Day 23-42

2021年2月16日发(作者：contestant)

Day 23 up

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加餐

: Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it

happened.

不要因为结束而哭泣，要为曾经拥有而

微笑。

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cry

我们知道的意思是

哭泣

，但是也有大声说，呼

喊的意思，所以下次见到这个词 ，别只知道是哭泣

而不知道其他意思哦

这里可不是他哭着喊再

见，而是他大声对她说，再见啦！

Young Carl Fredricksen sat in the darkened movie theater

,

wearing his

leather flight helmet.

He straightened in his seat as a newsreel flickered onto the screen.

The newsreels were Carl’s favorite part of going to the movies

. They

were full of information about people, places, and exciting events going

on in the world.

Newsreel

新闻影片，一种在

1910

年至

1960

年间很风靡的一种短纪

录片电影；

as

这里表示时间，相当于

r

，这个词是闪烁

< p>
的意思。

Carl

看 到银屏上闪现的新闻影片，一下子坐直了（

straightened

< br>）。

Day 23

Hello Ladies,

It is the first day of our 21 days Reading Program (second time), thank

you all for trust me, I will try my best to explain this book, and if you

have any comments, please let me know.

Contents:

Mom makes me help Manny get ready for school in the morning. After I

make

Manny

his

breakfast,

he

carries

his

cereal

bowl

into

the

family

room and sits on his plastic potty.

And

when

it’s

time

for

him

to

go

to

day

care,

he

gets

up

and

dumps

whatever he

didn’t eat right in the toilet.

Mom is always getting on me about not finishing my breakfast. But

if

she had to scrape corn flakes out of the bottom of a plastic potty every

morning, she wouldn’t have much of an appetite either.

1.

get ready for something:

to be ready to do something.

potty: a bowl used by small children as a toilet.

day

care:

child

day

care

, or

childcare

is the care of a child during the day by a person other

than the child's

legal guardians

, typically performed by someone outside the child's immediate

family

.

Day care is typically an ongoing service during specific periods, such as the parents' time at

work

.

get up: get out of bed

scrape: to rub (a surface) with heavy pressure.

2

Corn flakes:

Bottom: the lowest or deepest part.

appetite: a desire for food or drink.

Day 24Tuesday

I don’t know if I mentioned this before, but I am SUPER at video games.

I’ll bet I could beat anyone in my grade head

-to-head.

Unfortunately,

Dad

does

not

exactly

appreciate

my

skills.

He

always

getting on me about going out and doing something “active”.

So tonight after dinner when Dad started hassling me about outside, I

tried to explain how with video games, you can play sports like football

and soccer, and you don’t even get all hot and sweaty.

But as usual, Dad didn’t see my logic.

Day 25

Dad

is

a

pretty

smart

guy

in

general

but

when

it

comes

to

common

sense, sometimes I wonder about him.

I’m

sure

Dad

would

dismantle

my

game

system

if

he

could

figure

out

how to do it. But luckily, the people who make these things make them

parent-proof.

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Day 26

Every time Dad

kicks

me

out

of the house to do somethings sporty, I

just go up to Rowley’s and play my video games there.

Unfortunately,

the

only

games

I

can

play

at

Rowley’s

are

car

-racing

games and stuff like that.

Because whenever I bring a game up to Rowley’s house, his dad

looks

up on

some parents’ Web site. And if my game has ANY kind of fighting

or violence in it, he won’t let us play.

I’m

getting

a

little

sick

of

playing

Formula

One

Racing

with

Rowley,

because

he’s

not

a

serious

gamer

like

me.

All

that

you

have

to

do

to

beat Rowley is name your car something ridiculous

at the beginning of

the game.

Kick

out

:

[transitive

及物动词

]

informal

to

force

someone

to

leave

a

place

or

organization. kick someone out of

something:

Sonia's

been kicked out of her house.

Formula One

: A Formula One race or Grand Prix is a sporting event

which takes place over three days (usually Friday to Sunday), with a

series of practice and qualifying sessions prior to a race on Sunday.

Our growth depends not on how many experiences we devour, but on how many

we digest. ----Ralph n

< p>
囫囵吞枣的人生不是成长，成长是对过往所经历的细细品味和领会。

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Day 27

And then when you pass Rowley’s car, he just falls to pieces.

Anyway, after I got done mopping the floor with Rowley today, I

headed

home.

I

ran

through

the

neighbor’s

sprinkler

a

couple

times

to make it look like I was all sweaty, and that seemed to

do the trick for Dad.

Sprinkler:

n.1.

洒水车，洒水器，喷壶；洒水装置。

2.(

草坪、高尔夫球 场的

)

地下

灌浇系统。

短语和例子

sprinkler system

自动喷水消防系统。

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a couple times: a few times

几次

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as

real strength. ----Francis de Sales

没有什么比温柔更坚强，也没有什么比真正的坚强更温柔。

What I wrote:

(When I was 15 years old, my father told me to run outside every morning, I did

the same thing. I played tricks, and I thought my dad won’t find out, actually, he

knows everything.)

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Day 28

But my trick kind of

backfired

, because as soon as Mom saw me,

she made me go upstairs and take a shower.

Wednesday

I

guess

Dad

must

have

been

pretty

happy

with

himself

for

making me go outside yesterday, because he did it again today.

It’s getting really annoying to have to go up to Rowley’s every

time I want to play a video game. There’s this weird kid named

Fregley who lives halfway between my house and Rowley’s, and

Fregley

is

always

hanging

out

in

his

front

yard.

So

it’s

pretty

hard to avoid him.

< br>backfire:

产生适得其反的恶果

hang out

：

to spend a lot of time in a place or with someone

The

saddest

aspect

of

life

right

now

is

that

science

gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

---

Isaac

Asimov,

Isaac

Asimov’s

Book

of

Sci

ence

and

Nature Questions

当前生活最令人悲伤的一 面在于，科学领域新知识的

获取速度快于社会中智慧的凝结速度。

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Day 29

Fregley is in my Phys Ed class at school, and he has this whole

made-up

language. Like when he needs to go to the bathroom, he says

—

Juice!

Juuuice!!!

Us kids have

pretty much

figured Fregley out by now, but I don’t think

the teachers have really

caught on

yet.

Today, I probably would have gone up to Rowley’s on my own anyway,

because my brother Rodrick and his band were practicing down in the

basement.

makeup

:

编造

What do you want me to

make up

to?

figure out

:

分辨，发现。

I am here to

figure out

which bag I really like.

pretty much

: almost, early.

几乎

And this is

pretty much

what you’ll see

with a standard baby monitor.

catch on(to sth)

: to understand sth.

理解

And if they still don’t

catch on,

let them know when you feel unappreciated.

如 果他们还是无法感悟，

那就在你需要感激的时候告诉他们。

Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to

what you can creat.

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Day 30

Rodrick’s

band

is

REALLY

awful,

and

I

can’t

stand

being

home

when

they’re having rehearsals.

His

band

is

called

“

Loaded

Diaper

,”

only

it’s

spelled

“LodedDiper”

on

Rodrick’s van.

You might think he spelled it that way to make it look cooler, but I bet if

you told Rodrick how to “ Loaded Diaper” is really spelled, it would be

news to him.

Dad was against the idea of Rodrick starting a band, but mom was

all for

it.

She’s the one who bought Rodrick his first drum set.

stand

：忍受

Loaded Diaper

:

装尿布

van

：厢式货车

all for it

：完全同意

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

不要沉湎于梦想而忘记生活。

重读< /p>

：

一般来讲，英语单词的重读是没有固定的规律而言的。但有些规

则在多数情况下是可以适用的，这些规则有：

重读规律

1

、一般

2

、

3

个音节的单词，重读在第一音节上。如：

'apple

'carry

'problem.

< br>但如果这个单词是带有前缀的，则重读则在前缀后。如：

a'bovea'goc om'bineen'courage

2

、

< br>3

个

或

以

上

音

节

的

单

词

，

重

读

在

倒

数

第

三

个

音

节

上

。

'family

de'mocracyphy'losophy

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3

、带有后缀的单词，重读在后缀前（以下后缀除外：

< br>-ed,-es,-er,-

est,-or,-ary,-ory,-ment ,-ous,-cy,-ry,-ty,-al,-ure,-ute,-ble,-ar,-ly,-

less,-ness,-ful,-ing

）。

如：

-ianmu'sicianpoli'tician

-ica'tomicdemo'cratic

而以下后缀会将重读吸引至其本身变成主重读

(Primary Stress

），

而原重读将为次重读

(Secondary

Stress

）：

-ain,

-ee,

-eer,

-ier,

-

ade,-ival,-itis,-mental(-en tal)

。

如：

refuge ['refju:dj]

——

refugee [,refju:'dji:]

employ[im'ploi]

——

employee[,emploi'i:]

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、前、后缀形 成的复合词表示的意思与其原来的意思有区别

(distinct

meaning)

时，通常会有双重音（

Double Stress

）。

如：

'il'legal 'dis'loyal 'half-'finished 'un'known

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< br>、双音节词在作为动词、名词（或形容词）时，具有不同的重读音节。

一般：

名词／形容词重读在第一个音节如：

'progress

'produce

'increase

动词重读在第二个音节如：

pro'gresspro'ducein'cr ease

次重读规律

1

< p>
、超过

3

个音节的单词，如果重读在第

< p>
3

、第

4

个音节的，次重 读在第

1

或第

2

个。

revo'lution ,recom'mend ,corres'pond

2

、超过

3

个音节的单词，如果重读在第

1

、< /p>

2

个音节的，则无次重读。

组合词的重读规律

1

、若组合词的第一个词指明了其使用材料，则使用双重读（

double

stress)

。如：

'brick-'h ouse 'stone-'bridge 'stone 'hammer

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2

、

若< /p>

第

一

个

词

指

明

了

其

< p>
用

途

，

则

第

一

个

词

重

读

。

如

'farm

tool

'pencil-box

3

、在组合名词中，若第一个词指明了其种类或者其他属性，则重读 音

节在第

1

个音节。

< br>(

原文是：

In

compound

nouns

if

the

first

noun

implies some contrast,we have single stress on the first noun

）如：

'date tree 'birth- place 'post-office Women's Day

4

、组合词中，动名词

+n

词，动名词重读

如：

printing-shop 'reading-room

5

、组合词中，现在分词

+n

词，

n

词一定重 读，现在分词不一定重读

如：

'floating 'boat 'running 'water

6

、组合形容词中，双重读。

如：

'hand-'made 'hard-'working

7

、当第二个词具有广义的含 义时，第一个单词重读。

如：

'Party member 'PL' A m an.

（

member

，

man

都是泛指）

Day 31

I

think

Mom

has

this

idea

that

we’re

all

going

to

learn

to

play

instruments and then become one of those family bands like you see on

TV.

Dad really hates

heavy metal

, and that’s the kind of music Rodrick and

his

band

play.

I

don’t

think

Mom

really

cares

what

Rod

rick

plays

or

listens to, because to her, all music is the same.

In

fact, earlier

today,

Rodrick

was

listening

to

one

of

his CDs

in

the

family

room

,

and

Mom

came in and started dancing.

heavy mental:

loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat;

lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery.

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family room

: A family room is an informal, all-purpose room in a house.

The

family

room

is

designed

to

be

a

place

where family and

guests

gather for group recreation like talking, reading, watching TV, and other

family

,

the

family

room

is

located

adjacent

to

the kitchen,

and

at

times,

flows

into

it

with

no

visual

breaks. A

family

room

often

has

doors

leading

to

the

back

yard

and

specific

outdoor

living areas such as a deck, garden, or terrace.

What I wrote:

Today I signed in MintReading again, it is the fourth time I signed in, the

last three times I did not pay attention on it, but this time I want to read

it in detail, I hope I can keep learning and can use it in life. Just like our

21 Days Reading Program, I want all of you not only read it, but also can

use

it,

all

in

all,

English

is

a

tool

for

people

to

talk

to

each

other.

For

students,

they

need

to

pass

exams,

for

adults,

some

of

you

may

like

English,

some

of

you

would

like

to

travel,

anyway,

we

have

the

same

goal--- speaking in English.

Day 32

That really

bugged

Rodrick, so he

drove off

to the store and came back

15

minutes

later

with

some

headphones.

And

that

pretty

much

took

care of the problem.

Thursday

Yesterday Rodrick got a new heavy mental CD, and it had one of those

“Parental Warning” stickers on it.

I

have

never

gotten

to

listen

to

one

of

thoseParental

Warning

CDs,

because Mom and Dad never let me buy them at the mall. So I realized

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