#字词篇
1. So that's why I got sent to bed at 7:00 and I'm not downstairs watching the New Year's Eve special on TV.
special这个词这里指的是“特别节目”，比如有些节目经常会在某个特别的日子出“特辑”，special就是这个意思。
造句：I'm not available tonight, for I want to watch the Christmas specials on TV.
2. Earlier today, me and Manny were horsing around in the basement. I found a tiny black ball of thread on the carpet, and I told Manny it was a spider.
horse around: to play or fool around in a boisterous(充满活力的，活蹦乱跳的） manner
造句：He was horsing around in the kitchen and broke my favorite bowl.
4. From the way Rowley was hyping his present...But once again, I let my hopes get too high.
hype: 做动词用意思是“夸张的宣传，炒作”，此外它还可以用作名词，意思是（电视，广播中言过其实的）促销广告。
let my hopes get too high这种表达非常实用。意思是“对……希望过高”。除了hopes, 我们还可以说goal, dream, expectation之类的。
造句：Maybe I just let my expectations get too high, and the whole live show just turns out to be a kind of hyping.
5. Rowley's parents have a lot of money, so I can always count on them for a goof gift.
count on somebody: to be confident that you can depend on somebody
其实这里也可以直接用depend on, lean on, rely on之类的表达
造句：You can not always depend on others for making a living.
6. I kind of decided to throw in the towel for this Christmas, and I headed up to Rowley's house.
throw in the towel: 这个表达 is from boxing,where this is done by a boxer's trainer to stop the fight. 意思是to signal that one is going to quit
另外也可以说成throw in the sponge（海绵）, toss in the sponge
造句：Don't give up now, it's too soon to throw in the sponge.
#句子篇
1. That thing must have cost a fortune, I didn't have the heart to tell Dad that I kind of lost interest in the whole weight-fighting thing when the wrestling unit ended last week. So I just said "thanks" instead.
分析：must have done在此处表示推测， 下一句的would have done 也是这种用法。
have the heart to do something有做某事的心情
如果我们想表示某人心情比较在状态或者心情好还可以用someone is in the mood
the whole weight-fighting thing我们注意到在本书中有很多地方都会说"the whole...thing"或者"the whole...stuff"
weight-fighting这种结构/表达也非常常见，比如我们可以说spring-travelling, ghost movie-watching...
它的意思是“……那一摊子事”，是一个非常实用的表达。比如我们可以说 the whole movie-designing thing/stuff
造句：I'm not in the mood today because I lost the whole math competition thing yesterday.
2. Rowley got me a Big Wheel. I guess I would have thought this was a cool gift when I was in the third grade, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with one now.
分析：get此处的意思跟give一样。表示“给某人某物”直接使用其接双宾语的结构即可。
have no idea...熟词重现
"one"做substitute word时的用法
We often use one instead of repeating a singular countable noun.
We drop a if there is no adjectives. 比如" I'm looking for a flat. I'd like a small one with a garden."和"I'd like one with a garden."
ones is the plural form of one, 比如"I'd like to try on these shoes. ~which ones? ~The ones in the window."
下面是one(s)在使用时的另一些注意点。可以了解一下
#作文篇
I get my resolution today that I will never play video games with my younger brother. The technique of him really sucks. But that is not the whole story. He always tosses in the sponge midway when he is not in the mood. Let me get something straight, my younger brother gets real easily irritated. If you speak a little bit louder during the games, you are in great trouble. He will take the enemy's side all of the sudden and fight against you! Actually that humiliates me a lot. So I just tell him that I have no heart to play with him any longer, but guess what he does later, he just pretends he is horsing around and breaks my favorite headphone...
fill somebody in: to tell someone details about someone or something
Christmas loot loot 意思是“战利品”，这里就是Rowley得到的圣诞礼物，有一种孩童的心里在里面。
slap a bow on something在……上打个蝴蝶结。这里表示我匆匆地把礼物送给Rowley以至于没有怎么包装之类的
practical joke：a joke that makes someone seems silly and involves a physical action rather than words
raisin 葡萄干
A tiny ball of thread 小线头，小线团
