Words and Expressions
1.The driver slammed on the brakes and he turned his truck back. Me and Rowley started running, but those guys were right on our heels.
①slam on the brake: to make a car stop suddenly by pressing the brakes very hard 猛踩刹车
brake sharply/hard:急刹车
仿写:The driver slammed on the brakes in order to avoid the accident.
②(hard/hot/close) on sb's heels:following closely behind someone, especially in order to catch or attract them 紧跟某人
例句:The two men were running with a police officer hot on their heels.
仿写:While getting off the train, she found that a young ugly man was close on her heels.
2.so we cut through a couple of backyards to get there.
cut/shortcut:to get to somewhere quickly by a quicker and more direct way that usual way 抄近路
例句:Let us cut through the field.
仿写:I usually cut through the park to get home.
3.I tried to trick them into leaving, but they wouldn't budge.
budge:to move, or to make someone or something move.
例句:She leaned on the door, but it wouldn't budge.
仿写:I have tried pretty much effort to budge her.
4.The only thing we could salvage were a couple of mints that were wrapped in cellophane, and the thoothbrushes Dr.Garrison gave us.
①salvage:/ˈsæl.vɪdʒ/ to make sure that you do not lose something completely, or to make sure that something does not fail completely 同义词:save
例句:He fought to salvage the company’s reputation.
仿写:He salvaged the child from drowning.
②be wrapped in:to put paper or cloth over something to cover it.
例句:The present was beautifully wrapped in gold paper.
仿写:The quartz filters were wrapped in aluminum foil（科研狗的日常采样工作）
5.After a while, I was really starting to get the hang of it.
get the hang of it:[informal] to learn how to do with something or use something get新技能
例句:It seems difficult at first, but you'll soon get the hang of it.
仿写:After a while, my mom got the hang of Wechat.
Sentences
1.But on the bright side, Gramma is retired, so she probably did't have anything planned for today anyway.
仿写:Hui has failed her experiment. But on the bright side, she had time to relax.
2.Man, I forgot all about Dad, and we totally paid the price for it.
仿写: Because Yun and I didn't take our teacher's advice, and we totally paid the price for it.(we need to do the experiment AGAIN!）
Writting
This picture reminds me of my confident--Joy. We were roommates in college. We instantly had a good rapport and became pretty close. I can always be myself and be at east with her. She is the one that I can confide it and who always backs me up. During the first year of my undergraduate, I have had a time adjusting myself and felt I couldn't handle, Joy kept encouraging me that I could overcome it, and what she did really helped me a lot. Addition, we've never had a major arguement in our five years relationship. I am so luck to have a friend like her.
