Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Expressions

1. Julian's the biggest phony there is.

Charlotte's such a Goody Two-Shoes.

phony/ (Brit.)phoney: 1. false or not real, and intended to deceive sb SYN fake

a phony American accent

2. sb who is phony is insincere and pretends to be something they are not 虚君子，伪善的人

Goody Two-Shoes：

Goody Two Shoes是一个很古老的俚语，表示一个有美德的好人。今天，它多用来形容那些伪善的“好人”，这种人往往会通过炫耀自己的善举来达到某种目的，实际上却并不高尚也不善良。

最早的Goody Two Shoes可不是伪君子，而是个真正的大好人。她初次出场是在一本叫《The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes》的童话书中，这本书是英国著名出版家、“儿童文学之父”约翰·纽伯瑞（John Newbery）1766年出版的。在书中，Goody是个仅有一只鞋子的穷孩子，一天她不知怎么得到了一双完整的鞋，于是欣喜若狂地满大街跑，对路边的行人大叫：“Two shoes! Two shoes!”据说这个故事的作者是英国著名的剧作家奥利弗·哥尔德斯密斯（Oliver Goldsmith）.

以今天的眼光来看，人们也许会觉得Goody有点傻气。Goody Two Shoes也被用来表示“被怀疑是否正直诚实的好人”，而不是童话中那个纯粹的好人了。从1934年起，Goody Two Shoes的这种“负面意义”首次出现在书面上。

2. Everyone's way too hung up on being in the popular group.

be hung-up about/ on sth: informal, to be thinking or worrying too much about someone or something

hang-up:(n.) a feeling of worry or embarrassment about sth that you have although there is no real reason to fell this way

She had cured him of all his hang-ups.

3. And then a rainstorm turned most of the snow to slush.

A slushy day.

slush:(n.) 1. partly melted snow

2. informal, feelings or stories that seem silly because they are too romantic

sentimental slush

slushy: (a.)

slush fund: an amount of money kept for dishonest purpose, especially in politics

4. They don't have those kinds of jobs where people make gazillions of dollars.

gazillion: [ɡəˈzɪljən] an extremely large number

I have a gazillion things to do.

gazillions of dollars

5. I felt like I was going to puke.

puke: [pju:k] 呕吐(n./v.) = throw up, vomit

He puked all over the carpet.

make sb (want to) puke: informal, to make sb feel very angry

That kind of greed makes me puke!

6. I started to bawl.

bawl/ bawl out: [bɔ:l] to yell. to scream

"Tickets, please!" bawled the conductor.

They could hear a baby bawling somewhere.

bawl sb out: to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong

He was afraid Vic would bawl him out for being late.

7. It was Charlotte who had the inside scoop on why everyone was dismissing me.

scoop: (n.) 1. 舀东西（例如土豆泥、冰激凌）用的勺子；2. 独家新闻；

a journalist looking for a scoop

3. informal, information about sth

the inside scoop information that other people do not have on the markets

What the scoop? (used to ask for information or news)

8. "News flash: I stopped being his friend completely first!"

flash: (v.) to send news or information somewhere quickly by radio, computer or satellite

flash sth to/ across someplace

Reporters at the scene flashed the news to their offices.

sth flash through sb's mind/ head/ brain: suddenly think of or remember an image, memory etc

The possibility that Frank was lying flashed through my mind.

flash a smile/ glance/ look etc at sb: to smile or look at sb quickly and for a shot time

"I loved this city," he said, flashing a big smile.

newsflash: (n.) 新闻插播 a very shot news program on radio or television, broadcast suddenly in the middle of another program when sth very important has happened

We interrupt this program to bring you a newsflash.

9. I just wanted you to know what was up and stuff.

...and stuff: 口语中的非正式表达，“...和其它类似/同类的东西”

There's some very good music there, CD systems and stuff, and laser disks.

复习: ... and the like/ and such like

They believe that the government does not spend enough money on health, education, and such like.

10. They were sort of in-betweeners.

in-between: (a.) in the middle between two points, sizes, periods of time etc

She was at that in-between age(尴尬的年龄), neither a girl nor a woman.

in-betweener: (n.) 立场中立的人

类似表达： neutral: (adj./ n.)

I always tried to remain neutral when they started arguing.

He is a neutral.

11. At first, I thought I scored because they were basically too nice to acknowledge my presence when I walked over to the table.

score: (v.) informal,  to be successful in sth you do

Her new book has scored a spectacular success.

score points: 1. to say or do sth in an attempt to prove that you are better or clever than sb else

Too many MPs use debates as a chance to score political points.

Advertising may be used to score points off the competition.

2. informal,  to do or say sth to please sb or make them respect you

You'll score points with your girlfriend if you send her roses.

12. I filled them in about everything Charlotte had told me.

fill sb in (on sth): to tell somebody about recent events, especially because they have been away from a place

I think you'd better fill me in on what's been happening.

fill in for sb: do sb's job

后文中有这样一句: Go find Olivia in the lighting booth! Tell her she's filing in for Miranda tonight!