#Words:
New Words:
1.But I guess I have something to work at over the rest of Christmas vacation.
Work at sth: to make great efforts to achieve sth or do sth well 努力做，致力于
He's working at losing weight.
My sentence:
Working at an English translation exam makes me deeply understand the distinction between Chinese and English culture.
2.I figured he’d just shake it off and get right back on the bike, but he didn’t.
Shake off: if you shake off something that you do not want such as an illness or a bad habit, you manage to recover from it or get rid of it. 治好（疾病）；摆脱（坏习惯）
if you shake off someone who is following you, you manage to get away from them, for example by running faster than them. 甩掉，摆脱（跟随的人）
If you shake off someone who is touching you, you move your arm or body sharply so that they are no longer touching you. 甩开，甩掉（使不接触）
She shook off his restraining hand.
My sentence:
When you are going back home at night, you must be always careful about the surrounding and shake off anyone who you are suspecting.
3.I tried to cheer him up, but all the jokes that usually crack him up weren’t working.
Crack: ~ a joke (informal)
Crack sb up (informal): to make sb laugh a lot 使大笑起来
Gill's so funny, she just cracks me up.
My sentence :
Whenever I feel upset, I will find a friend who can crack me up.
4.What really ticks me off about that is that Rowley is right-handed, and it’s his left hand that’s broken.
Tick sb off: (NAmE informal) to make sb angry or annoyed
My sentence:
What really ticks me off about that is that Jenny has received the gifts last month, and she got one more this month.
5. Wear a cast: cast = plaster cast 石膏
6. Meanie: = meany (pl. -ies) (informal) used especially by children to describe an unkind person who will not give them what they want. 小气鬼，刻薄鬼
7. Racket: (informal) a dishonest or illegal way of getting money. 诈骗，勒索
Learned Words:
1.I thought I could just crank out my thank-you cards in a half hour, but when it came to actually writing them, my mind went blank.
Crank out: (informal) to produce a lot of sth quickly, especially things of low quality 可以参看day 6的cranky
When it come to doing sth 可以参看 day 3
My sentence:
When it come to selecting gifts for my friends, I always have no way but to ask help from Baidu.
2.I tried to cash in on some of Rowley’s new popularity, but it totally backfired.
Backfire: 可以参看 day 3
Cash in: (disapproval)~ cash in (on sth): to gain an advantage for yourself from a situation, especially in a way that other people think is wrong or immortal
The film studio is being accused of cashing in on the singer’s death.
#Sentences:
1.I came up with this game where one guy rides down the hill and the other guy tries to knock him off with a football.
这里描绘这个游戏的具体玩法，ride down 和 knock off 都是动词加上介词，介词也带有方向性，非常的形象。
My sentence:
When I was a child, I liked to get my wooden horse up in the hill and ride down it.
2 .So I wrote up a general form on the computer with blanks for the things that needed to change. Writing the cards from there was a breeze.
write down a general form on the... with blanks for the things that needed to change.
My sentence:
Generally the government writes a general form on the computer with blanks for the things that need to change. Citizens who receive those printed papers will fill in their personal information.
#Composition
One day without electricity
I was informed yesterday that the whole village would be without electricity from 6:00 in the morning to 9:30 at night. Because of this notice, I especially charged the computer, my smartphone and power bank fully to ensure the basic usage. It also meant that I can't link to the WLAN, either.
Till now, I am lighting a wax candle to write down this diary and later to turn on the phone's Personal Hotspot to connect my computer wirelessly. Thus I can send the diary successfully. By the way, the workers from electricity plant are working at repairing something. Thank them very much. But it's really inconvenient to live without electricity and WIFI.
