#字词篇
*make a run for it*
Rodrick stole my journal and made a run for it.
[释义] to suddenly start running because you want to escape
[例句] He saw the guard was looking the other way and made a run for it.
[造句] Police should watch out the criminal carefully to avoid him making a run for it.
*duck*
Then, I ducked into the bathroom in the main lobby and locked myself in a stall.
[释义] to move quickly to a place, especially in order not to be seen （尤指为了避免被发现而）赶忙躲藏起来。
[例句] When he saw them coming, he ducked into a doorway. 他一见他们来了就赶忙躲到了门口。
[造句] While playing the hide-and seek, you need to firstly find a perfect place to avoid being captured. Sometimes, you should be able to quietly duck into a more secure place when you see others.
[释义] stall：a small area of a room which is separated from the main part of the room by walls or curtains （房间内的）小隔间
*word*
Within a few minutes, word got around the building that there was a "Peeping Tom" in the women's room.
[释义] news or a message 消息；信息
[例句] Have you had word from Paul since he went to New York? 自从保罗去纽约之后，你听到过他的消息吗？
[造句] Reading newspapers and magazines every morning to get first-hand word about our country and the world.
#仿例句
I scooped the book off the floor and ran out into the hallway and down the stairwell.
这句话最棒的就是动词和介词的同时使用，将Greg逃跑描绘的好精彩。scoop在字典中查到的意思是同up连用，“to lift something or someone with your hands or arms in a quick mover” (迅速)捡起，拾起，抱起。所以这句话可以译为“我迅速从地板上捡起书，跑到走廊，接着往楼下奔过去。”
【例句】I scooped the gun off the floor and ran out into the hallway and down a stairwell to catch the theft.
So that just proves once and for all that Mom doesn't understand a thing about kids my age.
这句话适合背诵下来，非常实用，当同他人沟通无果时，就可以以这句话结尾。someone doesn't understand a thing about someone else.
【例句】Although she has explained the reason why girls love fresh flowers and romance, her husband still disagreed with her. So that just proves once and for all that Men don't understand a thing about women her age.
#Diary
Several tips for myself
It has been two months since I joined to read the Diary of a Wimpy kid. It is much intriguing and lovely so that I can keep on reading it till now. In practice, I am only familiar with those new words and phrases but am not able to use them in writing. I should have reviewed them over and over again to keep those in mind. However it is a pity that I failed to do so. Besides, I am satisfied with my persistence. Anyway I want to make a conclusion to express what I have learned.
To start with, I am the guy who is responsible for my own choice. Once deciding to do something, I must stick to it. Actually, I have highly zeroed in on reading it and taking notes firstly. Then I was attracted by other books in the middle term. I once stopped reading one day, and then I gave up another day. I thought I have a good reason to stop. The truth is that it was just an excuse. After all, a loose end is the least thing I have hoped. Therefore, I got rid of various excuses and made it eventually. Taking the responsibility to fulfill my own goals has strengthened my confidence to set another goal next time.
Secondly, setting a goal and a dead line will push me forward and complete it punctually. I am desperately wishing to optimize my English to a higher level. I used to believe that the gene, the learning background, teachers and other factors limit it. I have changed to believe that it is my actions that determine my ends. I can and I do have improved it in the past two months more than I have done in the last four years. What I have done is to work on it day and night, Monday to Sunday in a period, and then to learn lessons from it as well as to learn again.
Finally, I have to accept both my advantages and disadvantages. Understanding that I have my own merits will encourage me to change my demerits. By contrast, my own demerits will remind me to be humble to improve myself over and over again. I am happy to embrace everything I have.
I thank sincerely to Wa~, Donut~ and Shi Yan to have checked my diaries to help me improve them. Thank Eric very much to set this reading group.
