#字词篇
1. ...but there was no way I was going to break my honesty streak over something as dumb as this.
break my honesty streak: streak在这里的意思是“具有某种性格特征”，break在这里可以理解为“违背”
as...as 同级比较，意为“像……一样的”
造句： I told my brother to keep his brave streak as long as possible.
2. After Rodrick showed me that trick, we went through bags like nobody's business. In fact, we ran out in half an hour.
go through: to use, spend or eat all of something, especially quickly这里的go through是“很快用完”的意思，跟下文的run out意思相近
like nobody's business: very quickly, very easily or very well
造句: She ran away like nobody's business after going through her food.
3. Rowley knows the second most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me, and I really don't need him digging it back up.
dig something back up: 这个表达来自于dig up: to discover secret or forgotten facts by searching very carefully这里的意思是又把…的糗事翻出来
这个表达有一种把陈年旧账重翻出来提的感觉，如果一个人很喜欢翻旧账，我们就可以说he/she always digs something happened and really embarrassing back up
造句： I really don't like a person who likes digging something happened and really embarrassing back up when quarreling.
#句子篇
I really didn't feel like working on a Saturday, but I needed the cash. Besides, Gramma makes really awesome hot chocolate. So we got some rakes and plastic bags from our garage and headed down to grandma's house.
feel like doing something想要做某事
make really awesome hot chocolate可以作为一个固定表达来借鉴，当形容某人做…很好吃时经常可以用。例如my mom makes awesome/ tasty/ fantastic/ delicious/mouthwatering cookies/pancakes/ cakes/ salad…
rake当作“耙”的意思时既可作名词又可作动词。此外，作名词还有“花花公子”的意思，还可用作形容词表示“放荡的” Igor Stravinsky有一部作品叫 A Rake's Process, 有人译成《浪子的历程》，后来改编成歌剧，题目就是rake的“花花公子，浪子”的意思
head down to someplace朝…去
造句：My mother makes really mouthwatering pancakes, so every day I head down home right after school.
#作文篇
Today I made some really fantastic chocolate ice lollies for my younger brother, trying to make up for the hair-cut failure stuff. But my brother just said they stank. While, In order to keep my friendly streak, I patiently begged him to have a try. Guess what happened ? He went through them in several bites like nobody's business. Right after that, I told him those ice lollies cost me 20 yuan in total, and as his kind sister, I would give him a discount so finally he just needed to pay 15 yuan. It seemed that he took it way too seriously and said he would do anything to offset the debt. And things went much easier, then. So, here was my plan: first, forget the hair-cut stuff and never dig it back up. Second, for the following three days, make strawberry ice lollies for me because a strawberry one is right three times cheaper than a chocolate one.
#其他知识点
pta: parent-teacher association学生家长和教师联谊会
hold someone to something: to demand that someone that act on a promise and agreement
rule out 排除，不考虑
check box 勾选框
rake leaves 扫落叶
do a skit, skit幽默讽刺小品
stand on head倒立=headstand
