Wonder | Part Six

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美国人很爱狗的吧，他们称小狗为女性，取名Daisy，在她病入膏肓时，忍痛注射了安乐死，至此还结束了一家人的争吵。每个人都很悲伤，Dad也止不住无声哭泣。

回想我小时候，曾不知好歹和小狗疯玩一整个下午，那也是我最开心的几个记忆之一了吧，可是当时是和小狗在家里瞎玩，我们轮流跳到床上。玩得正高兴，然后妈妈回来了，把我们都痛打一顿，说床那么干净，怎么能这么糟蹋。

还有一次，我们家喂了两只狗，可是一只被母亲给打断狗腿了，后来死了，我们做了炖狗肉吃，另一只狗吃了反胃，至此我们知道了狗也是不能吃同类的。联想到1959年的大饥荒，人竟还能吃人。

我再于狗的记忆，就是一次父亲开倒车却把狗压死，然后我家从那时便不再养狗。而我却在姑家过年时，和堂哥们玩，然后自己被狗咬了。但是刚过年两天，然后我被连夜打预防针。

然后今天去桃花源和同学玩，路上碰到一只很可爱的大狗。这是平时偶遇数狗之一，我想这是我与狗此生的大概缘分了吧。

Summer thought we should report the notes to Ms. Rubin, who was the middle-school dean, or even Mr. Tushman, but we thought that would be like snitching.

snitch

• vi. 告密；进行小偷小摸

• vt. 偷；顺手牵羊

• n. 告密者；告发者

No one really cringes if I bump into them anymore, and people borrow my pencils without acting like the pencil has cooties

 cringe

• vi. 畏缩；奉承；阿谀

• n. 畏缩；奉承
  

But then in my annual checkup in October Iflunked the audiology test and the doctor was like, “Dude, it’s time.”

flunk

• vi. 失败；放弃；考试不及格

• vt. 使…不及格

• n. 不及格；失败

I looked in the mirror. My eyes started tearing up. All I saw were these tubes jutting out from either side of my head —like antennas.

 jut

• vt. 使…伸出；使…突出

• vi. 突出；伸出

• n. 突出部分；尖端

The only part that peeked out was the tubing.

 peek

• n. 偷看；一瞥，看一眼

• vi. 窥视，偷看

“Nothing!” they both snapped at the same time.

snap

1. vt. 猛咬；突然折断，拉断；啪地关上

2. vi. 咬；厉声说；咯嗒一声关上

3. n. 猛咬；劈啪声；突然折断

4. adj. 突然的

She was panting a lot, like she’d been running in the park. Mom was kneeling beside her, stroking the top of her head.

 stroke

1. n. 一击

2. 一画, 一笔

3. (游泳或划船的)划, 划法; 游法

4. 钟的敲声

5. 中风

6. 轻抚

7. vt. 轻抚, 抚摸

“I flubbed a couple of lines,” said Via, shaking her head. “But you got through it,” said the man, smiling ear to ear.

flub

1. vt. 弄糟；做得不佳

2. vi. 瞎搞

3. n. 失策

“I’m drawing a blank,” said Mom.

一脸迷茫

“Well, I’ve got to weigh everyone’s feelingshere, Via,” said Mom.

 顾及到每个人的情绪

这里的动词用的是weigh

Via and Justin were the last ones out, and when they appeared, the  whole audience rose to their feet.

站在脚上，就是stand up

找了好多生词和名言，没刹住车，虽然不困，明天满课==||