New Vocabulary:
1. disavow: to say that you are not responsible for sth that you do not know about it, or that you are not involved with it
原文：But when they see you as a fellow tribe member attempting to disavow the tribe, that is something they will never forgive.
造句：The government disavowed the reporter.
2. sink in: if information, facts etc sink in, you gradually understand them or realize their full meaning
原文：I was so happy that a girl had spoken to me that it didn’t fully sink in that they’d stolen my bicycle.
造句：I need to spend some time sinking in this theory.
3.ranting and raving: 暴跳如雷，咆哮和愤怒
rant: speak or shout at length in a wild, impassioned way.
rave: talk wildly or incoherently, as if one were delirious or insane.
原文：With Abel’s anger, there was no ranting and raving, no clenched fists.
造句: The old man often rants and raves because of his son's mistakes.
4.defuse: make a dangerous or tense situation calmer
原文：She was trying to defuse the situation, but I couldn’t see that.
造句: He tried to defuse the tension by breathing deeply.
Thought:
1. "You were what the government said you were." How it is ridiculous! But it did exist. Unfortunately, it also exists today.
2.Look on the bright side, Now you really are half black and half white. Go and wash up. You’re not hurt. You’re hurt emotionally. But you’re not hurt.
He was a grown man venting his rage on a twelve-year-old boy.
Two contradictory attitude. Mom taught Trevor how to look on the bright side, but Abel vented his rage by pretending to get revenge. One teaches Trevor how to be tolerant and optimistic, and the other helps Trevor sink in true Abel.
