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Diving Under
1、My dad tried to stop her。 “Hey” he says as she‘s catapulting herself on board。
catapult： n。 彈弓；v。 彈出
He was catapulted into the side of the van。 他被彈出去，撞在貨車的側面。
2、“。。。You’re getting mud everywhere！ ” So true，too。 Her shoes were， like，
caked
with the stuff。
3、I knew right off that this was a
ditch play.
ditch： get rid of
4、But before I got up the nerve to look。。。
get up one’s nerve 鼓足勇氣
5、My mom came out of the house and immediately got the world‘s sappiest look on her face。
sappy look 神經質的表情
sappy love 死去活來的愛
sappy song 口水歌
6、I spotted her in the nick of time and dove under my bed。
in the nick of time 恰好，及時
7、Third grade wasn’t much better。 She was still
hot on my trail
every time I turned around。
on one‘s trail： to try hard to find them or find out about them
The police were hot on his trail。。。警方正全力追捕他。
There was a newspaper on the trail of the story。 有一家報紙正在追蹤報道此事。
8、Then Juli started up with the goo-goo eyes again，and I was back to square one。
square one：the beginning 原點
9、He stuck Juli to me like glue。 Mr。 Mertins has got some kind of doctorate in seating arrangements or something， because he analyzed and
scrutinized
and practically
baptized
the seats we had to sit in。
sctutinize： to examine carefully
scrutinize his features to see if he was an honest man 仔細觀察他的相貌以判斷是否誠實
baptize：給……施行洗禮
10、You wouldn’t believe the number of answers I
snagged
from her。 I started getting A‘s and B’s on everything！
snag： to succeed in getting sth quickly， often before other people
I snagged a ride from Joe。 我截住喬的車搭了一段路。
11、But then Mr。 Mertins pulled the shift。 He had some new idea for ”
optimizing
positional latitude and longitude，“ and when the dust finally settled ， I was sitting right in front of Juli。
optimize： make sth as good as it can be
to optimized the use of resources
Filpped
12、The first day I met Bryce Loski， I flipped。 Honestly， one look at him and I became a lunatic。 It‘s his eyes。 Something in his eyes。 They’re blue， and framed in the blackness of his lashes， they‘re dazzling。 Absolutely breathtaking。
第一次心動
13、She seemed big and
mature
。。。。
mature： behaving in like a sensible way， like an adult 成熟的
13、。。。
sending
sweet lemon smells into the air
散發出
14、Shelly Stall would
sweep
the event。
sweep： win easily
。。。he swept the election。。。 他輕鬆贏得了選舉
15、Then it
dawned on
me
dawn on：to realize sth
。。。 the reality dawned on us。。。 我們突然意識到了現實。
Buddy， Beware！
16、Juli Baker did not
wind up
on the front page of of the
Mayfield Times
for being an eighth-grade Einstein， like you might suspect。
wind up： to find yoursef in a particular place or situation 以。。。告終
I always said he would wind up in prison。
17、Maybe Juli’s
aesthetic sensibilities
have been permanently screwed up by her father 。。。
aesthetic sensibility：美感
18、I‘d
slump beneath
the window and pray for the light to change before Juli squealed my name for the world to hear。
slump： fall or sit down there heavily
He saw the driver slumped over the wheel。 他看見司機一頭栽在了方向盤上。
19、Then junior high started and my dream of a Juli-free existence shattered。
shatter： suddenly break into small pieces。
While the
battered
car was moving away， Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police。 當這輛破車正要逃走，Roy停下他的公交，報了警。
20、The top branches， the place my kite had been stuck，her favorite
perch
—— they were all gone。
perch： v。 棲息，停留 n。 高處
21、It‘s a real
recreational
activity for him。
recreational： relating to things people do in their spare time to relax。
22、At dinner my mother asked me why I was
sulky.
。。。
sulky： bad tempered or not speaking because you are angry about sth生悶氣的
Kevin had looked sulky all morning。 Kevin 一早上看起來都悶悶不樂。
23、it
weird me out
。 What was his deal？
weird out： to seem strange or worrying to sb and make them feel uncomfortable
The whole concept really weirds me out。 這整個想法讓我覺得十分怪異。
24、I
faked
like I was sleeping。 我假裝在睡覺。