#字词篇
1. This "Zoo-Wee Mama" thing has really got me worked up.
work up: to make someone excited or upset
造句： I can't work up any enthusiasm for this plan.
2. The kids at my school are ALWAYS itching to see a fight. Me and Rowley...throw some punches.
itching是形容词“痒的，渴望的” be itching to do something就是渴望做某事。跟long for / be thirsty to do something/ be hungry to do something
throw some punches就相当于punch的动词用法。这种表达在英语中很常见，在书中也出现过多次，值得借鉴。
造句：My brother is itching to have a summer vacation.
3. A couple of the guys who were arguing over what happened to the Cheese were the same ones who were egging me and Rowley on yesterday afternoon.
argue over: 针对……而争吵，注意介词是over
egg: egg做动词是“煽动……：to incite somebody to do something"
egg作名词经常用的表达有a good egg好人，正人君子
put all the eggs in one basket寄希望于一件事上
造句：What we would argue over today was why they egged us to fight.
4. So I knew it wasn't going to be long before someone put two and two together and figured out that we must have had something to do with it.
have something to do with和……有关系
造句：I knew you must have something to do with this issue.
5. I really wish I worded my story a little differently.
word做动词是to choose the words you use when you are saying or writing something的意思。word作名词时固定表达较多，例如word by word逐字地（翻译），一字不差地
say/give the word下命令，提出请求
by word of mouth口头上，经口述
造句：He worded the reply in such a way that he did not admit making the original error.
6. But if he ever gets too big for his britches, I'll just remind him that he was...
too big for one's britches: behaving as if you are more important than you really are
z这个表达还可以说成是 too big for one's boots
造句：He's been getting a bit too big for his boots since he got that promotion.
#句子篇
1. I've never been in a real fight before, so I didn't know how I was supposed to stand or hold my fists or anything. And you could tell Rowley didn't know what he was doing either, because he just started prancing around like a leprechaun.
分析：I've never ...before是一个固定的句型。可以用来表达“我之前从未……”
比如我们可以造句“I’ve never done this stupid exam before/ I've never eaten such a tasty apple before...
be supposed to do something=should do something
start doing something. prance around就来走来走去，来回踱步的意思。
造句：I've never taken such a stupid exam before, and I cried right after I came out of the classroom.
2. I was pretty sure I could take Rowley in a fight, but the thing that made me nervous was the fact that Rowley takes karate. I don't know what kind of hocus-pocus they teach in Rowley's karate classes, but the last thing I needed was for him to lay me out right there on the blacktop.
分析：I was pretty/ way/ very sure...
the thing that made me nervous was...主语从句里嵌入定语从句然后再加上谓语，可以借鉴作为一种写作的表达来学习。比如我们可以造句the thing that made me excited/ happy/ sad...was...
hocus-pocus骗人的鬼话，花招，骗术
the last thing I needed was只一个类似于上面的句型。
The last thing I will do is...这里是“最不愿意做/最不可能会做的一件事是…”
造句：I am way sure that I love you, and the last thing I will do to you is leaving you alone.
#作文篇
Today my younger brother called me at noon, just right when I was watching TV. He informed me that he would recommend a beautiful song to me, and I never doubt it. So when I put the headphones on, you could guess what happened. Let me worded it this way: I almost went deaf because...I rushed into his room, and we argued over the whole music-playing stuff, I almost decided to throw some punches but when I spotted what he was reading was my favorite comic strips, I worked myself up and tried to apply some tricks to hog the whole book.
其他知识点：
prance around走来走去
leprechaun（爱尔兰传说中像小矮人的）魔法精灵
pile out 蜂拥而出，我们也可以类似造一个表达swarm out之类的
awfully familiar在这里awfully并不是”糟糕地“意思，而是跟以前书中经常出现的way一样，表示extremely或者是very
have arms pinned behind backs很形象的一个表达
taunt奚落，辱骂，嘲笑
fight one's way out of the situation摆脱困境
