适合7-12岁英文基础一般的孩子，就是看图画也很好玩的。

Happy new year ximalaya! This is Lindsay from New York. It has been 17 days since we updated last time. Sorry, we were very busy with holiday season and winter break. Here comes 2019 and here we are with a new book to introduce, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Happy new year！This is 晴川。很久不见，大家是不是都准备了酷酷的新年计划，包括阅读计划呢？希望我们的节目能做点贡献。今天我们来说一本比较轻松愉快的书，中文翻译为小屁孩日记，Wimpy 这个词，本意是Weak and cowardly, 软弱胆小怕事的那种意思。

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney, is a series of short novels.They are supposed to represent a middle school boy’s diary, which he continually insists that it should be seen as a journal instead. In school, most girls have diaries, therefore, boys with diaries would be seen as sissy or girlish（女孩子气）.

原来是这样啊。女孩子更爱写日记，男孩子要是写了，就被看作是女孩子气，有压力，故而，明明是日记，他要给他另一个明目，journal，journal在英文里更有些报章期刊文章的严肃性。像女孩子这种标签可千万不能被贴上！

The boy is called Greg Heffley, and the books also take a look into his home life and other connections. Because he is not a tall, muscular（肌肉感的）, or handsome boy, and is quite small in fact, he is afraid of being seen as wimpy or “sissy” which could ruin his social life. Throughout the books you can see that he cares very much about his popularity, even though we only see a few friends of his that suggest he really isn’t that popular.

成长中的孩子，对于是否在学校里popular 非常在意，popular直译就是流行，意思就是学校里那种受瞩目受欢迎的孩子。以此为笑点，这套系列书，一连出了13本，大受孩子们欢迎。

I read this series when I stopped reading picture books and began reading longer novels. The storyline is centered around normal daily life, no fantasy（奇幻）, nor magic（魔法）, pure everyday boring（无聊） life. But this series has the power to make us laugh based on little things. There are no hard words nor complicated sentences, accompanied by drawings, and handwritten notes. All mimic（模仿） a boy’s doodles.

这本书是很适合低龄一点的小孩来读，好好笑，说的全是日常，没有什么深奥的，贴近生活。还有好多涂鸦的漫画，版面上也十分讨喜。

It is a very funny series of books which has helped a lot of kids begin to read lengthier novels. It is a very light read and quite easy for me at least. Although I am a older now and can handle deeper novels, I still come to this collection once in a while, because it brought me only good memories, and it is pure, easy fun, which I use to relax and laugh. I highly recommend for younger readers and anybody who is looking for a short novel.