Day 18, Page 184-195
#字词篇
1. After Mom got off the phone, I told her the last thing I needed at school is to be onstage doing magic tricks with a kid who was in pull-ups a year ago.
the last thing you want/need or etc. : something that you do not want or need or etc.
造句：The last thing I will do in this would is to hurt you.
2. But Mom made me go through with it anyway. She took me down to Scotty's house and explained the situation to his mother. So now there was no getting out of it.
go through with something: to do something you had promised or panned to do, even though it causes problems or you are no longer sure you want to do it
there is no doing something: used to emphasize that it is not possible to do something
造句：For my brother, there is no playing video games this weekend.
3. The show kicked off at 7:00, and let me just say...
kick off: if an activity kicks off, it starts
造句：The football game kicks off at 3:00.
#句子篇
Rodrick told Dad he doesn't care about school anymore. He said his plan was to win the talent show and use the tape of the performance to get signed to a record label. Then he'll quit school and just do the band full-time. It sounds like a terrible plan to me, but I think Dad is pretty open to the idea.
someone's plan +be+to do something动词不定式作表语
be open to something:to be receptive to or welcoming of something that comes from outside of oneself
get signed to a record level=hit the record=be recorded
do something full-time这里的full-time是副词，full-time还可以做形容词，比如a full-time job
与它相对的是part-time
造句：My plan is to get signed to a record level by playing magic, and I want to be a full-time magician after that.
#作文篇
Today I read Journey Under the Midnight Sun, which was written by Higashino Keigo. After I finished the book, I kept asking myself the permanent puzzling question: What is evil and what is goodness? Was a person really guilty for something bad he/she had done out of self-defense or love? To be honest with you, I felt heartbroken when the whole story ended. For the following several hours, I was drenched in such a mysterious atmosphere in which evil was mixed with goodness and I could not find an absolute answer. I recalled Sense and Sensibility which was directed by Ang Lee. I loved that title because I thought it revealed two important characteristics which should be developed in our lives. However, after reading Journey Under the Midnight Sun, I was sure, once again, that how awful it would be if we got rid of sense from sensibility and vice versa...
#其他知识点
throw a big tantrum 耍孩子脾气
equal partners, equal这个词在这里用的很妙，表示角色的平等分配
sparkly sequin 亮片装
squeeze somebody/something in: to manage to do something or see someone in a short period of time or when you are very busy
