Flipped 阅读笔记

Unit 1 相遇

Untile p12

• this was too much：这太过分了
• weirdest：最古怪的
• I was making this big windmill motion to break away from her：我使出一记回环大甩臂来摆脱她
• but somehow on the downswing my hand wound up tangling into hers：【待分析】
• tangling：缠结，纠缠
• sappiest：sappy的最高级，本意为：一味情意缠绵的，感情过于丰富的，多愁善感的。这里译作：最愚蠢的
• flash her help：flash原意为“闪光”，这里可理解为“发出信号”，即：请求她的帮助。
• tramped：步行
• heap on our porch：堆在我们的门廊
• [生词例句]tangle:
• 1. Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown
     动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。
  2. There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.
     他站在那儿，头发乱成一团，下巴上一片黑胡茬
• [生词例句]tramp:
• 1. They put on their coats and tramped through the falling snow
     他们穿上外套，拖着沉重的步子行走在飞雪中。
  2. He missed the train, and had to tramp it.
     他误了火车，只好步行。
• [生词例句]blast:
• 1. The strong blast of wind broke my vase.
     一阵强风打破了我的花瓶。
  2. I can only give my love, and show you what I am, in the blast I breathe.
     我只能用我的呼吸爱你，让你看到一个真正的我。

Unit 2

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• peek out：偷看
• snuck：潜行( sneak的过去式和过去分词 )
• I spotted her in the nick of time：【待分析】
• lifesaver：救生员
• sabotage：蓄意破坏，捣乱
• run your life：过日子
• antagonize written：不可招惹/不可为敌的特征（危险的特征）
• cross-eyed：斗鸡眼
• sticking out：露出，伸出
• Just look at her – not cross-eyed or with your tongue sticking out or anything – just look at her and you’ve started an argument. 只要瞅了她。。。不用瞪眼、吐舌头或干其他啥的。。。只要瞅了她你就挑起了战争。。
• knock-down-drag-out：殊死斗争
• gouge：戳，捅
• pinch：捏，掐
• get locked into time-out：【待定】
• snap at the bait：bait n. 饵，诱饵；snap v. 猛地咬住
• dangle：悬荡，吊着
• laugh it off：一笑而过，一笑了之
• pain-in-the-rear：俗语，形容某人很讨厌
• jerks：混蛋
• get pumped up：鼓舞，打气
• clobbered：胖揍，狠揍
• parental tidal wave：tidal 潮汐；wave 波浪。这里可理解为父母的怒火。
• thrash：鞭打
• clueless：无线索的，毫无头绪的
• drowning：drown的现在分词。溺水。
• She is too busy drowning in the argument to take a deep breath and dive for calmer water：她总是急于在斗争中扬眉吐气而无法冷静下来（too busy忙于……而无法）
• 【生词例句】dive for 潜入水中打捞东西：
• 1. Seagulls swim well, but they do not often dive for fish.
     海鸥游泳非常棒，但他们不经常为捕鱼而游。
  2. Once, he did dive for cover but he soon reappeared and continued his activities.
     他确实一度销声匿迹，但是很快就重出江湖，继续他的各种活动。
• true to form：一如往常，一如既往
• snuck：（儿童向大人）打小报告。#注意与前文「潜行」的释义相区别
• march：前进，进军，游行
• closet：衣柜
• antique：古董
• get booted：被踢，挨踹
• unpack stuff：卸货
• arranged and rearranged：反复摆放
• 【生词例句】arranged and rearranged：
• 1. You then move out into a larger and different kind of room, and here the furniture may be rearranged in any fashion, arranged and rearranged to your heart’s content.
     然后你又搬出到另一个较大的不同的房间，这儿家具可能以任意的样式重新放置，按照你内心的满意程度放了又放。
• debating：辩论( debate的现在分词 )
• settees：长沙发( settee的名词复数 )