#学新词
* lay a finger on somebody*
But Mom and Dad have always been SUPER protective of Manny, and they won't let me lay a finger on him, even if he totally deserves it.
【释义】[ usually in negatives ] to touch someone with the intention of hurting them
【补充】~lay a hand / finger on somebody
【例句】If you lay one hand on me, I'll scream.
【造句】Nowadays, more and more parents teach their children to scream or say something aloud once some strangers laying a finger on them.
* drive somebody nuts*
Even though Manny drives me totally nuts, there is ONE reason I like having him around.
【释义】to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one
【补充】~drive someone crazy/ nuts/ mad/ insane (= make someone feel very annoyed)
~ drive somebody crazy/ wild (= make someone feel very sexually excited)
~ drive somebody up the wall/ out of their mind (= make someone feel very annoyed)
【例句】This cough is driving me nuts.
【造句】The noise from the nearby factory really drove me nuts last night.
* lose track of *
I'm actually kind of relieved, to be honest with you. I lost track of that thing a couple of days ago, and I'm just glad it finally turned up.
【释义】keep/ lose track of somebody/ something: to pay attention to someone or something, so that you know where they are or what is happening to them, or to fail to do this.
【例句】It's difficult to keep track of all the new discoveries in genetics.
【造句】Parents must hold their children's hands firmly in the street to avoid losing track of them. Abduction is rampant recently.
#仿例句
After all those years of getting pushed around by Rodrick, I was definitely ready to move up a notch on the totem pole.
the totem pole 的意思是 a tall wooden pole with one or more totems cut or painted on it, made by the Native Americans of the Northeast North America. 如下图所示：
the totem pole的另一个用法是 low man on the totem pole 是美式英语，指的是 someone of low rank in an organization or business.
notch的意思是 a V-shaped cut or hole in a surface or edge 综合起来理解，应该是说Greg希望自己可以在这个家庭地位上往前一步。
She has been gone great lengths to optimize her performance in work and hoped to move a notch on the totem pole.
#Diary
It's 34 days since the loss of Zhang Yingying, a visiting scholar at University of Illinois. She is now affirmed dead. More detailed information has been uncovered to the public. The more I know about the reasons, the more I feel pitying towards her. One WeChat article analyzed it thoroughly and also revealed the fact that there are more than 510 tunnels through which children, women, men from every corner of the world have been kidnapped. The victims mainly come from Africa, East Europe, Asia and South America. New York city, San Francisco, and Florida are the major criminal centers in the United States. It explained the third world where human beings are treated as slavers and will be killed in different ways.
I am shocked totally by the news and the facts. I thought it had been far from us but it is close. Be watchful and then be safe.
