WORDS

can't help doing sth. 忍不住做某事，情不自禁的做某事

I really couldn't help doing what I did next.

例句：I can't help doing anything for you, not asking for return, only because I love you.

造句：I can't help wondering what was she do.

ironic [aɪ'rɑnɪk]  adj.反语的；讽刺的；（因出乎意料而）奇怪的

...I'm sure she would have said the whole situation was "ironic".

例句：Everything is ironic to me.

造句：It's ironic that I helped him, but he said I hit him on the crossing. 

get a kick out of sth. 从某事获取乐趣，以某事为乐

I thought he might actually get a kick out of what happened.

例句：I really get a kick out of being around you.

造句：Sometimes my friend called me out and I get a kick out of it.

team up 合作，协作，使结成一队

Me and Rowley decided to team up and do a cartoon together.

例句：Recently a friend suggested that we team up for a working holiday in Europe in the summer.

造句：Let's two team up.

bog down 停滞不前，陷入困境

That way we wouldn’t get bogged down with having to write actual jokes, and we could concentrate on the pictures.

例句：The negotiations are likely to bog down.

造句：Lack of data will bog the work down.

SENTENCES

...And in less than a minute, he reduced all our hard work to nothing.

reduce all one's work to nothing 将一切努力化为乌有

造句：The accident happened, it's reduce all my work to nothing.

...And what kind of ticks me off is that Chris smokes at least a pack of cigarettes a day.

 ticks me off 让我生气

造句：It really ticks me off when she doesn't keep her promises.

JOURNAL

Since I decided to study English be well this year, I stay away from other activities, I figure I spend some time learning English every day. How I wish I had such a situation when I was in school.

Today, I read an article about what mistakes Chinese schools have when they teach English. In my opinoin, learn English was a long way, the important thing is to persist, and the more important than that is vocabulary. Without words, you can't do anything, and reading is a good way to accumulate words.

I signed up for Eric's reading group next month, and I hope I can get a kick out of it.

TIPS

all-out 全力以赴的

hit-and-run 肇事逃逸的

hogging it all to 霸占这一切