字词
1. The school is having tryouts for a winter play.
ex: 〔体育队、活动等成员的〕挑选，选拔 | 〔戏剧、电视节目等的〕试演，试播
eg: The recycling programme gets its first tryout in Idaho.
2. I begged her not to make me sign up.
ex: 报名参加
eg: Please go in and sign up.
3. I knew that would make Dad take my side.
ex: 站在我这边，take one's side支持某人，站在某人一边
eg: Why don't you ever take my side?
4. But of course I got singled out.
ex: 挑出，选出，挑选
eg: I also want to single out my good colleague.
5. Dorothy picks an apple off my branch.
ex: n.树枝，分支，分部；分店；分行 〔政府或机构的〕部门
v. 分支；分岔
eg: The bank has branches all over the country.
句段
1. I will definitely be looking for a way to pay her back for that one.
pay back 向……报复，惩罚；偿还，还钱；报答，报答
I'll pay her back for her hospitality by inviting her to dinner.
2. But all my begging seemed to do was make Mom more sure I should do it.
seem可用作连系动词或不及物动词,意为“似乎；好像”,“主语+ seem +（to be ）+表语”,表语多为名词或形容词,有时是其他的词或短语,以说明主语的特征或状态。
Beautiful girls always seem to have many young men dangling round them.
Diary
Near the end of the term, there are a bunch of homework that I have to do. I already edited documentray all day, which is my assignment. However, I don't finish it, and I will do that the whole night.
