Words and Expressions
1.So tonight, I tried to make it up to him.
make it up:（friends）to become friendly with someone again after you have had an argument.
例句:Have you made up with Patty yet?
仿写:Ping tride to make up with Yun by giving her a box of candy.
get the full effect:
2.In the past few years, the grow-ups in my neighborhood bave been getting cranky about my lame costumes.
①cranky:strange/weird
例句:She's a member of a group that promotes cranky idea about food and exercise.
造句:They are cranky about my thought of going swimming now.
②lame costumes蹩脚式的服装
前文Rowley的是store-bought店里买的,我猜他的是他妈妈home-made
3.This year I've come up with a plan that'll get us at laeat twice the candy we scored last year.
score:(熟词生义)[informal] to be very successful in something you do 获得,取得
例句:Her new book has scored a spectacular success.
造句:Hui's experiments has scored huge success.
4.Man, I should have known there was a catch when Mom gave me that costume.（无事献殷勤，非奸即诈）
catch:(熟词生义)[informal]一般用单数。a hidden problem or difficulty.
例句:The catch is that you can’t enter the competition unless you’ve spent $100 in the store.
造句:Every time my brother calls me, I know that there is a catch waiting for me.
5.When we were halfway home, this pickup truck come roaring down the street with a bunch of high school kids in it.
roar:[I always + adv/prep] if a vehicle roars somewhere, it moves very quickly and noisily〔车辆〕轰鸣着疾驶
例句:The car roared off down the road.
仿写:The motocycle roared down the road with three teenagers last night.
Sentences
1.I should never have mentioned that last part, because the next thing I knew, Mom was telling Dad he had to go with us to make sure we didn't step foot outside our neighborhood.
结构:should never have done本不该做而做了
仿写: I should never have mentioned it to my mom, because my dad wouldn't let me do that.
2.I have to give Rowley credit, because he blocked about 95% of the water with his shield. And if he didn't done that, all our candy would have gotten socked.
give somebody credit:to praise somebody
仿写: I have to give him credit for his hard work.
Writing
I remembered that I had the same experience with Rowley. When I was in prime school, I played with my friends the whole noon. Therefore, someone told my grandma that I did't attend the school. Because of that, I ended up getting grounded for a week. What a sad story! What Greg done really moved me. He called Rowley and did a play-by-play of the TV show over the phone. Even though he was not sured that if Rowley was getting the whole effect. I wish I have a friend like Greg.
