Words and Phrases
1.You might think I was pretty dumb for falling for that one, but Rodrick was dressed up in his clothes and he set my alarm clock to make it look like it was the morning.
fall for sb/sth:to be tricked into believing something that is not true
e.g I am too stupy to fall for her trick.
2.But I guess I must have made a pretty big racket because the next thing I knew...
racket:a loud noise
e.g I guessed this washing machine may have something wrong, because it made a pretty big racket.
3.It took me a minute to figure out what the heck was going on.
heck:why someone (their father) was annoyed.
e.g It took me a minute to figure out what the heck he complained.
4.Dad walked down to the basement to chew Rodrick out, and I tagged along.
chew sb. out: to talk to someone with argry tone to let them know that you are disapprove of he/her.
e.g I was late for the meeting, so my teamate chewed me out.
tag along:to walk with somebody without asking
e.g I tagged along with my mom.
5.They don't come right out and tell you if you are in the Gifted group or the easy group, but you can figure it out right away by looking at the covers of the books they hand out.
come right out:get something straight
e.g They come right out and tell you that you are the one they are looking for.
Sentences
1.But if there's one thing l learned from Rodrick, it is to set people's expectations real row so you end up surprsing them by practically doing nothing at all.(很有感触的话,做九次坏人,终于有一次做了好人,突然觉得somebody像天使)
e.g If there was one thing l learned from Eric, it's to keep on doing small thing step by step.
2.I can't stand the taste of my own breath anymore
e.g I can't stand the taste of my procrastination anymore.
Writing
Today is my mother's birthday. My mom is a traditional Chinese woman. Like a lot of housewife, my mom spends her whole life in taking care of me and my siblings. Besides, she is good at cooking. Every time I come back home from college, I am over moon. Because my mom makes a whole lot of delicious foods that I am really into them. Thank you, mommy, I love you.