Words:
Learn to use:
1. At first I thought I should just start loading up on junk food, but then I had a much better idea.
load up on something: to get a lot of something so that you are sure you will have enough stock up (on)
People were loading up on bottled water.
My sentence:
I want to load up on TEM-8 books to improve my writing and reading skills.
2. I figure if I bulk up now, it could actually come in handy down the road.
bulk up: to increase the amount of muscle you have
come in handy: be useful for a certain purpose
My sentence:
If you just want to bulk up in three months, you needn't exercise in this way.
3. I showed them some muscle magazines I got at the store so they could see how ripped I was going to be.
ripped: having high muscle definition
My sentence:
My aim is to turn my fat figure to be ripped in one month.
4. I wasn't going to let that hold me back.
hold somebody/ something back: to make someone or something stop moving forward
Police in riot gear held back the demonstrators.
My sentence:
People will find an excuse to console themselves that the obstacle holds them back. The truth is that they give up it easily by themselves.
5. I eventually had to rescue him, because he started biting the milk jug to let the sand leak out.
leak out: if secret information leaks out, a lot of people find out about it
No sooner had the news leaked out than my telephone started ringing.
My sentence:
If the specific value of this company was leaked out, you would be fired and accused.
Know them:
1. I could tell my singlet wasn't doing a good job keeping me covered up.
singlet: a piece of clothing that you wear for sport which covers the top part of your body but not your arms.
2. bench-press: 仰卧推举
3. turn things upside down: 乱套
4. sit-up: 仰卧起坐
5. jump jack: 开合跳
Sentences:
1. And mark my words, one of these fools is going to roll right onto the Cheese and start the Cheese Touch all over again.
( you ) mark my words!: (spoken) used to tell someone that they should pay attention to what you are saying.
They're going to regret firing me, you mark my words.
roll: if something rolls, especially something round, or if you roll it, it moves along a surface bye turning over and over: roll down/ into/ through
The ball rolled into the street.
My sentence:
You mark my words, you will roll into the valley if you insist on walking along the mountain road in snowy night.
2. I think he was just glad I had a change of heart from how I used to be when I was a kid-
句型:have a change of heart from..to ...
After seeing his little daughter go bungee jumping, he had a change of heart from giving up it to finish this most horrible sports.
Composition
Yesterday, I got up 5 o' clock to pack my packages and held two large luggages to take the high-speed rail. The train stopped in Xiamen at 13:00. While I need to take another train at 14:00 to Jingxian. Because of the heavy rain in Jiangxi province and Anhui province, the train arrived at Jingxian at 20: 30, which was later 30 minutes than the original schedule. I spent almost 16 hours on the train. I did not feel exhausted yesterday. But today I was really tired to do nothing. I just wanted to lie on the couch or the bed to have a rest. It is no big deal if I did not read the story and write this diary today. Because I do have an excellent excuse for it. Besides I had a cold today. But I thought it is an excuse for myself. Although I was tired, 30 minutes was enough for me to finish today's reading. So I did it.
Sometimes, I use the phrasal " insist on " to encourage myself to step forward. Of course, I love to read and write, I should have do it habitually. But I need to insist on overcoming the bad condition. I want to have a change from pure interest to a habit.