The Sycamore Tree
1、Then he picks out one of the snapshots， clips it to his easel，and paints.
easel 画架
2、and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light ,
a beam of light 一束光
An open door throws out a beam of light from the inside.一束光从一扇敞开的门中射出来。——《现代大学英语精读》book1
A beam of wand light fell onto his face...一束魔杖的亮光直指他的脸。——《哈利波特》
a beam of light falling on to the head of Simba——《狮子王》
3、Sunsets were amazing. Some days they ‘d be purple and pink，some days they’d be blazing orange，setting fire to clouds across the horizon.
4、I could get up clear up to my spot to see the sun rise，or the birds flutter about，or just the kids converge on the curb.
converge: to move towards a place from different directions and meet
A number of factors converge to creat the lake's seemingly everlasting storms.几个条件的共同作用导致这个湖似乎永不停歇的暴风雨。
Brawk-Brawk-Brawk
5、While my mom heard about it， she completely wigged out.
wig out: to become very excited, very anxious or angry; to go crazy.
She kind of wigs out. It's her thing. 她有点激动，是她的风格。
6、It's vile. It's disgusting.
vile: very unpleasant
You vile creature.你这可恶的东西。
7、The snake stopped moving， then flexed.
flex: to band, move, or stretch parts of body in order to exercise them
He slowly flexed his muscles and tried to stand.他缓慢地活动了下肌肉，想尽力站起来。
8、You are incubating eggs.
incubate: 孵化
9、The day was doomed...
doom: to make sth/sb certain to fail, suffer, die
We're all doomed. 我们完了。
10、And that is，my friend， how I wound up spying over the Baker's back fence with...
wind up doing: 以...告终
We eventually staying in a little hotel. 我们最终在一个小旅馆落脚。
11、She whipped out her mental calculation.
whip out: 突然拿出
I just whipped out my phone. 我把手机拿出来。
12、A mysterious odor of indeterminateorigin.
indeterminate: cannot be identified easily or exactly 难以确定的
The clay had hardened,some time in this indeterminate day ...沃土已经变的坚硬起来
13、crack the case 破案
14、He just squirt on the end table.
squirt : to force liquid， gas in a thin fast stream through a narrow opening 使喷射
The snake can squirt poison from a distance of a metre.这种蛇能把毒液喷射到一米远处。
15、embryo受精卵
16、"I...I don't know." I stammered.
stammer：speak with difficulty，hesitatingly and repeat words
17、飞鸟家禽群
flock
鱼群
school
大牲畜群
herd
小昆虫群
swarm
18、I was fighting back tears，but it was hard.
Get a Grip， Man
19、It was actually worse having her mad at me than having her harass me.
harass: to annoy sb
Or it could harass American firms operating in China.抑或对在中国运营的美国公司造成困扰。
20、A ranging river of sweat ran down my temples, ...连绵不断的汗水流过我的太阳穴。
