糟糕
eg: Life sucks. Work sucks.
33. on the way 即将到来，在路上
34. fill sb. in 详细告诉某人
35. My mind went blank. 大脑一片空白
36. breeze 轻而易举的事
相当于a piece of cake
37. tick sb. off (美口语)使某人生气、恼火，激怒
eg: His laziness really ticked me off.
38. from scratch 从零开始
39. fall apart 关系破裂
40. teach sb. a lesson 教训某人
learn my lesson 吸取教训
41. get a kick out of
[美国口语]从某事得到快感(或乐趣、兴奋)
42. hit a wall 碰壁
43. give sb. a cold shoulder 不理睬、冷淡某人
44. break the ice with sb.
45. pull the plug 终止，结束
46. get out of hand 失去控制
47. make a run for it 逃跑
48. foil 挫败，使成泡影
