#字词篇

1. I'm sure Mom knew something was fishy, since Rodrick has told Mom where he got the money. 

fishy: seeming bad or dishonest, 同义词suspicious

造句： There is something very fishy about my brother. 

2. Mom was mad that I tried to put one over on her like that, so she gave me a punishment.

put one over on somebody: to trick someone

造句：My brother would try to put one over on me but got found out. 

3. Making Rodrick get out of bed early is a pretty big blow to him, because Rodrick loves to sleep. One time last fall, Rodrick slept for thirty-six hours straight.

be a pretty big blow to someone这里的blow 就是an action or event that causes difficulty or sadness for someone

straight: happening one after the other in a series

造句：Getting my brother do the dishes is really a big blow to him, because he hates everything greasy.

#句子篇

Thanksgiving didn't last too much longer after that. Dad went upstairs and turned up the thermostat until it got stuffy and everyone cleared out. And that's pretty much how Thanksgiving ends every year at our house.

last在这里作动词表示“持续，继续”

turn up the thermostat, thermostat温控器，恒温器

stuffy表示的是“闷热的，通风不畅的”

clear out: to leave a place or building quickly

造句：The party lasted for two hours, and it ended until the house got so stuffy. 

#作文篇

Today it had a showery rain outside, and the weather guy said it would last for a week. With nothing serious to do, I just decided to read some books and watch movies. Recently I was enchanted by the positive psychology course from Harvard University. It taught people how to become happy or even happier than before. Appreciation, optimism, change and positive environment were what really matter, according to the course. Before I discovered and carefully learnt this course, I never had a good thought about the well-being of myself. I thought the more I experienced, the more resilient I would be. However, I ignored the inner mechanism of the effect of obstacles, as well as happiness. And that was, I thought, why I could not be truly happy sometimes. Here, I do recommend that you take this course if you are available. Being happiness is not only a change of mood, but also strength which can get rid of all big blows in our life. 

#其他知识点

trickle in: if people , vehicles, goods etc trickle somewhere, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts

under one's breath：quietly so that other people can not hear exactly what you are saying