(遜迦日記: 葛瑞的中學求生記)
---目不轉睛、會心一笑、開心閱讀
---文字、小說情節超極有趣
---文字+漫畫趣味横生
一本讓我在24小時之內，
利用每個空檔，
聚精會神閱讀，
並熬夜看完的書。
小說主角:
Greg Heffley, a lean seven-grader in a new school, not very athletic or honest, and also a kid too concerned with his self-image
小說中有趣的情節：
Halloween
Greg的難兄難弟Rowley Jefferson原本在Halloween要裝扮成a knight with a helmet and a shield and a real sword and everything，但是他的媽媽
為了他的安全，將他的造型改成令人哭笑不得的裝扮：
She cut out a big hole in the front of the helmet so he could
see better, and covered him up in all this reflective tape. She made
him wear his winter coat underneath everything, and she replaced his sword with a glow stick.
Greg的媽媽不放心Greg帶著三歲的Manny到危險的地方去trick-or-treat (不給糖就搗蛋)，因此要Greg的爸爸帶他們去。Greg的爸爸原本不想去，但是
Dad tried to squirm out of it, but once Mom makes up her mind,
there's no way you can change it.
在討糖吃的路途中，Manny和另一孩童Jeremy跟本不配合Greg規劃的討糖路線，因為Manny and Jeremy wouldn't trick-or-treat at any houses wiith spooky decorations on them, so that ruled out pretty much every house on our block.
Greg和Rowley終究克服種種困難，討了一袋滿滿的糖，但是人算不如天算，劇情的發展著實令人捧腹大笑...
書中還有許多有趣的情節，例如the Crossland High School haunted
house (pp. 50-59)，the wrestling unit (pp.76-93), the school play
(pp.95-113)，都是可看性高，趣味十足!
這一本也是學習道地口語的好機會，尤其是貼切地運用idioms，例如
p. 89
Then Dad said if I wanted a bench press, I should keep my fingers crossed for Christmas.
p. 167
When we tried to think up some jokes, we kind of hit a wall.
p. 189
In fact, now that I think of it, Rowley has been TOTALLY giving me the cold shoulder lately.
這是一本值得對學習英語有興趣的人閱讀的書，
程度佳的，樂在其中，
程度尚可的，則可以從中找到閱讀的趣味，並建立信心。
閱讀Diary of a Wimpy Kid，
讓我快樂一整天!
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