Day 4, Page 35-48    结束部分文字：my political career is officially over

一. 字词

1. cool off = calm down

(1) 原文：The good thing about Dad is that when he gets mad, he cools off real quick, and then it's over.

(2) 字典解释：to become calm after being angry

(3) 造句：I go for a walk to cool off.

2. mess up = screw up

(1) 原文：Usually, if you mess up in front of Dad, he just throws whatever he's got in his hands at you.

(2) 字典解释：to make a mistake and do something badly

(3) 造句：I messed up on the second question in the exam.

3. let guard down

(1) 原文：I didn't get that he was being sarcastic. So I kind of let my guard down. 

(2) 解释：放松警惕

(3) 造句：Even if we've been familiar with the circumstance, we shouldn't have let our guard down.

注：kind of = sort of, it means slightly but not exactly

4. be grounded

(1) 原文：He told me I was grounded from playing video games for two weeks, which is about what I expected.

(2) 解释：被禁止

(3) 造句：I'm grounded from watching TV, because I haven't finished my homework yet.

5. figure out = make out

(1) 原文：The good news is that I finally figured out how to get some of my games past Rowley's dad.

(2) 解释：想出、弄清

(3) 造句：It took me about three days to figure out how to use the equipment.

二. 句子

1. But I think she had the wrong idea about what we were doing back there.

(1) 结构：had the wrong idea about...

(2) 仿写：I think my friend had the wrong idea about me.

2. It turns out I didn't have the headphones plugged into the stereo.

(1) 结构：It turns out...

(2) 解释：事实证明……

(3) 仿写：It turns out I was wrong.

三. 日记

Today my colleagues and I have trained the audio directors in the television station to learn the digital console and the digital audio workstation. After they mastered the basic operation, they wanted to figure out how to record sound in their new studio. In order for practice, I read the picture book "A Fright in the Night" in the studio, and they recorded it in the control room at the same time. After that all of us felt good. In my opinion, the training method is pretty important.