【重點講解】

1. As far as Ricky and the whole rest of the world is concerned, that's my baby and that you're my wife.

as far as…be concerned 就什么而言，非常常用又不太好用的固定搭配。
that’s my baby and that you’re my wife 這是一個由that is引導的有兩個表語的主系表結構的句子。第二個that 引導的從句只是作為主語that 和系動詞is 的表語。

2. I deserve that fake smile.

又出現了deserve。如果有人對你假笑以示輕蔑，這句話是很好的自嘲用語。

3. I... I don't understand the rules. I don't understand why they have rules. I don't understand why guys put on a bunch of pads and smack into each other just to get a ball around a field.

不喜歡足球的人可能會有此同感

a bunch of pads 一堆襯墊。A bunch of 很常用，例如a bunch of friends

4. Look, you know how you always wanna be treated older? Like an adult? Well, now... now's a good time to grow up a little bit and realize that things don't always work out like you want them to.

work out可以解決

這句話作為面臨婚姻問題的父親對女兒的安慰，是很意味深長的。

5. Everyone has their ownversions of the truth..
Still, there's only one truth, and no matter what story you tell.

第二句話很符合基督教徒的思想，他們認為，世界上的真理就記載于圣經之中，四海皆準，亙古不變，真理只有一個，理解角度的偏差，無法否定真理的唯一性。

6. it's a valid choice considering her age and the father.

valid有效地，有確實根據的。
considering 引導伴隨狀況狀語，表示考慮到什么，很常用。

7. Divorce, abortion. What's next? this is not what I wanted my high-school experience to be.

父母離異，墮胎，接下來會是什么？這不是我想要的高中生活的體驗。

8. Just stared at the moon. Seemed like the perfect place to run away to, place where I could eat freeze-dried ice cream and drink Tang. Bounce around all day.There was no place on earth far enough away from whatever was bothering me.

這是自述自己盯著月亮看的時候的心理活動。省略的主語很多，比如I just stared/ it seemed like等，兩個place 是排比修辭, 不是省略。這段話可以用于散文的寫作中。