2/13/2011

Book Name : OUCH! (written by Steve Cole)


1.new words learnt :
ragged               windmilling
sprawling           hinged
applause            stuntman
led                     mayhem
typically              
ransacking
gleefully
widened
   
                                                          
2.idionmatic & expressive sentences/expressions:
(i) Sam Innocent laughed and led the class in a ragged round of applause.
(ii) His arms started windmilling as the chair toppled backwards and he fell sprawling into the tower of textbooks.
(iii) Slowly , stealthily , Sam led Fido through a flower bed towards Steen's classroom.
(iv) He felt a bit like a commando--albeit a slightly rubbish commando with no special skilla who didn't have a clue how he would complete his mission.
(v) Still rubbing at the cramp in his arms and legs and plucking at the seat of his trousers , he was in a right mood.
(vi) Sam reckoned they should go out to the crash mats and face up to whoever had left the threatening notes.
(vii) Suddenly she turned and bolted for the back of the drama studio in a blind panic.
(viii) So blind , in fact , that she didn't seem to see that her pupils were in her path!


3.my comments & though:
 This book is suitable for student that not very good in English . The vocabulary in this book are not very hard , and i understand it easily . The story of this book is so intresting and i am very like it . I will introduce it to my friend , and I think they will like it . I also learnt a lot of new words and beautiful sentences from this book . I hope that i could find more good books from our school library and read it to improve my English.