#字词篇
1. I was all set to take my new books up to Leland's, but that's when I found out there was a catch.
set to: to start working or dealing with something in an energetic and determined way.
there is a catch这个表达类似于中文里的“另有玄机” catch在这里的意思是a hidden or unexpected problem, especially one suspected to exist because everything seems too good to be true.
造句：I was all set to finish my tasks, but I found out there was a catch.
2. Rodrick has been hitting Mom and Dad up for cash lately.
hit somebody up (for something)/ hit somebody for something: to ask someone for money
造句：She planned to hit him up for a raise.
3. I'm not complaining, though. Because the way I see it, this way everyone wins.
the way I see it=in my own opinion
this way everyone wins，本来一般的语序应该是everyone wins this way. 这里有意把this way 提前是为了强调
造句：The way I see it, it's you that should take the responsibility.
#句子篇
Eventually, he got so fed up that he took our drumsticks away. Rodrick sat down at his drum set and told us to "watch and learn." Then he started doing this really long drum solo that didn't have anything to do with the drills he was teaching us.
get/be fed up: bored, annoyed, or disappointed, especially by something that you have experienced for too long
take something/somebody away把某物/某人带走
his drum set这里的set指的是“整个组件”，我们也可以说my cookware set之类
really long drum solo, 非常普通也非常实用，我们也可以说violin solo, piano solo等
not have anything to do with…和…一点关系也没有
如果表示“和…有关系”就是have something to do with…
造句：I got really fed up the fourth time my brother did it wrong. So I shouted at him but he complained that what I taught was boring and had nothing to do with the real situation.
#作文篇
Yesterday my mom quarreled with my dad, and that ended up with my mom refused to cook for us any longer. You know, that was really a disaster, for that meant my dad would fill in. To be honest with you, I really got puzzled that why my dad didn't learn anything good from my mom on the cooking after living together for nearly 25 years. And you may know the following tragedy, our first meal was burnt noodles...In order to take my daughter-responsibility I ate it anyway, but my bother just hit me up for 10 yuan and ate outside. However, just after two meals, my mom announced that she gave in. The way I saw it, it was her mothering instinct and great sympathy that saved us. And form that experience, I get inspired how to get things on the right track the next time they quarrel with each other, as you can imagine, the secret is: a meal worse than burnt noodles!
#其他知识点
aim my glass eye down 向下瞄，这里的aim的意思是“瞄准，对准”
pop quiz给（学生的）突击小测验
flunk exam在之前的书中也见过这个表达，相当于fail
fill in 代替，替补
trick somebody into doing something 骗某人做某事
use something to score points with the girls觉得这是一个很有意思的表达，也可以把girls换成其他的对象来使用
be hot on the idea, 这里的be hot 就相当于“enthusiastic about, happy about, thrilled with等”
