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Diary of a wimpy kid 1

Let’s learn English by reading.

But,------

Aesop’s Fables?What is a fable?(*)

The Hare and the Tortoise

The Lion and the Mouse

Fairy tales? Sleeping Beauty Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

OR

Pride and PrejudiceWuthering HeightsThe Old Man and the Sea

內容熟悉，失去新鮮感 中學生讀童話故事， ( 年齡尷尬 )

世界文學名著 英文報紙 大家說英語系列雜誌 Live ABC 系列雜誌

Jeff Kinney Born in 1971 in Maryland ran a comic strip called “Igdoof” in

the campus newspaper Wanted to be a cartoonist In 1998 began to write ideas about

the book In 2004 published online on

Funbrain.com Released in April 2007 Became a #1 bestseller

推薦理由 內容有趣，貼近中學生心思 用字遣詞生活化，近距離接觸美

國文化 以日記形式出現，段落分明，閱

讀無負擔 插圖逗趣，搭配文字內容，令人

噴飯

系列套書 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley s̀ Journal遜咖日記1 ：葛瑞的中學求生記

遜咖日記2 ： Rodrick Rule葛瑞不能說的秘密 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

遜咖日記3-改造葛瑞大作戰 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4:Dog Days(遜咖日記4

：失控的暑假 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth(

遜咖日記5:不願面對的真相)

遜咖日記6 ：暴風雪驚魂記 遜咖日記7 ： The Third Wheel(November

13th)

Main character 日誌主人翁： Greg Heffley

國中生 外型：身材瘦小 / 不太喜歡運動 / 期待『轉大人』 個性：少根筋 / 鬧出許多無厘頭的糗事 喜歡看電視 / 夏天喜歡待在家玩電動 家中成員：爸爸 / 媽媽 / 哥哥 Rodrick/ 弟弟

Manny

Rowley Holly Hills

Greg said what he wrote is a journal, not a diary. (*) And that it was his mom’s idea, not his idea.

(P.2)The only reason I agreed to do this at all is because I figure later on when I’m rich and famous, I’ll have better things to do than answer people’s stupid questions all day long. So this book is gonna come in handy.

You know how you’re supposed to come up with a list of resolutions at the beginning of the year to try to make yourself a better person?

Well the problem is, it’s not easy for me to think of ways to improve myself, because I’m already pretty much one of the best people I know.

爸爸有時嚴厲，有時又童心未冺 Dad marched me up to my room

and shut the door behind him, and then he said---

Let you and me have a talk, FRIEND.

Whenever Dad says “friend” that way, you know you’re in trouble.

(P.38)The good thing about Dad is that when he gets mad, he cools off real quick, and then it’s over.

Usually, if you mess up in front of Dad, he just throws whatever he’s got in his hands at you.

When is the good time to mess up?(*)

哥哥 Rodrick 喜歡 heavy metal, 有自己的 band, 以作弄弟弟 Greg 為樂

三更半夜將 Greg 從床上挖起來告訴他該起床上學了， Greg 穿好衣服下樓弄早餐結果吵醒爸爸 ----

Why is Greg so dumb to fall for that one ？

What did Rodrick do?(***)

弟弟 Manny 話不多，但總有本事讓爸媽站在他那邊

But the thing that bugs me the most about Manny is the nickname he has for me. When he was a baby, he couldn’t pronounce “brother,” so he started calling me “Bubby.” And he still calls me that now, ---

好朋友 Rowley I met Rowley a few years ago

when he moved into my neighborhood.

His mom bought him this book called “How to Make Friends in New Places,” and he came to my house trying all these dumb gimmicks.( 愚蠢的花招 )

I guess I kind of felt sorry for Rowley, and I decided to take him under my wing.(*)

遜咖日記 1 ：葛瑞的中學求生記

精采橋段 Rodrick was always trying to get me

to jump off the high dive, but that tall ladder really scared me. He told me I needed to conquer my fear or I’d never become a man.

Then one day Rodrick told me that there was a clown at the top of the diving board who was handing out free toys, and that got my attention.

But by the time I realized Rodrick was full of baloney, it was too late.(*)

遜咖日記 2 ： Rodrick Rules 葛瑞不能說的秘

密

在颱風來襲期間， 是否有過這樣的經驗 ---

精采橋段 (P.142)

My big history paper is due tomorrow, but they’ve been saying all week that it’s gonna snow about a foot tonight.

So I haven’t really been sweating it all that much.

At around 10:00, I peeked out the window to see how many inches of snow were on the ground so far. But I couldn’t believe my eyes when I pulled back the curtain.

Man, I was counting on school being CANCELLED tomorrow. I turned on the news to see what happened, but the weather guy was telling a TOTALLY different story than he was three hours ago.

That meant I had to get cracking on my history paper. The problem was, it was too late to go to the library, and we don’t have any books in our house that are about the 1900s. So I knew I had to think of something quick.

Then I had a great idea.

遜咖日記 (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) 改造葛瑞大作戰

(P.42) 媽媽穿著韻律服幫他送書包去教室，並且當著他心儀的女生 Holly 的面叫他 ---

It was just my luck, too. Fourth period is the only time I have a class with Holly Hills, and I’ve been trying to make a good impression on her this year. I figure this incident probably set me back about three weeks.

I’m not the only one who’s trying to impress Holly Hills, either. I think just about every boy in my class has a crush on her.(*)

Holly is the four-prettiest girl in the class, -----

(*)

黑猩猩生物報告 (P.50)P.1 Chimps A four-page paper by Greg Heffley

P.2This is a chimpanzee, or “chimp” for

short.Chimps are the subject of the paper

you’re holding in your hand right now.

(P.51) P.3 Chimps are supposed to be

smart, but I’m not so sure that’s true.

P.4 Well, it looks like I’m out of paper,

so I guess this is THE END.

A middle school student地理考零分 P.52 Yesterday I actually got a “zero” on a quiz in Geography. But in my defense, it was really hard to study for the quiz and watch football at the same time.

遜咖日記：失控的暑假

P.1

Just because the weather’s nice, everyone expects you to be outside all day “frolicking” or whatever. And if you don’t spend every second outdoors, people think there’s something wrong with you. But the truth is, I’ve always been more of an indoor person.

The way I like to spend my summer vacation is in front of the TV, playing video games with the curtains closed and the lights turned off.

But I’ve got a fear of watermelon, too. Rodrick is always telling me that if you eat the seeds, then a watermelon will grow in your stomach.(P.138)

I don’t know if he’s telling the truth or not, but school’s only a couple of months away, so I’m not willing to take the risk.

(P.138) 插圖

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: Ugly Truth(遜咖日記5:不願面對的真相 )

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6: ( 遜咖日記6:暴風雪驚魂記 )