《小屁孩日记》是一个美国中学生的日记，受孩子的影响，我也是《小屁孩日记》的成人铁粉啦。这套书故事情节富于想象力，幽默，虽然是一本儿童读物，但地道的英语表达是学习口语的好素材，读着英文，看着笑话，快乐阅读，快乐学习，启程吧！
On Christmas, when Uncle Charlie gave me my gift, it was not what I asked for. He must've walked into the toy store and picked up the first thing he saw that had the word "Barbie" on it.
圣诞节那天，查理叔叔将礼物给我的时候，我却发现那并不是我向他要的那种。他准是走进玩具店之后，一手拿起他视线之内第一件有"芭比"这个词的东西。
笔记：
pick up: 捡起；（跌倒后）站起来；获得，赢得；染上（疾病）；取（某物）；学会；注意到（不容易注意到的问题）；接收（信号）；重提（话题）；改进，提高；加快速度
He picked himself up and brushed the dirt off his coat.
他站起来，拍去外套上的灰尘。
He's already picked up three major prizes this year.
今年他已经拿了三项大奖。
I picked up a virus while I was in America.
我在美国的时候染上了病毒。
I'll pick my things up later.
我过一会儿来取我的东西。
She just dropped by to pick up her mail.
她只是顺便过来取她的邮件。
I'll pick you up at the station.
我会到车站接你。
I picked up a few word of Greek when I was there last year.
去年在希腊的时候我学会了一些希腊语单词。
I picked up a faint smell of coffee.
我闻到淡淡的咖啡味。
I managed to pick up an American news broadcast.
我设法收听到一个美国的新闻广播节目。
I'd like to pick up what you said earlier.
我想再谈谈刚才你说过的问题。
The economy is finally beginning to pick up again.
经济终于开始有所好转。
The train was gradually picking up speed.
火车正在逐渐加速。
So if you ever see a picture of me where I'm holding a Beach Fun Barbie, now at least you know the whole story.
所以，要是你哪个时候看到一张双手捧着一个"沙滩乐芭比娃娃"的照片，现在你至少知道前因后果了。
笔记：
The whole story: 全部事实
I don't believe she's telling us the whole story.
我认为她没有告诉我们全部实情。
It was months before the whole truth came out.
几个月以后才真相大白。
Dad wasn't real happy when he saw what Uncle Charlie got me. He told me to either throw it out or give it away to charity.
老爸看到查理叔叔给我的礼物时，老大不高兴，他叫我要么扔掉它，要么将它捐给慈善机构。
But I kept it anyway. And ok, I admit maybe I took it out and played with it once or twice.
但我还是把它留在身边，好吧，我承认我可能拿它出来玩过一两回。
That's how I ended up in the emergency room two weeks later with a pink Barbie shoe stuck up my nose. And believe me, Rodrick has never let me hear the end of that.
那就是我两个星期后出现在急诊室的缘故。一只芭比娃娃的粉红鞋子堵住了我的鼻子。相信我，罗德里克永远不会让我忘记这件事。
Thursday
Tonight me and Mom went out to get a gift for the Giving Tree at church. The Giving Tree is basically a Secret Santa kind of thing where you get a gift for someone who is needy.
今晚我和老妈出去，给教堂的"爱心树"买一份礼物。"爱心树"基本上跟秘密圣诞老人一样，你可以在那里放一份礼物，送给生活艰难的人。
Mom picked out a red wool sweater for our Giving Tree guy.
老妈给我们的"爱心树"朋友挑了一件红色羊毛衣。
I tried to talk Mom into getting something a lot cooler, like a TV or a slushie machine or something like that.
我费尽唇舌想说服老妈买些比较酷得多的东西，比如说电视剧，雪糕机之类的。
Because imagine if all you got on Christmas was a wool sweater.
I'm sure our Giving Tree guy will throw his sweater in the thrash, along with the ten cans of yams we sent his way during the Thanksgiving Food Drive.
设想一下，要是你全部的圣诞礼物只是一件羊毛衣。
我敢断定，我们的"爱心树"朋友会把他的毛衣扔进垃圾桶，一同被扔进的还有我们在感恩节募捐食物活动中送给他的十罐红薯。
Christmas
When I woke up this morning and went downstairs, there were about a million gifts under the Christmas tree. But when I started digging around, there were hardly any gifts with my name on them.
今早我睡醒之后走下楼，看见已经有无数件礼物堆在圣诞树下了。我开始在里面掘宝，却几乎找不到一件上面写有我的名字的。
But Manny made out like a bandit. He got every single thing he circled in the catalog, no lie. So I'll bet he's glad he didn't listen to me.
可是曼尼的收获之丰富就像刚打劫回来的强盗一样。在购物目录圈出的每样东西他都收到了，一点不假，所以我打赌，他会庆幸没听我的话。
笔记：
make out: （在某方面）取得成功，取得进展；（勉强）辨认出；明白
How did you make out this morning?
你今天上午进展如何？
He could just make out a dark shape moving towards him.
他只能勉强看到有个黑影朝他走来。
I couldn't make out what I had done to annoy her.
我不知道我做了什么惹她不高兴。
I did find a couple things with my name on them, but they were mostly books and socks and stuff like that.
我还是找到几件上面写着我的名字的东西，但都是些书啊袜子啊之类的。
I opened my gifts in the corner behind the couch, because I don't like opening gifts near Dad. Whenever someone opens a gift, Dad swoops right in and cleans up after them.
我躲在沙发后面的角落里拆礼物，因为我不喜欢在老爸的周围打开礼物。不管什么时候有人拆礼物，老爸就会看准时机扑过来，一下就把拆出来的包装纸清理掉。
