Day 17, Page 183-195    结束部分文字：I couldn't really care less

一. 字词

1. toss and turn

(1) 原文：I was up all night tossing and turning over this Rowley situation, but I finally made up my mind.

(2) 字典解释：to keep changing your position in bed because you cannot sleep

(3) 造句：Last night I tossed and turned a long time before falling asleep.

2. get (sth.) through to sb.

(1) 原文：To be honest with you, my message didn't seem to be getting through to Rowley.

(2) 字典解释：to succeed in making someone understand something, especially when this is difficult

(3) 造句：The message was finally getting through to George.

3. culprit

(1) 原文：Mr. Winsky told me that an "anonymous source" had informed him that I was the real culprit in the worm-chasing incident.

(2) 字典解释：the person who is guilty of a crime or doing something wrong    罪魁祸首

(3) 造句：Because of drink-driving he was the culprit in the traffic accident.

4. get reinstated

(1) 原文：Later on today, Powley got reinstated as a Patrol.

(2) 解释：官复原职

(3) 造句：He got reinstated as a Chief Prosecutor yesterday.

5. rat sb. out

(1) 原文：I thought about really letting Rowley have it for ratting me out like that, but then I realized something.

(2) 字典解释：if someone rats you out, they are disloyal to you, especially by telling someone in authority about something wrong that you have done    出卖某人

(3) 造句：Why did you rat me out? I thought we were best friends.

二. 句子

1. I was up all night tossing and turning over this Rowley situation, but I finally made up my mind.

(1) 结构：I finally made up my mind.    我终于做出了选择或下定了决心。

(2) 仿写：Thinking over and over, I finally made up my mind.

2. While I was sitting there getting chewed out by Mr. Winsky, I was thinking, I need to remember to give my friend a lecture about loyalty.

(1) 结构：While..., I was thinking, ...

(2) 仿写：While I was sitting there getting chewed out by my teacher, I was thinking, I need to find out who backstabbed me like that.

三. 日记

Today I'll try my best to mix down "The song of burying flower" in the recording studio. The most famous song in "A Dream of Red Mansions" is sung by Chen Li. In the first place, I listened to the song recorded by the famous recording engineer Mr. Xu. Later on, I was really deeply moved by it. In my opinion, Chen Li sang the song last week as well as she did thirty years ago.